Gujarat Riots 2002: High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Teesta Setalvad's Quashing Plea
Justice Samir J. Dave of the Gujarat High Court today recused from hearing the plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad to quash the case lodge against her by Gujarat Police accusing her of fabricating documents so as to implicate high government functionaries including the then CM Narendra Modi in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots.Setalvad moved the High Court soon after a city...
Justice Samir J. Dave of the Gujarat High Court today recused from hearing the plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad to quash the case lodge against her by Gujarat Police accusing her of fabricating documents so as to implicate high government functionaries including the then CM Narendra Modi in relation to the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Setalvad moved the High Court soon after a city sessions court in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad dismissed her discharge application in relation to the case.
Earlier on July 19, the Apex Court granted regular bail to her in the case.
A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, AS Bopanna and Dipankar Datta quashed the Gujarat High Court's order which denied her regular bail after opining that the High Court's observations were "perverse" and "contradictory".
Case against Setalvad
Setalvad is facing an FIR on the allegations of fabricating evidence and instituting false proceedings in relation to the Gujarat riots conspiracy case.
The FIR against her was registered by the state police last year, a day after Setalvad's plea alleging a larger conspiracy in Gujarat Riots was dismissed by the Supreme Court.