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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Krishnadas Rajagopal

Supreme Court fixes Bilkis Bano’s case against remission to convicts on August 7

The Supreme Court on Monday (July 17) fixed petitions filed by Bilkis Bano and others against the premature release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for gangraping Bilkis Bano and murdering her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots for hearing on August 7.

A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan recorded that service of notice of the case to the various released convicts and other parties have been completed.

AIDWA members during a demonstration against the release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case in Hyderabad on August 27, 2022. File (Source: RAMAKRISHNA G)
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