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The Hindu Morning Digest, September 27, 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the launch of 3 PARAM Rudra Supercomputers & High-Performance Computing system, on Thursday (September 26, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded in a flooded river in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar  A luxury bus carrying several dozen passengers, all pilgrims from Tamil Nadu, has been stranded in a turbulent flooded causeway over Maleshri river in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district. After their bus was stranded in heavy flood waters, a truck was sent with rescuers to bring the passengers out of the bus but that truck also got stranded in turbulent waters while passengers on board. PM Modi launches 3 PARAM Rudra supercomputers, says tech upgradation should empower poor Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three PARAM Rudra supercomputers, developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission, and asserted that today’s India is carving new opportunities in the infinite sky of possibilities. PM Modi said a country can aim for high achievements only if it has a big vision and asserted that technology upgrades should be to empower the poor. Will prepare …

Supreme Court rejects Gujarat govt plea to erase criticism in Bilkis Bano order | Latest News India

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Gujarat government’s plea seeking a review of the order setting aside the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case of 2002. The top court’s January 8 order had made harsh observations against the state for being “complicit” and “acting in tandem” with the accused — statements that the Gujarat government wanted reviewed and expunged. A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan also turned down the request for an open-court hearing. (File Photo/PTI) Rejecting the review plea , a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said: “Having carefully gone through the review petitions, the order under challenge and the papers annexed therewith, we are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record or any merit in the review petitions, warranting reconsideration of the order impugned.” The judges also turned down the request for an open-court hearing. Along with the state’s plea, the court dismissed the review petition of one of the convicts, …

Supreme Court dismisses Gujarat government’s plea in Bilkis Bano case – India TV

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Image Source : PTI/FILE PHOTO Supreme Court rejects Gujarat govt’s plea to strike out allegations in Bilkis Bano case In a major setback for the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking quashing of allegations against the state in the Bilkisbano case. The case involves the early release of 11 people convicted of raping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Supreme Court held that the Gujarat government’s plea to strike out certain points from its judgment was baseless. The court had earlier said that Gujarat had acted “in concert” with individual convicts who highlighted systemic issues in the riots The Gujarat government argued that the court’s findings were grossly biased and claimed that the state’s affairs had been misrepresented. The inquiry noted that the comments were inappropriate and requested that they be removed to mitigate perceived bias against the government. Source link

2 Bilkis Bano Case Convicts Petition Supreme Court For Final Order On Remission

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One of the convicts has also filed an application for bail. (Representational) New Delhi: Two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case have moved the Supreme Court contending that its January 8 verdict cancelling remission of their sentence was “in teeth of” a 2002 constitution bench order and sought the issue to be referred to a larger bench for “final” adjudication. Radheyshaym Bhagwandas Shah and Rajubhai Babulal Soni, both lodged in Godhra sub-jail after the Supreme Court verdict, said an “anomalous” situation has arisen wherein two different coordinate benches (benches of same strength) have taken diametrically opposite view on the same issue of premature release as well as on which policy of the state government would be applicable to the petitioners for remission. The plea, filed through advocate Rishi Malhotra, said while one bench on May 13, 2022 categorically ordered the Gujarat government to consider the application of Radheyshaym Shah for premature release in terms of the state government’s remission policy of July 9, 1992, the bench that pronounced the verdict on January …

Gujarat seeks review of adverse comments in Bilkis Bano judgment

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Stung by the adverse remarks passed against it, the Gujarat government moved a review petition in the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reconsider the comments in the Bilkis Bano case judgment. A Bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna had quashed the State’s move to remit the life sentence of the 11 convicts accused of gangrape and murder in the case. The court, in its judgment, had directed the men to surrender. Also read: Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice  The January 8 verdict had also made scathing remarks about the Gujarat government’s usurpation of authority to release the convicts prematurely. “The extreme observation made by this court that the State of Gujarat ‘acted in tandem and was complicit with [one of the] accused’ is not only highly unwarranted and against the record of the case but has caused serious prejudice to the State of Gujarat,” the review petition said. The court had concluded that Gujarat had no jurisdiction to release the convicts. The authority to remit the sentences had rested solely with Maharashtra, …

All 11 convicts in Bilkis case surrender in Gujarat | Latest News India

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All 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered late Sunday night at Godhra sub jail in Gujarat’s Panchmahal district after the Supreme Court denied to extend the deadline. The Supreme Court had on January 8, overturned the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and ordered that they return to prison in two weeks from the date of the order. (Vipin Kumar /HT PHOTO) Also Read: SC dismisses Bilkis Bano case convicts’ plea to extend time to surrender Stay tuned for all the latest updates on Ram Mandir! Click here “All 11 convicts have surrendered before jail authorities late Sunday night,” news agency PTI quoted local Crime Branch inspector NL Desai. The day was marked by uncertainty over the surrender of 11 men convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of 14 people during the riots that blanketed Gujarat in 2002 till late on Sunday night, even as the 14 day deadline set by the Supreme Court is set to end at midnight. Also Read: Police ‘closely monitoring’ 11 …

Close to deadline, Bilkis Bano case convicts surrender, reach Godhra jail | India News

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Eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered before the Godhra jail authorities late Sunday night, in line with the stipulated two-week deadline set by the Supreme Court on January 8. The court had annulled the remission and premature release granted to the convicts by the Gujarat government on August 15, 2022. The 11 convicts — Radheshyam Shah, Jaswant Nai, Govind Nai, Kesar Vohania, Baka Vohania, Raju Soni, Ramesh Chandana, Shailesh Bhatt, Bipin Joshi, Pradip Modhiya, and Mitesh Bhatt — arrived from Singwad in Dahod district to the Godhra sub-jail in Panchmahal district shortly before midnight, in two separate vehicles. Most of the convicts arrived in a 10-seater multi-utility vehicle that was led by an SUV – the two cars made their way into the jail premises within minutes of each other. Officials of the district police confirmed that they had “tracked and escorted” all 11 accused into the jail premises. In anticipation of the surrender, the Panchmahal district police had deployed several units of personnel on bandobast outside the Godhra sub-jail since late evening …

Supreme Court designates 56 lawyers, including Bilkis Bano’s counsel, ‘senior advocates’

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Shobha Gupta successfully appeared for Bilkis Bano against the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 life convicts. Photo: LinkedIn/@shobha-gupta Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and judges of the Supreme Court held a Full Court meeting on Friday to designate 56 lawyers as senior advocates. Eleven of the advocates-on-record and advocates designated senior advocates by the Supreme Court are women, including Shobha Gupta, who successfully appeared for Bilkis Bano against the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 life convicts. Section 16 of the Advocates Act refers to the separate class of ‘senior advocate’. Both the Supreme Court and High Courts can confer senior designation to lawyers based on their merit, experience, special knowledge of the law and standing at the Bar. Section 23 of the Act says, “senior advocates shall have pre-audience over other lawyers and their right of pre-audience inter se shall be determined by their respective seniority”. This is the first time advocates have been designated after the Supreme Court in a judgment in 2023 modified its guidelines for …

Police On Bilkis Bano Case Convicts’ Surrender

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The Supreme Court ordered all the convicts back to jail within two weeks. Dahod (Guj): No information has been received yet about the surrender of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case after the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant them remission, but a police force remains deployed in the area where they live to maintain peace, an senior official said on Tuesday. The convicts, however, are “not incommunicado” and some of them are visiting relatives, said Dahod Superintendent of Police Balram Meena. “Police have not received any information (regarding their surrender), and we have not received the copy of the (Supreme Court) judgment. The convicts are natives of Singvad taluka where police were deployed since Monday morning, before the judgement was pronounced, to maintain law and order and ensure that communal conflict does not break out,” he said. “The convicts are not incommunicado, and some of them are visiting their relatives. We have no information and have not received any order copy, but police remain deployed in the entire Randhikpur …

On Bilkis Bano Case, Sharad Pawar’s Appeal To Maharashtra

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On Monday, the Supreme Court had cancelled the remission granted by the Gujarat government. Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday appealed to the Maharashtra government to take the case of Bilkis Bano – who was gang raped and her seven family members murdered in 2002 – seriously and keep in mind what the Supreme Court has said about the “heinous crime”. The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the case, while slamming the state for being “complicit” with an accused and abusing its discretion. It ordered all the convicts, who were released prematurely on Independence Day in 2022, back to jail within two weeks. Excoriating the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court said it “usurped” the power of the Maharashtra government to grant remission to the convicts. After Bilkis Bano voiced apprehension over tampering with evidence and risk to witnesses, the Gujarat High Court had transferred the trial in the case from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. The 11 convicts in the case can approach the Maharashtra …