The Supreme Court has rapped the petitioner Zakia Jafri in the Gujarat riots case and called the plea far-fetched and an attempt to "keep the pot boiling".
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court on Friday remarked that disgruntled officials of the Gujarat government who made sensational revelations in relation to the 2002 riots only "to keep the pot boiling" must be put in the dock and proceeded with in accordance with the law. India News | 2002 Gujarat Riots: Disgruntled Officers Who Made False Revelations Must Be Put in the Dock, Says SC.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday slammed the Congress and Left parties after the Supreme Court upheld the clean chit given by the court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and others while ruling out a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The Supreme Court on Friday remarked that disgruntled officials of the Gujarat government who made sensational revelations in relation to the 2002 riots only to keep the pot boiling must be put in the dock and proceeded with in accordance with the law.
The Supreme Court on Friday said there is "no tittle of material" to prove that 2002 Gujarat riots were pre-planned and the inaction of some state officials can t be the basis to term it as a state-sponsored crime against the minority .