Bilkis Bano approaches SC, files review petition engaging liberate of gangrape convicts

On Wednesday, Bilkis Bano petitioned the Supreme Court docket to overturn the early liberate of 11 males who had been convicted of gangraping her at some level of the riots in Gujarat in 2002. The Supreme Court docket’s Can also resolution permitting the Gujarat authorities to make employ of the 1992 Remission Principles to liberate the 11 convicts used to be challenged by Bilkis Bano in a review petition. Her attorney raised the sigh sooner than Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for listing. 

The Chief Justice of India acknowledged that he’ll see into the ask of whether both pleas may perhaps well well neatly be heard similtaneously and by the an identical bench.

On August 15 of this 365 days, the Gujarat authorities freed 11 folks who had been given existence sentences. 

In step with Gujarat’s remission protection in perform at the time of the case’s conviction in 2008, all 11 existence-timeframe inmates had been launched. 

After the Godhra tragedy on February 27, 2002, in which 59 folks died after the Sabarmati Explain used to be status afire by a mob, Bilkis Bano used to be gang-raped and left to die. She used to be 5 months pregnant then.

(With inputs from agencies)