Bilkis Bano Case
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Supreme Court rejects Gujarat govt’s plea to strike out allegations in Bilkis Bano case
India | Sep 26, 2024, 07:33 PM ISTThe Supreme Court has rejected the Gujarat government’s petition to dismiss allegations in the Bilkis Bano case, which involves the controversial early release of 11 convicts from the 2002 riots. The court stated that the plea was baseless and emphasized systemic issues in the handling of the case.
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Gujarat moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted
India | Feb 14, 2024, 08:06 AM ISTExcoriating the Gujarat government, the apex court had said in its verdict that the state "usurped" the power of the Maharashtra government to grant remission to the convicts.
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Bilkis Bano case convict out on 5-day parole, days after surrender on Supreme Court orders
Gujarat | Feb 09, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTThe SC had ordered the convicts to go back to jail within two weeks. They surrendered before Godhra jail authorities on January 21.
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Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail following Supreme Court verdict
Gujarat | Jan 22, 2024, 06:47 AM ISTThe development comes after the Supreme Court had dismissed the applications filed by convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities. The convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment but released in August 2022 after serving 14 years of sentence.
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Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court dismisses convicts' plea seeking extension of time to surrender
India | Jan 19, 2024, 01:49 PM ISTBilkis Bano case: Supreme Court while dismissing the applications of convicts for an extension of time to surrender says that the reasons cited by them to seek postponement of surrender and report back to jail have no merit.
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Bilkis Bano case: 3 convicts seek more time to surrender, Supreme Court to hear petition tomorrow
India | Jan 18, 2024, 11:58 AM ISTBilkis Bano case: The matter seeking an extension of time was mentioned before a bench of Justices BV Nagarathana and Sanjay Karol today which asked the Registry to place the plea before CJI.
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Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court quashes Gujarat govt's decision to allow early release of convicts
India | Jan 08, 2024, 11:45 AM ISTThe Gujarat government had released the 11 convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15, 2022. All the convicts in the case were released as per the state's remission policy.
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Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court reserves order on pleas challenging remission of convicts | DETAILS
India | Oct 12, 2023, 04:59 PM ISTThe Gujarat government had released the 11 convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15, 2022. All the convicts in the case were released as per the state's remission policy.
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Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law
India | Aug 25, 2023, 10:43 AM ISTRadheshyam Shah, one of the 11 convicts who were released prematurely, informed the court that he has started practising law after getting out of jail.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC says state govts should not be selective in remission
India | Aug 17, 2023, 08:00 PM ISTThe Gujarat government defended its decision of premature release of all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case during the 2002 riots.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC to resume hearing on pleas challenging grant of remission to convicts today
India | Aug 08, 2023, 11:43 AM ISTThe convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots chased her with a "blood thirsty approach" to hunt Muslims and kill them, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC fixes August 7 for final hearing on pleas against remission to convicts
India | Jul 17, 2023, 05:39 PM ISTThe Supreme Court, on May 9, had directed the publication of notices in the local newspapers, against the convicts who could not be served notices, including the one whose house was found by the local police to be locked and his phone switched off.
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Bilkis Bano case: SC questions parole granted to convicts, says 'Unequals cannot be treated equally'
India | Apr 18, 2023, 04:52 PM ISTAll the 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year - a decision which was challenged by Bilkis Bano.
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Bilkis Bano case convict seen sharing stage with BJP MP, MLA at Gujarat event; Mahua Moitra reacts
India | Mar 27, 2023, 02:59 PM ISTAll 11 convicts walked out of the sub-jail on August 15, 2022, after the incarceration of 15 years as the Gujarat government allowed their premature release under its remission policy, causing an outcry.
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SC issues notice to Centre, Gujarat on plea filed by Bilkis Bano challenging remission of convicts
India | Mar 27, 2023, 07:50 PM ISTAll 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year which created a huge outrage by women's rights activists.
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SC agrees to hear Bilkis Bano's plea: 'I will have special bench constituted by evening,' says CJI
India | Mar 22, 2023, 12:55 PM ISTBilkis Bano remission plea: A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Bano, represented through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new bench will be formed. "I will have a bench constituted. Will look at it this evening," the CJI said.
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Asaduddin Owaisi Loksabha Speech: Owaisi's big statement on Bilkis Bano issue
News | Feb 08, 2023, 03:04 PM ISTOn the issue of Bilkis Bano, Owaisi surrounded the Modi government and said that why the Bilkis Bano case is pending till date….
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Supreme Court dismisses Bilkis Bano's review petition against remission of convicts'
India | Dec 17, 2022, 11:53 AM ISTBilkis Bano case: The Supreme Court dismissed the review petition filed by gangrape victim Bilkis Bano, seeking a review of the May 2022 judgment which held that the Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to decide the remission applications of 11 convicts.
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SC refuses submissions seeking early setting up of fresh bench for Bilkis Bano case
India | Dec 14, 2022, 02:26 PM ISTBilkis Bano, who moved the Supreme Court challenging the remission and release of 11 convicts, said she would stand and fight again. "I will stand and fight again, against what is wrong and for what is right," she asserted.