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 is hearing the matter.On November 17, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Zakia Jafri, contended that...
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 is hearing the matter.
On November 17, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Zakia Jafri, contended that the crucial aspects of the tragic incident were not investigated by the SIT appointed by the Supreme Court. He emphasised that the evidence required to establish the elements of a larger conspiracy had been overlooked by the investigating agency. Evidence was not collected and those collected were not analysed, which Mr. Sibal noted would lead to the inference that something was hidden or protected by SIT.
Arms gathering and bomb manufacturing across Gujarat was not investigated according to Sibal. The secret meeting of the political organisations on the night of 27.02.2002, the day before the dead bodies in the Godhra tragedy reached Ahmedabad, was also overlooked by SIT, argued Kapil Sibal. The police inaction and coercive action of the PPs were also not adequately investigated, said Kapil Sibal on the last occasion.
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2021-11-23 05:40:44
23 Nov 2021 2:24 PM IST
Sibal: Your Lordships asked me about the larger conspiracy. My answer to you lordship is, conspiracy is not something that can be established. It is only based on circumstantial evidence and that will come about if investigation is conducted.
23 Nov 2021 2:19 PM IST
Sibal: [Records were destroyed] Kindly see the reason at 137 as to how the records at Serial 1 to 5 were destroyed by burning. Now, Raju Bhargav, SP at Godhra - They don’t even ask him why photographs were allowed to be taken.
23 Nov 2021 2:19 PM IST
Sibal: Then Pg 99 contradiction in the statement of DM and then statement of Mamlatdar, who allowed Jaydeep to take bodies. Pg 136 is very important, dated 17th Nov 2009. Again with the SIT. This is Dhananjay writing to SIT.
23 Nov 2021 2:19 PM IST
Sibal: Now come to pg 96. This is a manual as to how you deal with photographs. Why were the photos allowed to be taken, published. Pg 97 vi (i) prohibition to take such photographs and published. Why was this investigation not done?
23 Nov 2021 2:18 PM IST
Sibal: Pg X buildup, Pg GG missing documents from SIT records, translation of document not done. Page JJ onwards documents, contents and reference. Then Skip all these. Pg 77 Statements of Zardafia, Jaydeep Patel, Ashok Bhat.
23 Nov 2021 2:18 PM IST
Sibal: Presence of Ministers in Control Room, Pg R Doctoring of FIR, Pg T Failure of SIT investigation. No investigation done. Statement of accused taken and accepted. Pg. V. Bias investigation.
23 Nov 2021 2:18 PM IST
Sibal: Pg C is bandh itself and no preemptive action taken, Pg D Citizens' Tribunal and Protest Petition. Pg I Post mortem, Pg K Handing over bodies to a private person.
23 Nov 2021 2:18 PM IST
Sibal: Now, Compilation Vol VII. Issues not dealt with by the Mag. and the HC. Now, Pg A is crucial issues raised, not given consideration by SIT.
23 Nov 2021 2:13 PM IST
Sibal: I had finished Vol VI. Kindly note in Vol VI Shreekumar’s statement is corroborated by Maniram, who was the Additional DG - Law and Order and Kaushik, who succeed PC Pandey as Commissioner of Police.
23 Nov 2021 12:56 PM IST
Sibal: [Sharma said mobile phones were used in a big way in the riots] Here is a police officer saying mobile phones were used. Then why did you not seize the mobile phones. The call records were never investigated.
