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

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23 Nov 2021 11:10 AM IST

  • Gujarat Riots- Zakia Jafris Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi- LIVE UPDATES From Supreme Court Hearing

    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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    • 23 Nov 2021 12:05 PM IST

      Sibal: Kindly come to the bottom. Milords, they write something and then they refute it, in small print and they publish the headlines in big print.

    • 23 Nov 2021 12:00 PM IST

      Sibal: Come to pg 69. Sandesh Newspaper. See item 4 there, this is 20th Feb, 2002. 'Avenge blood with blood'. This becomes a headline.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:57 AM IST

      Sibal: Kindly see pg 45 - Hate speech, hate mongering and reportage. Kindly see pg 60. This is interview with Sheela Bhatt, famous journalist wrote this piece, 'It had to be done’ VHP leader says of riot.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:57 AM IST

      Sibal: Kindly see pg. 35. Indiscriminate firing from Fatepur mosque was a complete fabrication. If you fabricate stories and put then on front page of a newspaper what would happen. What had happened would happen.


    • 23 Nov 2021 11:54 AM IST

      Sibal: The Magistrate says that I would not allow further investigation because the SC has not asked me to do so. The HC says the Mag is wrong you can go back to Mag and ask for further investigation.Our Vol. do not deal with the issued that have been dealt with by the Mag and HC

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:54 AM IST

      Sibal: Anything that was part of record apart from that, I am dealing with that. Kindly see Citizens’ Tribunal. I am not concerned with individuals. I am looking at my own constitution and saying to myself can this (non-investigation) be allowed.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:54 AM IST

      Bench: HC has gone in to all relevant documents.

      Sibal: I would love to see where the HC was dealt with this, the Magistrate or even the SIT. The SIT, Mag and HC were dealing with a few issues - 27th meeting, hate speech by the then CM, castigating Sanjeev Bhat. I am not dealing with any of those controversial issues.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:53 AM IST

      Sibal: Kindly See pg. 28. Guild concurred with the report of NHRC that the responsibility of media had to be investigated.

      Bench: Because the judgement of the TC gives the impression that all was dealt with but never such detail order was passed.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:45 AM IST

      Bench: Date of this available?

      Sibal: The Editors’ Guild? This was available with SIT.

      Sibal: The SIT did not have to rely on my complaint, they had this document.

    • 23 Nov 2021 11:44 AM IST

      Sibal: These false propaganda to incite violence was circulated. None of this investigated. Now, pg 27 Disagreements about facts and interpretations.

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