Gujarat riots: CIC order reversed to reveal communication between PM, Prez

The Delhi High Court today set aside a Central Information Commission’s(CIC)  order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots.  Justice Anil Kumar gave the order, allowing the Centre’s appeal against the CIC’s directions.  In the facts  [ Read More ]

SC seeks details of sites damaged in Gujarat riots

 The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to file a survey report of the religious sites which were damaged and destroyed during the 2002 Gujarat riots in the state.  A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra also asked the state government to quantify the amount needed for building and repairing  [ Read More ]

Gujarat riots: SIT to probe officials’ inaction

The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases in Gujarat to investigate allegations of inaction by the state government during the carnage at Ahmedabad’s Gulberg Society. The court order came on a complaint filed by Zakia related storiesModi’s statement to remain confidential: SC tells SIT Nasim,  [ Read More ]