Thursday, March 30, 2023

Bilkis Bano case

States asked to release prisoners who have completed their sentence: MoS Home

The Centre has asked state governments to release prisoners who have completed their terms but are behind bars due to non-payment of fine, Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.The minister was...

SC dismisses Bilkis Bano’s plea for review

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its May 13 verdict by which it had said the state of Gujarat was the “appropriate government” competent to examine the application for the...

Convicts in Bilkis Bano case released with Centre’s nod: Guj govt

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case were released after the Centre’s approval.In an affidavit, the state Home Department’s Under Secretary said that the state government considered all the...

‘Horrendously wrong’: 134 ex-bureaucrats want decision in Bilkis Bano case rectified

More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him...

Khushbu’s remark on Bilkis Bano sparks debate, BJP endorses her view

Actor Khushbu Sundar’s tweet against the release of men involved in rape has set off a series of reactions and debate and her party the BJP on Thursday maintained that the release of 11 convicts by Gujarat in the...

Bilkis Bano case: SC seeks Centre, Guj reply

Was there application of mind while considering remission, the Supreme Court asked on Thursday and issued notice to the Centre and the Gujarat government on a plea challenging the release of 11 convicts in the 2002 case of Bilkis...

Bigger platform of secular forces needed to counter challenges posed by BJP: Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitram Yechury on Wednesday stressed the need for forming a bigger platform of secular forces to counter the challenges posed by the saffron camp.Attempts are being made to push for ‘fascistic Hindutva’ in the country by...

Oppn slam PM over release of Bilkis case convicts

Opposition parties on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the release of 11 people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of 2002 Gujarat riots within hours of his praise for “Nari Shakti”...