The Supreme Court issued notice on pleas challenging the remission of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Supreme Court s fraying legitimacy crisis split a little bit wider on Tuesday when Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts seeking some answers about some troubling allegations about ethical lapses by right-wing justices.