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

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2 Dec 2021 11:10 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.
    Recapitulating his submissions so far, Senior Advocate, Mr Mukul Rohatgi, highlighted that the Petitioner is relying on the affidavits, testimonies of three-star witnesses namely, Shreekumar, Rahul Sharma and Sanjiv Bhatt. As per Mr Rohatgi, the complaint is replete with the statements made by these witnesses in affidavits before the Nanavati Commission.
    Yesterday, referring to the order of the Supreme Court dated 12.09.2011 as the 'pole star', Mr Rohatgi reiterated that the remit imposed on SIT was to 'look into' the complaint of Zakia  in order to find additional material in the Gulberg matter
    Stay On This Page For Live Updates From The Hearing.


    Live Updates

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:35 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Protest in 2012, she says treat this as a complaint. How many opportunities will you take? Can you go on and on and on? At the end of the day you are witness to an incident and the trial is going on regarding the same.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:35 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Kindly see, Riot of 2002, Complaint of 2006, goes to HC, HC gives opportunity to file complaint, She doesn’t record, comes to SC. Court said have a look Mr. SIT.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:34 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Again plea to take protest as complaint. This discussion starts again. [TC says] Protest cannot be taken as a complaint.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:34 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Court [TC] says that the allegation of conspiracy against A1 is improper.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:34 PM IST

      Bench: This must be extract from somewhere.

      Rohatgi: Yes, it is. The top three lines are an extract.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:33 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Now allegation of intention to instigate. He say that it is completely antithesis to a conspiracy. One is contrary to other, you cannot say conspiracy and that they did whatever they could do.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:23 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Kindly see 367 bottom. The statement of Sanjiv is not reliable. They were not reliable, not before Commission or SIT. Then he discusses what the amicus said. So, there is nothing left by him [TC], he discusses everything.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: He [TC] is giving this as reason that if there is conspiracy, then you would not call the army within two hours of the riot commencing.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:19 PM IST

      Rohatgi: I am at pg. 362 now. So, he [TC] discusses in great details the allegation of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

    • 2 Dec 2021 2:19 PM IST

      Rohatgi: It is there in my note. Kindly turn to pg 11. It gives discussion and conclusion. And larger conspiracy is the third last entry of the chart.

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