-The Indian Express The SIT was set up to clear the path for justice in Gujarat. Instead, it trips on itself Ten years after the riots in Gujarat, many answers are still to be wrenched out of the system. However, the judiciary has shown its determination to ensure a thorough accounting — last month, a judgment on the Ode killings convicted 23 people. The Supreme Court, in particular, has taken extraordinary measures...
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Did Narendra Modi govt pay for SIT chief Raghavan's foreign trips?-Ajay Umat
AHMEDABAD: What was the need for amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran to put down these words in his final report before the Supreme Court which became public this week? "The cost for boarding and lodging for both the amicus curiae at BSF mess, Gandhinagar as well as the cost for local transportation by private taxi was arranged by the SIT...the cost of travel from Delhi to Ahmedabad and back (for both...
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-The Telegraph A CBI court today convicted 34 accused in one of the 53 fodder scam cases registered with it, awarding rigorous imprisonment sentences ranging from one to six years and slapping fines between Rs 10,000 to Rs 3 lakh. The court of CBI special judge II, D.C. Roy, found all the accused guilty of fraudulently withdrawing money from the Doranda treasury between 1980-90 with the help of fake invoices. The case (RC...
More »Century-old, hilltop mosque falls to mining greed-Mohammed Iqbal
The demolition of a century-old roofless mosque on a hilltop at Pur village in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan to make way for mining by a private company has led to outrage here. The issue has brought into question the State Waqf Board's role in giving the “green signal” to a group, claiming to represent local Muslims, for razing the mosque. Jindal Saw Limited, owned by the O. P. Jindal Group, bought...
More »Bhanwari Devi case: Court issues notice to CBI chief, officials
-IANS The Rajasthan High Court Thursday issued show-cause notices to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and other agency officers on allegations of harassment by a local politician during investigation into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, a lawyer said. The notices were issued to CBI Director, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG), a superintendent of police (SP) and an inspector-rank officer, the lawyer added. Shabhu Singh Khetasar, a former Bharatiya...
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