Gujarat Riots

Ex-Gujarat Top Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Sentenced To Life In Custodial Death Case

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday June 20, 2019

Sacked Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in a 30-year-old case of custodial death.

Arun Jaitley, PM's "Precious Diamond", Can't Be In Modi 2.0 Government

People | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 29, 2019

Health seems to have paused, if not ended, a four-decade-long political career of Arun Jaitley -- regarded by some as Narendra Modi's original "Chanakya", his chief trouble-shooter since 2002 when the Gujarat riots hung over the then chief minister like a dark cloud.

Bilkis Bano Case, A 2002 Gujarat Riots Tragedy: 10-Point Timeline

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 23, 2019

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakhs, a job, accommodation and compensation to Bilkis Bano who was gang-raped in one of the worst single cases in the 2002 Gujarat riots. During the riots, 14 members of Bilkis' family were killed, including her two-and-half-year old daughter who was snatch...

2002 Riots Victim Bilkis Bano To Get Rs 50 Lakh Compensation: Top Court

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped at the age of 21 during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, will receive a compensation of Rs 50 lakh from the state government, the Supreme Court ordered today. On learning that she has no place to live and been leading a nomadic life since 2002, the court also ordered the state government to provide her with a government jo...

4 Jailed In Gujarat Riots Get Bail; Top Court Says "Conviction Debatable"

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 23, 2019

Four convicts in the Naroda Patiya case, which describes one of the worst massacres in the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been granted bail by the Supreme Court, which has doubted their conviction. The convicts, Umeshbhai Bharwad, Rajkumar, Harshad and Prakashbhai Rathod, are serving a 10 year jail term for arson and rioting. They were convicted by the G...

Hope 2002 Gujarat Riots Culprits Are Also Punished, Says Arvind Kejriwal

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 18, 2018

Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hoped that those involved in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots and the 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence are also punished.

Hope Those Guilty In Gujarat, Muzaffarnagar Riots Get Punished: Kejriwal

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 18, 2018

Welcoming the sentencing of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today hoped other "big leaders" involved would also be punished. He also said he hoped that those who perpetrated communal violence in Gujarat and Muzzafarnagar would also get punished.

Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention In 1984 Riots Court Order On Sajjan Kumar

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday December 17, 2018

Sajjan Kumar verdict: "There has been a familiar pattern of mass killings in Mumbai in 1993, in Gujarat in 2002, in Kandhamal, Odisha in 2008 and in Muzaffarnagar in UP in 2013 to name a few," the Delhi High Court said

Top Court Defers Zakia Jafri's Plea Hearing In Gujarat Riots Till January

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday December 3, 2018

The Supreme Court today adjourned till the third week of January next year, a plea by Zakia Jafri in a case challenging a clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Top Court Defers Zakia Jafri’s Plea Hearing In Gujarat Riots Till Monday

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 19, 2018

The Supreme Court today deferred till November 26 hearing on the plea of Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Narendra Modi, who was then Gujarat Chief Minister, in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said, "The matter will take some time for hearing...

Top Court To Hear Zakia Jafri Plea Against PM In Gujarat Riots On Monday

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday November 13, 2018

2002 Gujarat riots victim Zakia Jafri's petition challenging the clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be heard by the Supreme Court on Monday. The Gujarat High Court had last year rejected the petition that alleges a "larger conspiracy" in the riots, and had upheld an SIT or Special Investigation Team's clean chit to top politicians incl...

Why Was Article 355 Not Invoked During Gujarat Riots: Ex-Vice President

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 14, 2018

Referring to the 2002 Gujarat riots, former vice president Hamid Ansari Saturday asked why Article 355 of the Constitution was not invoked by the then union government even when its defence minister was on the spot.

SIT Report On 2002 Gujarat Riots "A Blatant Lie," Says Ex-Army Officer

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday October 14, 2018

Lt. General Zameer Uddin Shah (Retired) reiterated on Saturday that the army was delayed transport for over a day despite a request made to then Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the 2002 Gujarat riots. He was speaking at the launch of 'The Sarkari Mussalman', unveiled by former Vice President Hamid Ansari.

"300 Could Have Been Saved": Ex-General's Revelation On Gujarat Riots

India News | Reported by Sunetra Choudhury, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 10, 2018

The man who led the army in tackling the 2002 Gujarat riots says at a time the state was engulfed in communal violence, his soldiers lost a crucial day waiting at an airfield for a ride, and supplies. In a new book, retired Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah, a former vice chief of army staff, says after about 3,000 troops landed at an Ahmedabad ...

Hardik Patel Gets Bail Soon After Conviction In 2015 Gujarat Rioting Case

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma (with inputs from PTI) | Wednesday July 25, 2018

Hardik Patel, the 24-year-old face of the Patidar campaign in Gujarat, was sentenced to two years in jail after a court found him guilty in a three-year-old rioting case. Soon after the verdict, he and two others were granted bail.