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Gujarat government not appropriate authority to consider releasing convicts: Bilkis Bano in her plea
Citing CrPC provisions, Bano said that the remission case should have be taken up by the Maharashtra government as a local court had sentenced the convicts.
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Bilkis Bano moves SC against remission of life sentences of 11 rape, murder convicts
She has also filed a review petition on the court’s verdict allowing the Gujarat government to decide on the premature release of the men.
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Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court agrees to hear fresh plea challenging release of convicts
The petition is filed by the National Federation of Indian Women, the women’s wing of the Communist Party of India.
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Union minister defends Centre’s approval to release Bilkis Bano case convicts, says done as per law
On Monday, the Gujarat government told the Supreme Court that the men were freed from jail as they had served 14 years and their behaviour was good.
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Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court defers hearing to November 29
The court remarked the reply filed by the Gujarat government on the release of 11 convicts is ‘very bulky’.
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Centre approved release of Bilkis Bano case convicts for good behaviour, Gujarat government tells SC
In an affidavit, the state government added the 11 men were freed as they had been in jail for 14 years.
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Remission of Bilkis Bano case convicts sets inhumane and immoral precedent, say over 400 citizens
In a statement, the group, comprising human rights activists, former civil servants and artistes, urged the government to revoke the remission.
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Bilkis Bano’s new trauma reflects universal fear of victims who must live near their attackers
Around the world, many victims of mass violence are forced to live alongside neighbours who attacked them, with no legal or social recognition of their guilt.
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