Topic: Bilkis Bano

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Gujarat government to share the reasons behind its decision to prematurely release the eleven Hindutva men who are the convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case.

At a recent government event on Saturday, one of the 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case and was released last year due to Gujarat's remission policy, appeared alongside Jasvantsinh Bhabhor, a member of parliament from the BJP representing Dahod, and his brother Shailesh Bhabhor, a BJP legislator from Limkheda.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear the pleas challenging the Gujarat government’s order for the premature release...

The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will hear Bilkis Bano’s plea along with a batch of other petitions challenging the remission of sentence of 11 Hindutva men who gangraped her and murdered seven members of her family members during the 2002 Muslim genocide in Gujarat.

Supreme Court of India Saturday dismissed the review petition filed by Gujarat Muslim genocide survivor Bilkis Bano seeking review of the May 2022 judgment which held that Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to decide the remission applications of 11 gangrape- murder convicts even though the trial was held in Maharashtra.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain submissions seeking early listing of a plea filed by Gujarat Muslim genocide survivor Bilkis Bano challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in her gang rape case.