[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/300970/Teesta-in-real-trouble.html"]Teesta in real trouble[/url]
Quote:SC takes serious exception to her writing to UN body on Godhra trial
Refuses to entertain her plea challenging trial court order on Rais
Social activist Teesta Setalvad faced the ire of the Supreme Court on Thursday for taking her grievances in the ongoing Godhra riot cases before an international human rights agency at a time when the apex court was monitoring the progress of the investigations.
The court was referring to two letters sent by Setalvadââ¬â¢s NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights based in Geneva as recently as October 5 and October 7 this year.
In another setback to Teesta, the apex court refused to entertain an application where the activist challenged a recent trial court order which directed recording of statement of her former aide Rais Khan. Khan had made sensational allegations against Teesta-tutored witnesses and filed false affidavits in riot cases to mislead the Supreme Court.
Claiming that Khanââ¬â¢s ââ¬Åpersonal enmityââ¬Â had led him to turn against her, Setalvad in her application demanded stay of proceedings before the Special Judge hearing the Gulbarga Society trial. On November 3, the Special Judge allowed Khanââ¬â¢s statement to be recorded by the special investigation team (SIT), entrusted with the probe.
The apex court Bench of Justices DK Jain, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam felt that the remedy to challenge the Ahmedabad courtââ¬â¢s order was before the Gujarat High Court. ââ¬ÅThis application is in an ongoing trial. If you are aggrieved, move the appellate authority under the Code of Criminal Procedure. How can we become the appellate authority?ââ¬Â the Bench said.
On the letters addressed by Teesta to the international body, senior advocate and amicus curiae Harish Salve informed the Bench that the SIT was ââ¬Ådisturbedââ¬Â over the constant airing of grievances by Setalvad to the international body. The letters addressed to SIT chairman RK Raghavan had complained about the poor witness protection in the Godhra cases and even contained information of how her former aide Rais Khan was bought over by the other side.
What annoyed court
-Setalvad's CJP sent letters to UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva
-SIT was ââ¬Ëdisturbed' over constant airing of grievances by Setalvad to international body
-Letters complained about poor witness protection in Godhra cases
-Also contained information of how Rais Khan was allegedly bought over
-On Rais Khan, SC told her to move appellate authority under CrPC
News report that ex-DIG of Gujarat, K. Sreekumar, is claiming that SIT report is biased. He claims four of his affadavits were not considered by them. Maybe the SIT thought he was biased? Still he seems to have a grudge.
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The thread seems to have outlived its purpose. Happens when every post/thread is merged into a gargantuan thread.
Needs to be locked, IMHO.
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Till pseudo-seculars are alive in India, they will keep Godhra alive. And we will keep this thread alive, just a reminder of atrocities by Indian Muslims on Hindus and reaction by Pseudo- seculars of India. Godhra cases are still in court, may take for ever.
[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/317019/Teesta-in-dock-for-hacking-e-mails-doctoring-affidavits.html"]Teesta in dock for hacking e-mails, doctoring affidavits[/url]
Quote:More trouble is brewing for Mumbai-based social activist Teesta Setalvad. The city Crime Branch has registered an FIR against her after establishing that she hacked Rais Khanââ¬â¢s e-mail ID to fabricate affidavits filed on behalf of Gujarat riot victims
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Setalvadââ¬â¢s associate since the 2002 post-Godhra riots, Khan had complained to the Police Commissioner in September last year that she illegally used his ID after the two parted company following differences over the issue.
Khan was city-based coordinator of Citizens for Justice & Peace (CJP), which had nurtured the 2002 riot victims and survivors. He had fallen out with Setalvad nearly three years ago but decided to spill the beans only after there were allegations against him.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Himanshu Shukla told The Pioneer on Thursday that an FIR has been registered against Setalvad in the hacking case, after investigation confirmed the truth of the allegations.
Khan had complained about the hacking before the Nanavati-Mehta Commission too. In December last year, a designated Sessions Court ordered that criminal complaints be registered against Setalvad and others for the fabricated affidavits.
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Teesta-Setalvad-gets-bail-before-jail/H1-Article1-662781.aspx"]Teesta Setalvad gets bail before jail[/url]
Quote:A fast track court in Godhra on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who is facing charges of exhuming bodies of 2002 riot victims, four years after they were buried. Setalvadââ¬â¢s NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), which is fighting a legal battle with t he Gujarat government for justice to the victims and survivors of the 2002 communal riots, had sought anticipatory bail, fearing she might be arrested by the Gujarat police.
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Khan, who is no more associated with Setalvad, gave a statement before a magistrate stating that they had exhumed bodies at the behest of Setalvad. After that Setalvad filed an anticipatory bail plea at the Godhra court
This is tempering of evidence. I just can't believe how arrogant , overzealous is this woman.
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/31-convicted-63-walk-free-in-Godhra-case/H1-Article1-665337.aspx"]31 convicted, 63 walk free in Godhra case[/url]
Quote:A fast-track court in Ahmedabad convicted 31 accused and acquitted 63, including a prime accused Maulavi Umarji, on Tuesday for lack of evidence in the 2002 Godhra train-burning case. The court, however, imposed some conditions on the acquitted, asking them to furnish personal bonds of R10,000 each and sureties and not to leave the country without the court's permission.
Designated judge PR Patel also upheld that the incident was an ââ¬Åact of pre-planned conspiracyââ¬Â. He conducted the trial from June 2009 to September 2010 and examined 255witnesses and the 19 chargesheets filed by the state police and would pass the sentence on February 25.
The verdict came almost nine years after 59 people, mostly kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya, were burnt to death by a mob on February 27, 2002 at Godhra station in central Gujarat.
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ââ¬ÅThe motive of the conspiracy was to set the train on fire... The verdict is based on oral evidence and eyewitness accounts,ââ¬Â special public prosecutor JM Panchal said outside the court.
The verdict has vindicated the stand of the Gujarat government that the train burning incident was a[size="5"] "well hatched pre-planned conspiracy which was meant to kill kar sevaks to create communal tensions in the state."[/size]
"The judgment today nullifies all the wrong propaganda of the so-called NGOs that the Godhra train burning incident was not a conspiracy," Gujarat government spokesperson Jaynarayan Vyas said.
The prosecution's case was based on the investigations by a special investigation team that had identified the 31 convicted people as a core team that planned the attack. The SIT report claimed that these 31 people held meetings, planned to target the train when it reached the station and burnt the coach.
It means Godhra was not a mass suicide case as called my Indian media.
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/ahmedabad/Godhra-verdict-11-get-death-20-to-serve-life-term/Article1-668031.aspx"]Godhra verdict: 11 get death, 20 to serve life term[/url]
Quote:A special court today sentenced 11 convicts to death and gave lifers to 20 people in the 2002 Godhra train burning incident that killed 59 people and triggered large scale communal violence in Gujarat. Designated judge P R Patel hearing the case inside the Sabarmati Central Jail pronounced the quantum of punishment to those who were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and murder.
The prosecution had sought death sentence for all the 31 convicts saying that it was a heinous act.
While the defence lawyers had pleaded leniency for the accused and requested the court to take into consideration their role during the incident, and considering their past record, family circumstances and time spent in jail since their arrest.
The court in Sabarmati Jail today ordered death sentence for 11 Jihadi terrorists who took part in 2002 Godhra train carnage in which 59 innocent Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya were burnt alive in Sabarmati Expressââ¬â¢s train coach no.s-6.
Quote:The court has ordered life imprisonment(upto 20 years) for 20 other culprits.
Those awarded death are:
Bilal Ismail Abdul Majid Sujela alias Haji Bilal
Abdul Razak Mohammad Kurkur
Ramzani Binyamin Behra
Hassan Ahmed Charkha alias Lalu
Jabir Biryamin Behra
Mehboob Khalid Chanda
Salim alias Salman Yusuf Sattar Jarda
Siraz Mohammad Abhul Maida alias Bala
Irfan Abdul Majid Ghanchi Kalandar alias Irfan Bhopo
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Modi-to-fast-says-SC-verdict-ends-campaign-against-Gujarat/H1-Article1-745189.aspx"]Modi to fast, says SC verdict ends campaign against Gujarat[/url]
Quote:This will impress Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's fans and amuse his critics. He has announced he is going on a fast for three days from September 17 for "peace, unity and harmony" in Gujarat.
Modi sent out a letter on Tuesday saying the Supreme Court judgment in a 2002 riots case
had exonerated him and he planned a "Sadbhavana Mission" in the state to improve "brotherhood" in the state.
[size="5"]"One thing is apparent from the Supreme Court's judgment - the unhealthy environment created by the unfounded and false allegations made against me and Government of Gujarat, after 2002 riots, has come to an end. For the past ten years, it has become fashionable to defame me and the state of Gujarat... But one thing is certain that the credibility of those who have been spreading lies and defaming Gujarat has come to its lowest ebb,"[/size] he said in the letter.
