Jafri's son termed the ruling as a victory, as the court allowed the petitioners to approach an appropriate forum to seek re-investigation.
'...at this prima facie stage, are offences inter alia under Sections 153A (1) (a) & (b), 153B (1) (c), 166 and 505 (2) of the IPC,' says the Amicus curiae's report
On The Enquiry Report (Preliminary) of May 2010 in SLP (Crl.) 1088/2088
As Gujarat – and the nation – marks ten years of the horrific violence in Godhra and later across the state, and Modi completes his carefully-calibrated Sadbhavna mission in a bid to erase the 2002 blot, he finds the...
Enquiry report (preliminary, of May 2010) by the special investigation team in the matter relating to to SLP (CRL.) No. 1088/2008 of Smt Jakia Nasim Ahesan & Anr Vs State of Gujarat & Ors as ordered by the hon'ble Supreme...
I was aware of my family's pain but had never fully realised that our loss in Gujarat’s communal riots was only a minor footnote in a vast library of rewritten lives.
...to the SIT Reply dated 25.5.2012 to the Application to Apply for Documents that Appear to be Absent from the Compilation provided by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) dated 28.5.2012
On giving a full power of attorney: ' Even today to enable and ensure that I, as complainant remain on top of the procedures and processes I and my family will...
The disdain with which Anna Hazare was treated for his praise of Modi’s rural development work in Gujarat shows that many of the “civil society" lack even...
'We are of the opinion that in the instant case we have reached a stage where the process of monitoring of the case must come to an end. It would neither be...
The press-release issued by Citizens for Justice and Peace who were co-petitioners in SLP 1088/2008 along with Mrs Jafri
'I have resolved to fast for three days from, Saturday, the 17th September 2011. My fast will conclude on 19th September. I deeply believe that this fast will...
'It seems you have completely misconstrued the judgement and order passed by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in Jakia Nasim Ahesan & Anr. Versus State of...
'The vindictive action of the Gujarat government in arresting Sanjiv Bhatt, senior IPS officer, is nothing short of an attempt to intimidate an important...
The author was 13 when he was plucked out from class before 9/11 was announced in his school. And then, within months, he had to confront another crisis when...
Mr Modi can greatly benefit from the film A Few Good Men in which Colonel Nathan Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, authoritatively roars, “You want the...
The legacy and the lesson NDA leaves is that there is no need for bringing morality in politics. It does not matter what you do as long as you do it decisively...
The author of In Times of Siege on its contemporary theme, its relevance, inspiration and how a 'writerly slogan' is necessarily nuanced, complex, structured,...
In the aftermath of the Gujarat carnage, you have often said that Gujarat will remain a blot on the BJP government and on your conscience -- that it was...
Joining issue with the Gujarat Chief Minister's missive, an open letter in response to the President APJ Abdul Kalam.
Former Gujarat MP Ehsan Jaffri and 19 members of his family burnt alive as the death toll mounts and terror sweeps the BJP-ruled state. VHP wants PM to quit,...
A preliminary report by the SAHMAT Fact Finding Team to Ahmedabad, 10-11th March 2002
