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Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission order by Gujarat govt, all 11 convicts to return to jail

DNA Monday, 8 January 2024
The apex court held that the judgement of May 13, 2022 (which directed the Gujarat government to consider remission of convict) was obtained by "playing fraud" on the court and by suppressing material facts.The convicts had not approached the court with clean hands, the apex court observed.
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The Supreme Court on Monday, January 8, quashed orders of remissions granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. The top court held that the Gujarat government does not have the power to pass orders of remission. Instead, the state of Maharashtra is the court that has the power to pass orders of...

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