NEW DELHI: The Indian Supreme Court has said that it will commence final hearing on August 7 in clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat violence.
A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the pleadings have been completed and all the convicts have been served notices through newspaper publications or directly.
“We hold that pleadings in the matter are complete and all the respondents have been served notices in all the cases though newspaper publications or directly. We list the matter for a final hearing on August 7. All parties should file short written submissions, synopsis and list of dates,” the bench said.
All 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year.
Bano has filed a writ petition challenging the remissions.
Several other PILs, including one by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul, and former vice-chancellor of the Lucknow University Roop Rekha Verma, have been filed against the remission.
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