Naroda Patiya riots: Gujarat High Court acquits Maya Kodnani, upholds Babu Bajrangi’s conviction

The trial court had called Kodnani, a former BJP minister, the kingpin of the riot and sentenced her to 28 years in jail.

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· Apr 20, 2018 · 11:40 am

Bilkis Bano gangrape: SC grants Gujarat six weeks to reply to plea for higher compensation

The top court also gave the state government six weeks to file a report on disciplinary action taken against convicted policemen.

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· Mar 12, 2018 · 09:32 pm

Gujarat refuses to seek stricter punishment for Gulberg massacre convicts: The Indian Express

In a letter, the state government said there are no grounds on which an appeal can be filed against the quantum of sentence.

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· Feb 15, 2018 · 11:08 am

Godhra riots: Gujarat HC upholds verdict clearing Narendra Modi, rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea

Her petition had challenged a magisterial court’s order clearing the prime minister and 59 others of charges in the case.

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· Oct 05, 2017 · 01:22 pm

Gulberg society massacre: Convicted VHP leader Atul Vaidya gets bail

He was sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with the post-Godhra riots in Ahmedabad.

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· Jun 27, 2017 · 03:21 pm

‘Verdict has vindicated my truth’, says Bilkis Bano after court upholds life terms for 11 convicts

The bench also dismissed a CBI appeal seeking death sentences for three of the culprits.

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· May 04, 2017 · 12:19 pm

‘They wish every day to be dead’: The struggles of children in Gujarat’s riot rehabilitation camps

The children of the riots continue to suffer psychological and physical scars, which no one in the administration has attempted to understand, let alone heal.

Avantika Mehta

· Mar 02, 2017 · 11:30 am

The woman who lost 25 members of her family in the 2002 riots and went on to help other widows

15 years after the communal carnage in Gujarat, Harsh Mander narrates a tale of exceptional courage.

Harsh Mander

· Feb 27, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Read the emails Prashant Bhushan alleges show that Modi government colluded with 2002 accused

Regardless of the Supreme Court's scathing strictures against Sanjiv Bhatt, his lawyer claims that the evidence he presented deserves to be taken seriously.

Sundeep Dougal and Supriya Sharma

· Oct 16, 2015 · 09:15 am

Did Teesta Setalvad buy liquor with money meant for Gujarat riot victims?

On Tuesday, a court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Teesta Setalvad and others in the Gulberg Society Museum case. The Gujarat police have alleged that Setalvad used organisation funds for wining and dining. She responds.

Mridula Chari

· Mar 27, 2014 · 06:03 am

The real story behind the corruption charges against activist Teesta Setalvad

The Gujarat government wants activist Teesta Setalvad to be interrogated in custody about charges of embezzling donations collected to build a communal violence museum. But the charges against Setalvad seem to be an attempt to intimidate her to withdraw cases she has helped Zakia Jafri to file against Narendra Modi.

Mridula Chari

· Mar 21, 2014 · 09:23 am