Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for SIT will continue...
Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.
Mehta: May I continue on Tuesday.
Mr. Mehta showing the allegations and findings regarding discrepancies in the accounts; funds of CJP and Sabrang Trust being utilised for private purposes; accounts not audited for a long time.
Mehta reads out a judgment of Guj. HC on collection of donation and foreign funds by CJP and another trust in the name of Guj riots victims.
Mehta: I am saying why it was orchestrated.The Petitioner is the Petitioner No. 2 herein and the Petitioner No. 2 there was her husband.
Mehta: I wish to place on record something disturbing. What can be the motivation of doing this. The conduct of Petitioner is very very important in 136 litigation.
Mehta: This is the complaint filed by Rayiz Khan Pathan, working at Citizens and Justice for Peace, a Mumbai based NGO.
Mehta: I have prepared a compilation of judgments, the chronology I might change, but these are all judicial pronouncements.
Mehta: In 2021 we are facing allegation that it further needs to be investigated. Your lordships have seems complaints and complaints. Your lordship would not see a petition filed in HC not only by Petitioner No.1 but also by another Petitioner ie. Petitioner no. 2.
Mehta: The witnesses were tutored. Why did the SIT not prosecute her (Setalvad) for fabrication of evidence to involve innocent persons in the offence.
Mehta: I have nothing to say against Petitioner No. 1, she is wounded, she lost her husband. But, there should be limit to exploiting the misery of a widow.
SG appearing for the State of Gujarat
Mehta: There is a larger conspiracy orchestrated by one Petitioner No. 2, to defame an entire state for 20 years. And I will make that good.