Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court

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1 Dec 2021 10:42 AM IST

  • Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafris 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.

    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 his arguments today.

    On the last occasion, Mr Mukul Rohatgi, appearing on behalf of SIT, vehemently controverted the submissions of the Petitioner that the SIT was trying to shield someone or something. He argued that on the contrary, the details in the Closure Report demonstrate the extent to which the SIT went to in order to conduct the investigation in the matter, keeping in view and often exceeding the mandate of the Supreme Court.

    Mr. Rohatgi had also apprised the Court that the Petitioner had made serious allegations against the then Chief Minister of Gujarat with respect to delay in requisitioning of the army. However, after investigation, the SIT found out that, on the contrary, the army was called in within the first three hours of the riots. Replying to the contention, Kapil Sibal noted that he hasn't mentioned about Chief Minister, but if Rohatgi continues reading it, then he will have to deal with the same.

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    • 1 Dec 2021 3:32 PM IST

      Bench: We are not getting what you are trying to portray.

      Rohatgi: I was reading the TC judgment which accepts the SIT findings. Every issue now raised had been raised and thoroughly argued and TC gave findings considering all material on record.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:32 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Judge records finding agreeing with SIT.

      Rohatgi: Now, ministers in control room. [TC says]No material to show presence of minister.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:23 PM IST

      Now, Mr. Rohatgi refers to the conclusion of Trial Court with respect to parading of bodies.

      Rohatgi: Your lordship may note that this is translation by the Petitioner. There are huge numbers of grammatical mistakes.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:22 PM IST

      Bench: Firing because of gathering or gathering because of firing, it goes all together. We will not base our analysis on the basis of the TC or HC findings.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:22 PM IST

      Rohatgi: The Court finds that no real evidence of violence before 1:30, except some stone pelting to enforce bandh.

      Rohatgi: [TC finding]There was firing by Jafri, 8 rounds were fired, injured people in crowd, the crown became infuriated and ...

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:21 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Eye witnesses, complainant, Rahul, state govt is available. If anything else was required that could have been summoned.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:21 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Kindly see Khetan’s testimony was there. It says pre-plan conspiracy. It was dicarded. There were some material on conspiracy.

      Bench: All this material was there. Khetan’s evidence is also there, you say.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Some material was there.

      Bench: On larger conspiracy there was no material before the court.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: There was no riots before 1:30pm. This is the finding. He is saying what happened post 1:30.

      Bench: Admittedly the material now presented with the protest petition was not before the trial court. So there was no occasion for trial court to go into it.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:19 PM IST

      Mr. Rohatgi reading from the TC judgment, there was no evidence to establish conspiracy, the Tehelka tapes were considered to be unreliable to establish conspiracy.

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