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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