Teesta Setalvad reflects on the slide in India, once considered a leader of the developing world and a proud democracy that is today being dubbed “partly free” and an “electoral autocracy”.
A special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired Director General of Police RB Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Saturday hailed the Supreme Court s decision to grant interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases and called her a courageous fighter for justice.
A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia said that since the essential custodial interrogation is complete, the matter of interim bail should have been heard, and noted that her bail plea is still pending before the Gujarat High Court.
A bench headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia said that since the essential custodial interrogation is complete, the matter of interim bail should have been heard, and noted that her bail plea is still pending before the Gujarat High Court.