Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES
Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy...
Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy and leading to constitutional challenges before the top court.
After an 11-day-long hearing that began in August, a division bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved its judgment on October 12. Besides this, the court also directed the Gujarat and union governments to submit original records available with them.
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Supreme Court : We hold that deprivation of liberty to the respondents (convicts) is justified. They have lost their right to liberty once they were convicted and imprisoned. Also, if they want to seek remission again, it is important that they have to be in jail.
#BREAKING Supreme Court asks eleven convicts in the #BilkisBano case to surrender back to prison within 2 weeks. Says "Rule of law must prevail"
Supreme Court : Allowing convicts to remain out of prison will amount to giving an imprimatur to invalid orders..
Supreme Court : The convicts were in remain in prison for little over fourteen years and enjoyed liberal parole and furlough..
Supreme Court : It is the duty of this Court to correct arbitrary orders at the earliest and to retain the foundation of trust of the public.
Supreme Court : If the convicts can circumvent the consequences of their conviction, peace and tranquillity in the society will be reduced to a chimaera.
Supreme Court : Courts have to be mindful not just to the spelling of JUSTICE but also the content of it.
Supreme Court : Justice cannot be done without adherence to the rule of law. Justice encompasses not just the rights of the convicts but also the rights of the victims..
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Supreme Court : It is through power of judicial review conferred on independent institutions, like High Courts and Supreme Court, that the rule of law is preserved. Rule of law must be preserved unmindful of the ripples of the consequences.
Supreme Court : This Court must be a beacon in upholding the rule of law.
Supreme Court : In a democracy, rule of law has to be preserved. Compassion and sympathy have no role to play.
Supreme Court : There can be no rule of law if there is no equality. Court has to step in to enforce the rule of law.
Supreme Court : Breach of rule of law amounts to negation of right to equality. Rule of law means no one, how highsoever, is above the law.