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 12:51 PM IST

      Sibal: Now I come to Public Prosecutor. Further investigated was required to establish conspiracy.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:51 PM IST

      Sibal: Only 2 preventive arrests were made and that too of people of minority communities. Why such incidents not investigated has not come to light. SIT has not investigated police officers about why they did not investigate these.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:45 PM IST

      Sibal: It is one thing not to investigate the matter and another for SIT to say things contrary to record.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:45 PM IST

      Sibal: [reads about violent mobilisation and processions] Why curfew was not imposed earlier when all of this was happening? 14 FIRs in Ahmedabad itself. These are part of the SIT record. How SIT could make this statement before your lordships? I wonder how.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:40 PM IST

      Sibal: No questions about why was no preventive action taken.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:39 PM IST

      Sibal: They (SIT) had not responded to this even in their arguments.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:39 PM IST

      Sibal: The other matter that require investigation. Why was Commissioner of police not asked any questions if he withholds official information for 6 years rather. For Rahul Sharma they criticised, this man kept it for 6 years. These came in public domain after order of SC.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:39 PM IST

      Sibal: Then at pg. 43. This is the presence of those two ministers. I'll skip this because your lordship knows the respective arguments.

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:38 PM IST

      Sibal: Kindly take 1375 of the closure report. 14 FIRs were lodged before 1 o’clock. So this argument that nothing was happening before 1 is contrary to record

    • 8 Dec 2021 12:33 PM IST

      Sibal: SIT argued there was no violence till 1. See item 13. 9:15 in the morning there is tension. Item 16. All these acts of violence were taking place. Record shows violence before 1, argument is no violence before 1 P.M.

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