NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Monday overturned the life sentence reduction given to 11 Hindu men who were found guilty of raping Bilkis Bano and killing her relatives in 2002 during anti-Muslim protests in India's Gujarat state. The court ordered the men to
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
New Delhi: Supreme Court of India judge Justice Bela M. Trivedi recused herself from hearing a clutch of petitions challenging early release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M. Trivedi took up the petitions filed by
Gujarat: A BJP leader Chandrasinh Raulji who was involved in the decision to release Bilkis Bano's rapists and, amid a huge backlash, had described them as "Sanskari Brahmins" is recently elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the premature release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
New Delhi: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has been roundly criticised for “siding with the rapists” after it emerged that his federal government had approved the premature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Muslim woman Bilkis Bano.
New Delhi: In a major embarrassment for the BJP-ruled Gujarat government, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from it on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The top court issued a notice to
New Delhi: Human rights groups and Muslim representatives have expressed outrage over the release of 11 men serving life sentences for gang rape and murder during the 2002 Gujarat riots that killed over 1,000 people, the majority of whom were Muslims. On March 3, 2002, Bilkis