The Supreme Court today cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to grant release to 11 men who raped Bilkis Bano and killed her child and other family members in 2002.
Earlier in the day, accusing the Gujarat govt of abusing its power, the apex court quashed the remission to the men convicted of gang-raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots and ordered that they be sent back to jail within two weeks
A source close to Bilkis said, "The SC order has reinstated our faith in the judiciary and it gives us consolation that justice is alive. But, we cannot feel victorious yet."