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The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence or the Gujarat pogrom, [7][8][9][10][11] was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya, is cited as ...
Apr 23, 2013 · One of the first judicial interventions in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases came as early as April 1,2002,when Justice (retired) J S Verma as chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) noted that investigations in these cases were being influenced by extraneous considerations or players and recommended CBI probe into five cases Godhra carnage,and killings at Gulberg Society,Naroda Patiya,Best Bakery in Vadodara and Sardarpura in Mehsana.
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The NHRC led by Justice Verma brought a petition to the Supreme Court seeking retrial of the Best Bakery case and also four additional cases outside Gujarat after a local court had acquitted the accused. Justice Verma severely indicted the Government of Gujarat at the time of the riots. The NHRC report was quoted by the US when denying Narendra ...
Apr 6, 2014 · In late 2011, an Indian court finds 31 people guilty in the killing of 33 Muslims in Gujarat. They are sentenced to life in prison. In 2012, a top lieutenant of Mr. Modi, Mayaben Kodnani, is given ...
Jan 2, 2017 · Justice J S Verma (below), who was criticised for equating Hindutva with Hinduism, went on to take, as NHRC chief, suo motu cognisance of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Express Archives photo 22 years ago, on December 11, 1995, Justice J S Verma, on behalf of himself and Justices N P Singh and K Venkatasami, delivered a judgment on appeal to religion in elections, which came to be known as the “Hindutva Judgment”.
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Aug 28, 2003 · Dissatisfied with the Gujarat government's response to its demand for a comprehensive report on the incidents, an NHRC team, including its then Chairperson, Justice J.S. Verma, visited the State between March 19 and 22, 2002. The team noted that the violence had resulted in gross violation of the fundamental rights.
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