Ahmedabad | 3 days ago
Gujarat court acquits nine of waging war charges
Ahmedabad, Aug 27 - A local court Friday acquitted nine people, including an advocate, who were charged with waging war against the nation and hatching a conspiracy to create terror in Gujarat after the 2002 communal riots.Additional Sessions Judge A.H. Shah acquitted advocate Mohammed Ali and eight others - Mohammed Abdul Bari, Istekhar ul Hasan, Abdul Rahim, Mohammed Safiuddin, Saeed Akbar, Jave ... read more

Gandhinagar | 18 days ago
Nanavati panel again asked to summon Modi
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 - The Jan Sangharsh Manch -, representing the victims of the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, has again moved the Nanavati-Mehta judicial inquiry commission for summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others for cross-examination.The JSM's application came on the advice of the Gujarat High Court, which heard their petition seeking the court's directive to the commission to su ... read more

Ahmedabad | 18 days ago
Ishrat Jahan killing: Court-ordered SIT given probe
Ahmedabad, Aug 12 - The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan killing in a suspected staged-shootout by Gujarat Police to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team -.The SIT, headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation - director R.K. Raghavan, is probing key cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in the state. Mumbai c ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 month ago
Court rejects plea to shift Gulberg case to other judge
Gandhinagar, July 29 - The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected the petition of witnesses of Gulberg Society attack during the 2002 communal riots, seeking transfer of cases from the designated judge for his 'biased behaviour'.Rejecting the petition, a division bench of Justices Jayant Patel and Abhilasha Kumari said: 'The alleged apprehension of bias for seeking transfer of the cases cannot be te ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 month ago
CBI summons ex-Gujarat police chief P.C. Pande
Gandhinagar, July 28- Former Gujarat director general of police P.C. Pande was Wednesday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation - probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.He has been told to appear before the CBI Aug 11, CBI sources said. Pande was the Ahmedabad commissioner of police during the 2002 communal riots and was the state police chief when a bulk of t ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Brinda Karat seeks justice for victims of Gujarat riots
New Delhi, July 27 - In the backdrop of the arrest of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat Tuesday asked the central government to ensure protection and justice for the victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots.'The centre should intervene in the case involving the Gujarat Chief Minister -,' Karat said after releasing a report on the Gujarat genocide witn ... read more

Gandhinagar | 1 month ago
Verdict on transfer of Gujarat riots case reserved
Gandhinagar, July 15 - The Gujarat High Court Thursday reserved its order on a petition seeking transfer of the Gulberg Society massacre case during the 2002 Gujarat riots from the judge hearing it due to his alleged 'biased behaviour'.Petitioner Imtiyazkhan Pathan and others, who are witnesses and victims of the 2002 riots, filed a petition before the court seeking a transfer of the case from the ... read more

Ahmedabad | 2 months ago
Riot accused gets more time to reply to lawyer's charge
Ahmedabad, June 26 - A special court here Friday granted Babu Bajrangi, an alleged conspirator of the 2002 communal riots at Naroda Patiya, time till June 29 to file his reply to a lawyer's plea seeking cancellation of his bail for threatening him.Advocate R.A. Sheikh, who represents a few victims of the massacre case, alleged that Bajrangi last Friday threatened him of dire consequences for raisi ... read more

Gandhinagar | 2 months ago
Nanavati panel's stand June 30 on summoning Modi
Gandhinagar, June 25 - The suspense on the stand of the Nanavati-Mehta judicial inquiry commission, probing the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, on summoning Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning will continue till June 30.The state government pleader Friday submitted a sealed cover to Gujarat High Court's special bench of Chief Justice S.J.Mukhopadhyaya and Justice Akil Kureshi containing t ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
BJP echoes Modi's barb on Sonia
New Delhi, June 14 - The Bharatiya Janata Party - Monday asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to reply to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's question to her on who was 'maut ka saudagar' - in Bhopal gas tragedy.'Whenever such a question is posed, there should be an answer. And the people of India want an answer,' BJP spokesman Rajiv Pratap Rudy told reporters here. On Sunday in a rally in Pat ... read more