The Gujarat authorities advised the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the inquiry panel headed by Justice GT Nanavati, which had examined the actions taken by the state to stop communal violence quickly after the 2002 Godhra prepare burning, had concluded that ” All appropriate steps” had been taken by the administration at the moment.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Gujarat authorities, mentioned that the fee of inquiry in its report had acknowledged that “all appropriate steps … were taken by the government and the police department, keeping in view the history of communal violence”.
The courtroom was listening to an attraction filed by Zakia Jafri, spouse of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed within the riots, difficult the Gujarat High Court’s order upholding the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Ahmedabad. Investigation Team (SIT) giving clear chit to the then Chief Minister of the state Narendra Modi and others in riot associated instances
Pointing to the deployment of Rapid Action Force (RAF) and CRPF, Mehta mentioned, “They collected a massive amount of documents and came to a conclusion. The regular police force was put on alert, those on leave were immediately included.” Was advised to be.”
Stating that what occurred on February 28, 2002, was unprecedented, he mentioned these discovered responsible had been convicted by judges appointed on the selection of the Chief Justice.
Opposing the attraction, he mentioned, “It is nobody’s case that the guilty have not been punished…convicted and acquitted.”
Pointing out that activist Teesta Setalvad was petitioner No. 2 within the Jafri case, Mehta mentioned, “In the name of petitioner No. 1, petitioner No. 2 wants to boil the pot… It would be a mockery of justice, which the court cannot allow.” Is. “
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Jafri, objected to the rivalry and mentioned that “in 2003, the SC took the extraordinary step of staying 9 tests, but the argument is that everything was fine”.
Then the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) got here to the SC. “Thus the appellant (Setalvad) became a part of it, as he worked with NHRC, worked with amicus curiae, appeared in the proceedings before this court… The SIT never took objection”.
He mentioned that “all of a sudden his character is being tarnished”.
The Gujarat authorities on the date of the final listening to had cited alleged misappropriation of funds obtained by Setalvad’s NGO. To this Sibal mentioned, “The alleged misappropriation of funds… some of these were awards given to me by international organizations… none of the donors ever complained, only the Indian government complained… and the reason is not far away.” “.
“If all was not well in Gujarat, why would the NHRC demand transfer of the trial?” He requested.
Sibal additional sought to know the way the apex court-appointed SIT might dismiss the tapes of the sting operation performed by ‘Tehelka’ journal as ‘unreliable’. He mentioned that folks had been convicted on the premise of those tapes.
“If you put out the fire, the pot will boil. If you keep extinguishing the fire, the pot will continue to boil. This is what is happening”, Sibal mentioned.
Sibal mentioned that some senior cops had beneficial prosecution of ‘Sandesh’ newspaper for hate speech. “Why is the SIT not prosecuting? That’s why I said it is completely corrupt,” he mentioned. And all these accused are free.”
He mentioned the SIT is saying that 2,000 hate speech instances are being prosecuted. “What is the state of these affairs? … how is it related to those supplies of ours. When VHP says ‘Khoon ka Badla Khoon’, why are they not arrested?
The arguments remained inconclusive and can proceed on Wednesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
