Bilkis Bano Case: Centre, Gujarat May Seek Review Of A Supreme Court Order

The centre and the Gujarat government are likely to challenge an order by the Supreme Court seeking files on the remission of convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The government, citing "privilege", has indicated it does not want to produce the documents connected with the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case. Ms Bano, whose seven members of her family were also murdered in the 2002 Gujarat riots, approached the Supreme Court in November last year challenging what she called "premature" release of the 11 convicts by the state government. She said the remission of sentence has "shaken the conscience of society".