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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.
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The court&amp;rsquo;s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it had made in the case a week ago, and would come as a relief to the Gujarat chief minister.
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Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &amp;mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&amp;rsquo;s arguments.
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It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&amp;rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.
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&amp;ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&amp;rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&amp;rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.
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&amp;ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&amp;rdquo;
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Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.
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&amp;ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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&amp;ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&amp;rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&amp;rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&amp;rdquo;
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Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.
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Justice Jain replied: &amp;ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&amp;rdquo;
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The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.
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&amp;ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain asked.
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Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&amp;rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&amp;rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.
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&amp;ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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The Gujarat government had set up a commission of inquiry under retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002. It was to probe the Godhra train fire and the riots that followed and hand in a report within three months. On May 22 the same year, the state reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.
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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.
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Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &amp;mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&amp;rsquo;s arguments.
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It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&amp;rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.
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&amp;ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&amp;rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&amp;rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.
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&amp;ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&amp;rdquo;
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&amp;ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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&amp;ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&amp;rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&amp;rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&amp;rdquo;
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Justice Jain replied: &amp;ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&amp;rdquo;
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&amp;ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain asked.
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Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&amp;rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&amp;rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.
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&amp;ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &ldquo;judicial overreach&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court&rsquo;s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it had made in the case a week ago, and would come as a relief to the Gujarat chief minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&rsquo;s arguments.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Justice Jain replied: &ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&rdquo; Justice Jain asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat government had set up a commission of inquiry under retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002. It was to probe the Godhra train fire and the riots that followed and hand in a report within three months. On May 22 the same year, the state reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.</div>               </font>
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&amp;ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain asked.
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Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&amp;rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&amp;rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.
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&amp;ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.





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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.
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Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &amp;mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&amp;rsquo;s arguments.
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It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&amp;rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.
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&amp;ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&amp;rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&amp;rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.
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&amp;ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&amp;rdquo;
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Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.
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&amp;ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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&amp;ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&amp;rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&amp;rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&amp;rdquo;
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Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.
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Justice Jain replied: &amp;ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&amp;rdquo;
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The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.
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&amp;ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain asked.
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Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&amp;rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&amp;rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.
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&amp;ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.





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                <div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &ldquo;judicial overreach&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court&rsquo;s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it had made in the case a week ago, and would come as a relief to the Gujarat chief minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&rsquo;s arguments.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Justice Jain replied: &ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&rdquo; Justice Jain asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat government had set up a commission of inquiry under retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002. It was to probe the Godhra train fire and the riots that followed and hand in a report within three months. On May 22 the same year, the state reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.</div>               </font>
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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.





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Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&amp;rsquo;s arguments.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&amp;rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&amp;rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&amp;rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&amp;rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&amp;rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify&quot;&gt;Justice Jain replied: &amp;ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? 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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.
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Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &amp;mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&amp;rsquo;s arguments.
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It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&amp;rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.
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&amp;ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&amp;rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&amp;rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.
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Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.
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&amp;ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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&amp;ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&amp;rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&amp;rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&amp;rdquo;
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Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.
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Justice Jain replied: &amp;ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&amp;rdquo;
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The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.
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&amp;ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain asked.
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Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&amp;rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&amp;rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.
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&amp;ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&amp;rdquo; Justice Jain said.
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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &amp;ldquo;judicial overreach&amp;rdquo;.





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The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &ldquo;judicial overreach&rdquo;.





The court&rsquo;s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it...'
$disp = '<div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to &ldquo;judicial overreach&rdquo;.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The court&rsquo;s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it had made in the case a week ago, and would come as a relief to the Gujarat chief minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 &mdash; before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel&rsquo;s arguments.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel&rsquo;s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?&rdquo; Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel&rsquo;s counsel Colin Gonsalves.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can&rsquo;t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission&rsquo;s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Justice Jain replied: &ldquo;We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?&rdquo;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?&rdquo; Justice Jain asked.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister&rsquo;s role fell within the ambit of the commission&rsquo;s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&ldquo;It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,&rdquo; Justice Jain said.</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The Gujarat government had set up a commission of inquiry under retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002. It was to probe the Godhra train fire and the riots that followed and hand in a report within three months. On May 22 the same year, the state reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.</div>'
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SC cites overreach on quiz-Modi plea-Samanwaya Rautray

The Supreme Court today refused to direct the Nanavati Commission to summon and question Narendra Modi about his alleged role in the 2002 riots, saying that doing so would amount to “judicial overreach”. The court’s decision followed an embarrassing gaffe it had made in the case a week ago, and would come as a relief to the Gujarat chief minister. Ironically enough, the two-judge bench had sought to issue notices on the plea on March 19 — before withdrawing the notices four days later, realising they had been issued against the wrong petition. Today, the court refused to countenance any of petitioner Amrish N. Patel’s arguments. It declined to interfere in the functioning of a commission of inquiry and dismissed as withdrawn Patel’s appeal against a high court order that had rejected the same demand. “Tell us, under which law (can) this court direct the commission to probe the role of somebody?” Justice D.K. Jain asked Patel’s counsel Colin Gonsalves. “It is for the commission to determine its own procedure and decide whom it should summon as a witness and what probe it should conduct.” Gonsalves insisted that the court had the power to do it but the bench rejected his argument. “A probe is not decided on the basis of personalities. If after submission of the final (commission) report, you find it arbitrary, we can understand. But you are asking us to judge a report even before it is submitted. How can the court say that somebody should be a witness and (that) the commission is proceeding in an arbitrary manner when it has not given its report?” Justice Jain said. “The commission has not closed the inquiry. We can’t judge the correctness of the order till the final report is submitted. If the court starts interfering at every stage in the inquiry commission’s functioning, then no inquiry commission can submit its report.” Gonsalves complained that Nanavati had been conducting the probe for 10 years. Justice Jain replied: “We have instances where it has taken 15 years for (an) inquiry commission to complete a probe. Once the final report is submitted, it is for the (state) legislature or Parliament to accept or reject the recommendations. What happened to reports of high-profile inquiry commissions? How many buckets are full with reports of inquiry commissions?” The bench of Justices Jain and Anil R. Dave also cited the oft-stated criticism of judicial overreach. “We hear about judicial overreach. If we start monitoring the functioning of inquiry commissions, will it not be judicial overreach?” Justice Jain asked. Gonsalves said the court had earlier intervened in similar instances, and pointed out that the chief minister’s role fell within the ambit of the commission’s terms of reference. But the court would have none of it. Instead, it permitted him to withdraw the appeal. “It (the 2002 riots) is an unfortunate event, very difficult to erase from our mind. We have reopened the cases. Can a judicial body be subjected to judicial review? In this case, if we interfere, it will be a clear case of judicial overreach,” Justice Jain said. The Gujarat government had set up a commission of inquiry under retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002. It was to probe the Godhra train fire and the riots that followed and hand in a report within three months. On May 22 the same year, the state reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.