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#SupremeCourt to hear at 2 PM today the petition challenging the premature release of the life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case for gang rape and murders during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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Bench of Justices KM Joseph & BV Nagarathna had earlier clarified that the matter would be taken up to ascertain service of notice, & the hearing would resume only after #SupremeCourt reopens on July 3.

#SupremeCourtofIndia #BilkisBano

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Bench of Justices KM Joseph & BV Nagarathna has reassembled after lunch, Adv Shobha Gupta (for Bilkis Bano) takes court through affidavit on service of notice.

Joseph J: What do you say? (to SG) Was there non-cooperation by Gujarat police?

#SupremeCourtofIndia #BilkisBano
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Supreme Court to continue hearing plea by Bilkis Bano challenging remission granted to 11 men convicted for gangraping her during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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Adv Shobha Gupta says a respondent had been served.

On SG's request, matter to be taken up at 2pm.

Gupta: I will give a suggestion qua the service.

#SupremeCourt #SupremeCourtofIndia
Justice Joseph: who is appearing for the 9th respondent

Adv Shobha Gupta: please see the affidavit filed regarding service

SG Mehta: service part I have not examined

Gupta: the PSI statement is there that he put all efforts.. the notice was to be served to one of the convicts… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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First they came for the Akhlaqs
And I did not speak out
Because I don't eat meat

Then they came for the JNUSU
And I did not speak out
Cos I'm an engineer not a humanities grad

Then they came for ₹500/1000
And I did not speak out
Because I have latest smartphone apps

Etc
The Niemoller like poem about the rise of sanghism in Modi years will end up being longer than the Mahabharata.

Starts with Akhlaq. Who knows where it will end.
Indians don't speak enough about what a seminal moment the Akhlaq case was in Indian history.

He was lynched by random people on suspicion of eating beef.

Murder is the biggest crime.

Police forensics focused on whether the meat was beef, not his murder.

A seismic shift, no?
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#SupremeCourt to heart today the petition challenging the premature release of the life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case for gangrape and murders during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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#SupremeCourt hearing another matter, counsel asks the bench about "special matter fixed at 2" (referring to Bilkis Bano case).

Joseph J: We don't know what will happen there. Might continue this.

Counsel: Alright, we'll wait. We'll be here.

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Bench assembles. Justice Joseph tells Adv Shobha Gupta, appearing for Bilkis Bano, "There's one matter. We'll call this immediately after that."

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[Bilkis Bano case]

Supreme Court hearing petition filed by Gujarat riots gangrape survivor, #BilkisBano challenging decision of Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts who had gangraped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots

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Bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna go through how matter came before present bench.

Counsel for convicts seeks more time to reply.

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ASG SV Raju for Centre and Gujarat: We are on the same page.

SC: Are you ready to argue today? It is about the policy and principle. Law is settled.

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#SupremeCourt to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Gujarat government's decision to prematurely release 11 life convicts in the #BilkisBano case. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna is hearing the matter.

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The bench is hearing another matter now, which is to continue after lunch.

Joseph J (before rising): At 2, we also have that matter (referring to the plea by #BilkisBano). But, we will continue with this current matter, & see how the board holds up.

#SupremeCourtofIndia
The bench of Justices KM Joseph & BV Nagarathna has re-assembled. Counsel seeks time to file response to Bilkis Bano's plea.

Adv Shobha Gupta: We have served all AoRs by mail & hard copy also.

Sr Adv AM Singhvi: Everytime someone seeks a date!

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#SupremeCourt to hear today a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of convicts in the #BilkisBano case.

A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna will hear the matter.
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Supreme Court to hear in a short while the petitions challenging the remission granted in #BilkisBano case.

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Matter taken.

Counsel for one of the convicts seeks time to file a response.

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[Bilkis Bano case]

#SupremeCourt will today hear petition filed by Gujarat riots gangrape survivor, #BilkisBano challenging decision of Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts who had gangraped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
Currently the bench is hearing item 40. The #BilkisBanoCase is at item 46 #SupremeCourtofIndia
Adv Aparna Bhat: i am being led by Sr Adv Kapil Sibal he is appearing virtually

Counsel for Respondent no 8, a convict: I need to file a reply and the stakes which I have in this matter is recognized in this case

Justice Joseph: when was notice issued ?

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#SupremeCourt to hear fresh PIL against remission granted to 11 convicts who had gangraped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.

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Adv Vrinda Grover: law and justice is on our side

Adv for accused: locus is not on your side

Grover: that hurdle is crossed long back
Justice Rastogi: Is the plea by complainant victim also listed?

Adv Shobha Gupta: no only these meris

Accused lawyer: these petitions have to go

Justice Rastogi: address us on merits. why should it go? all of the petitions will be heard with the main petition
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Special coverage @themojostory- #BilkisBano Rape convict Mithilesh ( released early with 10 others for “good behaviour” ) was charged with outraging modesty of a woman while out on parole in 2020.
Sidebar: it’s satisfying to sometimes break a story ahead of the brilliant @LiveLawIndia which we would all be lost without otherwise
Exclusive @themojostory - We broke how #Bilkis rapist Mithesh was charged with outraging modesty of a woman on parole. Now we show how a 2nd convict,Radheshyam, whose petition in SC led to remission, was also charged with same offence & criminal intimidation. “Good Behaviour”?!
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In the affidavit filed before the apex court, the Gujarat government underlined that the convicts' "behaviour was found to be good" and that they were released on the grounds that they had completed 14 years in jail.

A thread.

#BilkisBano #BilkisBanoCase
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In the ICC Statute, the reduction of a sentence remains a judicial mandate and not executive discretion. | Saumya Uma
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"We believe that the remission and the government's silence sends out a signal of impunity and sets a precedent that is inhuman and immoral," said a statement issued by over 400 writers, artists and other prominent citizens.
#Replug
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The Supreme Court will shortly hear the plea challenging remission granted to 11 convicts who had gangraped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.

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The Gujarat government, in its affidavit, has told the top court that it decided to release all the eleven convicts as per a 1992 remission policy since they completed more than 14 years in prison and their behaviour was found to be good.

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#BilkisBano பாலியல் வன்கொடுமை, அவரின் குழந்தை மற்றும் குடும்பத்தினர் படுகொலையில் தொடர்புடைய 11 பேரை குஜராத் அரசு விடுவித்தது.

காரணமாக அவர்கள் சொல்வது:
1. நன்னடத்தை ( அவர்கள் பிராமணர்கள். அதனால் நல்லவர்கள் என்றார் அமைச்சர்)
2. 14 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவு
3. முந்தைய வழக்கு எடுத்துக்காட்டாக வைத்து விடுவிப்பு. மத்திய அரசு அளித்த அனுமதியால் அல்ல.

75வது சுதந்திரத்தை கொண்டாடும் வகையில், பாலியல் வன்கொடுமை, தேசப் பாதுகாப்பு, கொலை குற்றவாளிகள் தவிர்த்து மற்ற ஆயுள் தண்டனை கைதிகளை விடுவிக்க மத்திய அரசு அனுமதி அளித்தது...
அதன்படியே விடுவித்தோம் என முதலில் குஜராத் அரசு தெரிவித்தது. இப்போது காரணத்தை மாற்றியிருக்கின்றனர்...

காரணம் வன்கொடுமை குற்றவாளிகளை விடுவிக்க அனுமதியில்லை. பிறகு எப்படி விடுவித்தீர்கள் என்ற கேள்வி வந்தது. அதனால் இப்போது வழக்கு ஒன்றின் தீர்ப்பை சுட்டிக்காட்டி தங்கள் நடவடிக்கையை..
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In Beed, a massive rally was organized by opposition Demanding the re-arrest of #BilkisBano accused. But was the rally just for #BilkisBano or was a bigger political forces behind it. A thread 👇
The rally which was for women freedom and dignity was attended by women completely clad in burqas and passed in between human chain created on both sides by male volunteers.
So much for freedom and dignity. 2/n
The Rally in Beed was mainly influenced by anti-BJP parties & was more about politics than the Muslim women issues.
AIMIM the most active participant was trying to gain back its lost influence through the rally. In the last Municipal elections AIMIM had lost 7/9 seats it had. 3/n
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{BILKIS BANO CASE}

#SupremeCourt to shortly hear the plea challenging the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts who had gangraped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 #GujaratRiots
The three-judge bench to assemble now

#BilkisBano #Remission #SupremeCourt
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal; please see the petition...large number of lives were lost in communal riots..even in Limkheda village of Dahod district. Arson looting and violence took place. Bano and Shamin with others were escaping.. shamim delivered a child..

#BilkisBano #Remission
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We failed her as a society: Lawyer of Bilkis Bano, Advocate Shobha Gupta on remission of 11 convicts

story by @thereal_aamirk

#BilkisBano #BilkisBanoCase

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This is one saga of extreme atrocities, extreme violence, crime beyond words, comprehension and imagination.

But at the same time, it is the saga of immense, incomprehensible strength shown by this girl, the bravery. I always say that we draw strength from her

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You put in all this, ensure justice, you fight till the last court. You succeed to get the conviction upheld

Highest ever compensation in a matter because of the gruesomeness & the exceptional facts of the case, & then to come back to a minimum sentence undergone?

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My #Sanghi-infested #WhatsApp groups are sharing a story in an obscure California based online magazine (see pic).
Q. Why Now? the last election was in 2019 and the next is not till 2024.
A. To bury the shameful story of the shameful release of #BilkisBano's rapists. Image
The sad and depressing fact is that women have been involved in the unseemly jubilation and public felicitation of the 11 murderers and rapists who have been released.
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"Why do women support Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi?" asks the article in fairobesrver.dot.com.

You might equally ask, Whe do you battered women stand by their tormentors?
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Solidarity to #BilkisBano Image
Call for nation wide protest in solidarity with #BilkisBano on 27th Aug. For details follow this thread
Our Demand: @GujaratPolice @CMOGuj Revoke the illegal release of the 11 convicted rapists & murderers in #BilkisBano case
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@MujtabaAasif #Savarkar wanted rape to be used as a tool to oppress Muslims. That man is adored & revered by the whole Government the tool was used by RSS goons in #BilkisBano rape and murder of 8 members of her family.
Every single #Savarkar supported is a potential rapist.
“Only Muslim men alone, if at all, suffered the consequential indignities but the Muslim women – never!” wrote Savarkar in the book "Six glorious epoch of Indian History. Savarkar had this perverted idea that Muslim women to be raped and taught a lesson.
Read the book "Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History amzn.eu/d/hbdYcUr"
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I feel anxious for my children because tomorrow if mob surrounds them and asks, “Are you a Hindu or a Muslim?” …they will have no answer, says actor #NaseeruddinShah
#Tathya
#Tathya with Apoorvanand
In the context of the Sajjan Kumar conviction in the 1984 genocidal violence against Sikhs, we need to rethink about other incidents of violence that have happened in the country, says Prof. Apoorvanand.
We wish you a #MerryChristmas with the Christian Qawwals of Delhi.
"People look at me and wonder who I really am. I have only one answer for them. I am you," says Bernard Rufus, also known as Sahil Sufi Nizam, a popular singer of Christian Qawwalis.
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