‘Gujarat govt not competent…’: Supreme Court on early release of 11 gangrape-murder convicts in Bilkis Bano case
The Supreme Court of India on Monday said that the petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the early release of of 11 convicts was maintainable. The Supreme Court of India has quashed the order of the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in rape of Bilkis Bano.
The top court said that the State of Gujarat was not competent to to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life term for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and killing her family members during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots.
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Published: 08 Jan 2024, 10:48 AM IST
