New Delhi: Accusing the Gujarat government of abusing its power, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission to 11 men convicted of gangraping 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.
The Gujarat government s remission order was without application of mind, a bench
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The Supreme Court will pronounce on Monday (January 8) its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.A bench comprising Justices BV.
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