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

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8 Dec 2021 10:44 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 Maheswari and CT Ravikumar will hear the matter today.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal will continue his arguments today on behalf of Zakia...

    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 Maheswari and CT Ravikumar will hear the matter today.

    Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal will continue his arguments today on behalf of Zakia Jafri.

    On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the closing arguments of the Solicitor General, Mr. Tushar Mehta. At the outset, the Solicitor General was critical of the motivations of Teesta Setalvad (Petitioner No. 2) in the present proceedings, which he argued was to simply malign the State of Gujarat. Apart from that, Mr. Solicitor General, vehemently argued that the State had taken all measures that it possibly could, after the Sabarmati Express was torched and during the ensuing riots. To substantiate his claim, he relied on the Report of the Commission of Enquiries set up by the State with respect to the 2002 riots. In his rebuttal, Mr. Kapil Sibal fervently reiterated his submissions on the lack of investigation by SIT.

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    • 8 Dec 2021 11:21 AM IST

      Mr. Sibal reads that the Mag. stated extra-judicial evidence is not credible and needed corroboration.

      Sibal: This is to be done at the trial. The whole test is wrong. The approach is wrong.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:21 AM IST

      Mr. Sibal points out that the Mag. had stated that the complaint does not disclose the Tehalka tapes.

      Sibal: Under what provision of law you (Mag) need corroborative material. See what he (Mag) says.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:16 AM IST

      Sibal: [Reading justification given by Haresh and Babu for their tapes] SIT is now doing something that the defence is required to do, namely give an explanation. Were they prosecuting or defending the accused? They (SIT) said these are spicy statements.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:16 AM IST

      Sibal: Item 7 - evidence of arms being brought in through police control room messages. I don’t want to go into disputed evidence. This is corroborated by a PCR message. So, some statement of sting is corroborated by official messages. SIT does not deal with it at any stage.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:09 AM IST

      Sibal: The other parts of the tape are part of Naroda Pateya

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:09 AM IST

      Sibal: Item M - Jaydeep Patel sitting in hospital and counting bodies of muslim to see if the ‘job’ is done.

      Item N, Item O, Item P. Over the page to U - spoke to Zadafia and was advised to run away. Then V. These items have nothing to do with Naroda Pateya.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:08 AM IST

      Sibal: Babu Bajrangi is dealt with in pg 240. He was prosecuted and convicted in Naroda Pateya. What I want your lordships to note is Item J and K - Gujarat wide crime, meeting of minds...;

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:08 AM IST

      Sibal: Haresh Bhatt. Not an accused. Same thing.

      Sibal: Ramesh Dave and Rajendra Vyas. Statement recorded and accepted.

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:08 AM IST

      Bench: That seems to be the pattern, according to you?

    • 8 Dec 2021 11:07 AM IST

      Sibal: Dheemant Bhatt. Not an accused in 9 cases. Statement recorded accepted.

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