"Today, It's Bilkis, Tomorrow...": Supreme Court Questions Rapists' Release | Read

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 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". Seven members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter, were also murdered in the 2002 Gujarat riots.