Bilkis Bano
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SC to form special bench for Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to gang-rape convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the remission of…
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SC assures Bilkis Bano of early hearing of her plea against remission to convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, that her plea against the remission of…
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Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to convicts could not be heard in SC
New Delhi: The hearing on Bilkis Bano’s plea challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the gang-rape case by the Gujarat government, could not be held in the Supreme Court…
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Bilkis Bano case: Justice Bela M Trivedi recuses herself from hearing, again
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Bela M Trivedi Wednesday recused herself from hearing a batch of pleas challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in…
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Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses review against May judgment on remission policy
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the apex court’s May 13 judgment, which held that remission of accused, convicted for gangrape and multiple…
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Bilkis Bano case: SC judge recuses from hearing plea against release of convicts
New Delhi: A Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, on Tuesday recused from hearing the petition filed by Bilkis Bano against the release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping her in…
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SC to consider early listing of Bilkis Bano’s review plea over remission of 11 convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would consider early “listing by circulation” a plea seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat…
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SC to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea against rapists’ release on Tuesday
On December 13, the Supreme Court will hear Bilkis Bano’s appeal against the pardon and release of 11 prisoners from the 2002 case involving her gangrape and the death of seven members…
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Gujarat polls: BJP MLA who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists ‘Sanskari’ leads in Godhra
The results of the Gujarat Assembly elections were declared on Thursday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining the state as the All India Majlis Ittehad ul Muslimeen and the Aam Aadmi…
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Will stand and fight again, against what is wrong: Bilkis Bano
New Delhi: “I will stand and fight again, against what is wrong and for what is right,” said Bilkis Bano, who has moved the Supreme Court challenging the remission and release of…
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Bilkis Bano challenges release of 11 convicts in Supreme Court
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the premature release of 11 men convicted of gangraping her in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Bilkis Bano filed a review plea…
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Early release of Bilkis case convicts talking point in Gujarat polls but views divided on Cong gain
Ahmedabad: The premature release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case has become part of political and electoral discourse in Gujarat in run-up to the next month’s Assembly polls…
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Gujarat: BJP MLA who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists ‘sanskari’ handed Godhra ticket
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Chandrasinh Raulji, who labelled Bilkis Bano’s rapists as sanskari was on Friday given a ticket to contest assembly elections from Godhra. It is to be noted that…
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DCW Chief writes to Modi, seeking changes in remission, parole rules for rapists
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking changes in remission and parole rules in context with the parole given to…
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‘Rape does not happen in Hindu community’, claims convict in Bilkis Bano case
“We’re innocent. Have you seen an uncle and nephew rape, someone, in front of each other? Does it happen in the Hindu community? No, Hindus don’t do that,” said Govind Nai, one…
