2002 Gujarat Riots News
Supreme Court to hear plea against clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots
The petition was filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was among 69 people killed in Gulbarg housing society in Ahmedabad during the riots
1 min read14 Nov 2018Vajpayee—the liberal conservative or the one who bent with the wind?
An astute politician who aspired to be a statesman, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not without inconsistencies, says Vinod Mehta in ’Lucknow Boy’
5 min read17 Aug 2018Gujarat HC extends relief from arrest to Teesta Setalvad till 13 June
The Gujarat high court has extended the protection from arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand till 13 June, in a Rs1.4 crore fund embezzlement case
2 min read28 May 20182002 Gujarat riots: Maya Kodnani acquitted in Naroda Patiya case
The Gujarat high court upheld the conviction of former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi’s conviction in the Naroda Patiya case, the worst incident in 2002 Gujarat riots where 97 people were killed
3 min read20 Apr 20182002 Gujarat riots: Gujarat HC rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea against Narendra Modi
Gujarat HC rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging a clean chit given by Supreme Court-appointed SIT to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and others
2 min read6 Oct 2017Supreme Court sets aside Gujarat HC order on compensation for religious sites
The Supreme Court sets aside a Gujarat high court order directing the state govt to compensate for the damage and destruction of over 500 religious sites in the 2002 riots in the state
1 min read29 Aug 2017Charges framed against BJP spokesperson for stoking communal unrest
The police has started criminal proceedings against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for sharing fake images of rioting to incite communal unrest in North 24 Parganas district
1 min read10 Jul 2017No relief from SC for Teesta Setalvad in illegal exhumation case
Teesta Setalvad failed to get any relief from the top court in a case in which she is accused of planning the exhumation of bodies of some victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots
2 min read10 Jul 2017SC reserves verdict in Teesta Setalvad’s challenge to freezing of bank accounts
SC reserved judgment in a plea by Teesta Setalvad challenging an order of the Gujarat HC rejecting the unfreezing of bank accounts related to their NGO as well as personal ones
1 min read5 Jul 2017VHP leader gets bail in Gulberg Society massacre case
The Gujarat high court granted bail to Atul Vaidya while observing that he has already served one year in jail and his appeal against conviction is pending
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