Petitions were filed in the SC challenging the decision, including by CPM leader Subhashini Ali, Prof Rooplekha Verma, journalist Revati Laul and then TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict in the batch of petitions challenging the premature release of the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a clutch of pleas against the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple.
The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre and the Gujarat government to submit the original records regarding the remission of sentence for 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The court reserved its order after hearing arguments from Bano s counsel, as well as lawyers for the Centre, Gujarat government, and other PIL petitioners.