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The Latest Breaking News from Bilkis Bano

What happened in the Kolkata rape case that triggered doctors’ protests?

Doctors and activists demand the safeguarding of women and medical professionals after a trainee medic was murdered.

Al Jazeera

Kharge targets Centre over unemployment, inflation and attempts to end reservation

PM should have condemned it when Bilkis Bano’s attackers were welcomed with garlands and sweets, Kharge adds

The Hindu

Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice

The convicts in the Bilkis Bano case paint a disconcerting picture of India’s legal and penal systems, highlighting their inadequacies

The Hindu

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Bilkis Bano case | All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail

All 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered in Godhra sub-jail, Gujarat, as ordered by the Supreme Court.

The Hindu

Supreme Court designates 56 lawyers, including Bilkis Bano’s counsel, ‘senior advocates’

Eleven of the 56 advocates-on-record and advocates designated senior advocates by the Supreme Court are women, including Shobha Gupta, who successfully appeared for Bilkis Bano against the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 life convicts.

The Hindu

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court refuses convicts ‘breathing time’ to surrender

Supreme Court refuses to grant convicts in the Bilkis Bano case more time to surrender, citing lack of merit in their reasons.

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Supreme Court to hear pleas by Bilkis Bano case convicts for more time to surrender

The Supreme Court agreed to hear pleas by three of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking more time to surrender.

The Hindu

The laws around remission policy | Explained

An explainer by The Hindu on the Supreme Court judgment in the Bilkis Bano case and how remission laws work

The Hindu

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

A blanket denial of remission for crime categories, rather than ensuring effective compliance with remission conditions, takes us towards a punishment framework that is retributive

The Hindu

Pushpa Amarnath stakes claim for Congress ticket from Chamarajanagar

State Mahila Congress chief Pushpa Amarnath has staked a claim for the party’s ticket from Chamarajanagar reserved Lok Sabha constituency during the coming elections.

The Hindu

Bilkis and the Buddha: What the BJP will never get past

She’s a saint, she’s a victim, she’s everything we need to know about hate wrapped up in one name, and she’s everything we need to learn about courage. All of this is us, hyperbole-hungry Indians, fattening ourselves on one or the other discourse.

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PM has solved all problems from Kashmir to Kanyakumari: Kishan Reddy

The Hindu

Isn’t dissent the safety valve of democracy? A response to Siddhartha Dave

I’m a lay citizen who has never set foot in the Supreme Court, but has closely followed the judgements of all the courts, from the trial courts to the apex court, for three decades. I’m someone who has witnessed the transactions of courts played out in lawyers’ offices on a…

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Al Jazeera

How did India’s Supreme Court send Bilkis Bano’s rapists back to jail?

Modi’s government had helped set 11 convicted rapists free two years ago. But the top court said rules were violated.

Dynamite News

Bilkis Bano Case: Rahul Gandhi says BJP 'protector of criminals'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday slammed the BJP over the Supreme Court quashing the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying the verdict has shown once again who the "protector of criminals" is. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

India's Top Court Overrules Early Release Of 11 In Gang Rape Case

India's top court ruled Monday that 11 murderers convicted of a gang rape that drew global outrage, but who were released early, must return to jail.

The Hindu

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes Gujarat’s premature release of convicts

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the order of premature release granted by the State of Gujarat in August 2022 to 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family during the 2002 riots. The court held that the convicts were…

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Al Jazeera

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case

Bano was five months pregnant when she was gang-raped during the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state.

Dynamite News

Bilkis Bano Case: All convicts to return to jail, seek remission from Maharashtra govt, rules SC

A 2-judge Supreme Court bench on Monday quashed the Gujarat government's August 2022 decision granting remission to 11 convicts in the case of the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano, and murder of seven of her family members, during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC quashes Gujarat move to grant remission to Bilkis case convicts

The Gujarat government was not competent to pass remission orders in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, the Supreme Court noted today while delivering its verdict in a batch of petitions challenging the relief granted to 11 convicts in the case linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Hindu

SC to pronounce verdict on the premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Supreme Court to pronounce judgment on petitions challenging Gujarat's decision to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life for 2002 gang rape & murder.

The Hindu

‘Within khaki, there’s leverage now,’ says Meeran Chadha Borwankar, author of Madam Commissioner: The Extraordinary Life of an Indian Police Chief

Meeran Chadha Borwankar, a 1981 batch IPS officer from Maharashtra, reflects on her 36-year journey in the police service in her book, ‘Madam Commissioner’. She petitioned the Supreme Court in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case. She retired in 2017. She faced gender bias in the service, but now physical standards…

The Hindu

Bilkis gang-rape case | SC asks Centre, Gujarat to place record related to remission granted to convicts

The Supreme Court on October 12 directed the Centre and the Gujarat government to submit by October 16 the original records related to the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Hindu

Bilkis Bano case | Can a prematurely released convict practise law, asks Supreme Court

SC questions appropriateness of prematurely released Bilkis Bano case convict practising law. Bench asks if State Bar Council can permit him. Exchange when court learns one of convicts is now a lawyer specialising in motor accidents claims.

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