A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar directed that the reply filed by the Gujarat authorities be made obtainable to all events
New Delhi: The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday mentioned it’s going to hear on November 29 the pleas difficult the remission of sentence and launch of 11 convicts within the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and homicide of her seven relations in the course of the Gujarat riots.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar directed that the reply filed by the Gujarat authorities be made obtainable to all events.
The petitioners have been given time to file their reply to the affidavit filed by the Gujarat authorities.
“A counter has been filed by the Gujarat authorities. Let counter affidavit be made obtainable to all counsels,” the bench mentioned.
The Gujarat authorities on Monday had instructed the apex court docket that petitioners difficult the remission are nothing however an “interloper” and a “busybody”.
It had additionally mentioned that for the reason that investigation within the case was carried out by the CBI, it had obtained “appropriate orders” for grant of remission of the convicts from the Centre.
Bilkis Bano was 21 years previous and five-month pregnant when she was gang-raped whereas fleeing the riots that broke out after the Godhra prepare burning incident. Her three-year-old daughter was among the many seven relations killed.
The 11 males convicted within the case walked out free from the Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after the Gujarat authorities allowed their launch below its remission coverage. They’d accomplished greater than 15 years in jail.
