Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court notice to Centre, Gujarat Government on plea against remission to convicts

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court notice to Centre, Gujarat Government on plea against remission to convicts

A placard held by a protester during a protest against the remission of the sentence given to the convicts of Bilkis Bano’s case by Gujarat Government, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on August 30, 2022. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on March 27 sought a response from the Centre, Gujarat Government […]

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Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event

Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event

Bilkis Bano was gang raped and seven members of her family were killed. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna One of the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder of her family members case, freed last year under Gujarat’s remission policy, has shared the stage with BJP MP Jaswant […]

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Centre went against own guidelines to sanction release of Bilkis Bano case convicts

Centre went against own guidelines to sanction release of Bilkis Bano case convicts

The Centre had framed guidelines that 12 categories of convicts, including “prisoners convicted for the offence of rape” should not be released prematurely under a special remission scheme to commemorate 75 years of Independence. The Centre had framed guidelines that 12 categories of convicts, including “prisoners convicted for the offence of rape” should not be […]

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Vishwa Hindu Parisha hits back at BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi

Vishwa Hindu Parisha hits back at BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi

VHP spokesperson said the party should clarify whether it supported its spokesperson’s views in her write-up ‘Doing right by Bilkis Bano’ VHP spokesperson said the party should clarify whether it supported its spokesperson’s views in her write-up ‘Doing right by Bilkis Bano’ The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) spokesperson Vinod Bansal said on Saturday that the […]

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Explained | How did the Bilkis Bano convicts walk free? 

Explained | How did the Bilkis Bano convicts walk free? 

Who needs to be consulted before taking a decision on remission? Were the norms followed? Who needs to be consulted before taking a decision on remission? Were the norms followed? The story so far: There has been widespread outrage over the premature release of 11 convicts in a case relating to the gangrape of Bilkis […]

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Rectify ‘horrendously wrong decision’ of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI

Rectify ‘horrendously wrong decision’ of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI

They asked the CJI to rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat government and send convicts back to jail to serve out their life sentence. They asked the CJI to rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat government and send convicts back to jail to serve out their life sentence. More […]

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Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court to hear plea to revoke remission of 11 convicts on August 25

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court to hear plea to revoke remission of 11 convicts on August 25

A special three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana is hearing on Thursday a petition challenging the remission granted by the State of Gujarat to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The Chief Justice had on Tuesday agreed to list the petition urgently when it […]

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Some convicts in Bilkis Bano case are ‘Brahmins with good sanskaar’, says Gujarat BJP MLA

Some convicts in Bilkis Bano case are ‘Brahmins with good sanskaar’, says Gujarat BJP MLA

“We asked the jailer and learnt that their behaviour was good in the prison…also (some of the convicts) are Brahmins. They have good ‘sanskaar’ (values),” BJP MLA from Godhra C.K. Raulji said “We asked the jailer and learnt that their behaviour was good in the prison…also (some of the convicts) are Brahmins. They have good […]

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