Nanavati Commission

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  Former Supreme Court Judge Who Probed Godhra, Anti-Sikh Riots Dies At 86

  Justices Nanavati and Akshay Mehta had in 2014 submitted their final report on the 2002 riots to the then Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel. Over 1,000 people, mainly from the minority community, were killed in the violence.

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  2002 Riots: Clean Chit To PM Modi, Then Gujarat Chief Minister, From Nanavati Panel

  The Nanavati Commission report on the 2002 Gujarat riots gives a clean chit to the state government then led by Narendra Modi, who has been Prime Minister of India since 2014. Action should be taken against the police who were ineffective in controlling mobs and did not show the "competence necessary" to do so, says the report tabled in the Gujarat...

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  BJP Claims Rajiv Gandhi Gave "Instructions To Kill" In 1984, Fact-Checked

  The BJP on Thursday said it was "on record" that the Nanavati Commission into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots had found "instructions to kill came directly from then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's office", a claim that is contradicted by the panel's report. Nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed in the riots in New Delhi following the assassination of Prime Minist...

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  Gujarat Police Officer Sanjiv Bhatt, First Suspended, Now Sacked

  Gujarat Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots in the state, has been sacked. In a Facebook post, Mr Bhatt has said he was removed on the basis of a "sham inquiry and fabricated charges."

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  SIT Set up to Re-Investigate 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

  A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was set up by the government today for fresh investigation into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in Delhi and some other states. An order on setting up of the SIT was issued by the Union Home Ministry this evening, official sources said.

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  Nanavati Commission Submits Final Report on Gujarat Riots

  The Nanavati Commission submitted its second and final report today on the 2002 Gujarat riots to state Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. More than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, had died in the riots.

• 2002 riots: Supreme Court issues notices to Nanavati Commission, Gujarat govt

  The Supreme Court has sent a notice to the Gujarat Government and the Nanavati Commission on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The PIL seeks issue of summons to chief minister Narendra Modi for his examination before the probe panel.

• Relief for Narendra Modi, plea seeking his deposition before Nanavati Commission rejected

  Relief for Narendra Modi: In a relief for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court today rejected a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Mr Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

• Will Modi be questioned in post-Godhra riots case? Verdict likely today

  The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

• Gujarat riots: Whistleblower cop Rahul Sharma chargesheeted by Modi govt

  Senior IPS officer Rahul Sharma was today chargesheeted by the Gujarat government for passing on call records to the Nanavati Commission probing the post-Godhra riots in 2002 without informing the state administration.Mr Sharma has been charged on four counts under the Official Secrets Act for gross professional misconduct.According to the chargesh...

• Nanavati panel directs police to file report on Gujarat riot records

  The Nanavati Commission, probing 2002 Gujarat riots, has directed the Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) to file a report stating which State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) records related to the riots were available and what had been destroyed.The commission, comprising Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta, was hearing an applicatio...

• Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt targets Narendra Modi again over Gujarat riots

  He's complained to the Supreme Court that Narendra Modi told police officers in Gujarat to "let Hindus vent their anger" during the state's communal riots in 2002. Now, senior police officer Sanjiv Bhatt has told the Nanavati Commission that when he told the Chief Minister about the police refusing to help those who were being attacked, Mr Modi did...

• Nanavati Commission reserves order on summoning Narendra Modi

  The Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots, on Thursday reserved its order on an application seeking summoning of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and three others for questioning. The panel, comprising retired Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta, reserved the order on the plea filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) aft...

• Evidence not enough to summon Narendra Modi: Nanavati Commission

  The Nanavati commission, probing the post-Godhra Gujarat riots, has emphasised that the material placed before it, were not enough to summon Chief minister Narendra Modi. The commission, however, did not rule out summoning the Gujarat Chief Minister, in future.When pointed out by advocate Mukul Sinha that the state government had earlier informed t...

• Narendra Modi's call records given to Riots commission

  Citizens for Justice & Peace NGO has submitted documents to the Justice Nanavati Commission, which they feel highlight the official coverup in the Gujarat riots case.These include phone records from the Chief Minister's office from 2002, and other documents that raise questions about why Gujarat's top policemen chose to ignore distress signals ...