
The top court set aside the magistrate court order which disallowed Ms Jafri to file the protest petition saying she had failed to do so despite repeated extensions being granted. It also directed the SIT to hand over copies of its reports.
Ms Jafri, widow of Eshan Jafri who was burnt alive in the 2002 Gujarat riots, had approached the Supreme Court challenging the magistrate's order. She also wanted the copies of reports submitted by the SIT to the Supreme Court.
Gujarat government opposed this but the Supreme Court overruled the objection after Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran supported Ms Jafri's stand. The court has said that she can file the protest petition within eight weeks of receiving the SIT report.
The Supreme Court had set up the SIT to look into Ms Jafri's case and other cases. In February this year, the SIT gave a clean chit to Mr Modi, saying it has found no evidence against him and 61 other accused in the case. The SIT filed a closure report on which the Ahmedabad court has been conducting a hearing.