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The Challengers: Women who shook the status quo in 2024
BBC has a list of 100. Financial Times has just 25. But writing from an Indian perspective, viewing India from within, who were the women who made most impact?
Published on Dec 22, 2024 08:15 AM IST
Supreme Court rejects Gujarat govt plea to erase criticism in Bilkis Bano order
The SC held there was “no error apparent on the face of the record or any merit in the review petitions” warranting reconsideration of the Jan 8 order
Updated on Sep 26, 2024 10:54 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
Bilkis Bano case: SC rejects Gujarat's review plea against scathing observations
A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan also denied the request to list the review petition in open court.
Updated on Sep 26, 2024 06:57 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Gujarat govt asks SC to remove remarks against it
January 8 judgment questioned Gujarat govt's failure to review May 2022 order, citing reliance on this fact by justices Nagarathna and Bhuyan.
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 03:03 AM IST
Abraham Thomas, New Delhi
Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says
On January 8, the Supreme Court scrapped the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and directed them to surrender in two weeks.
Published on Jan 19, 2024 08:44 PM IST
Afternoon brief: Congress vs BJP over Chandigarh polls; SC on Bilkis Bano case
Check here a shortlist of the biggest headlines, recommended stories, and a special collection of news items.
Published on Jan 18, 2024 01:04 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear plea of convicts for more time to surrender
On January 6, the Supreme Court said the Gujarat government was complicit with the convicts and wrongly exercised its power to order their release in August 2022
Published on Jan 18, 2024 11:02 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Why we fought against Bilkis Bano remissions
Bilkis Bano is a woman who has fought for justice because she believes that she will get it even if she has to shake up the system
Published on Jan 10, 2024 10:17 PM IST
In Bilkis Bano order, the rule of law is upheld
The SC has resisted the temptation to issue a sweeping moral condemnation or to undermine the law on remission while addressing the plea for justice in the case
Published on Jan 09, 2024 10:15 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Police ‘closely monitoring’ 11 convicts ahead of surrender
Police superintendent Balram Meena said that arrangements were put in place at Singvad village in Dahod, where the convicts live, a day before the verdict
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 12:15 PM IST
Bilkis Bano hails Supreme Court verdict: I can breathe again
Bilkis Bano, a gang rape survivor in India, expresses relief and gratitude after the Supreme Court overturns the release of her rapists.
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 03:31 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ahmedabad
Why Bilkis Bano remission verdict makes crucial legal points
Bilkis Bano’s writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution was challenged by several convicts.
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 06:17 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Supreme Court quashes early release of Bilkis Bano convicts, decries ‘fraud’
The Supreme Court held that the Gujarat government was complicit with the prisoners and wrongly exercised its power to order their premature release
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 12:19 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Bilkis Bano issues statement after Supreme Court verdict. Read full text here
The Gujarat government last year released 11 convicts after they had completed 14 years of jail term.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 10:38 PM IST
‘I smiled for first time in 1.5 years’: Bilkis Bano after SC verdict
Bano’s three-year-old daughter was among seven of her relatives murdered during the riots, which left 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, dead
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 12:40 AM IST
Bilkis Bano, family left native village days before SC verdict
Her uncle, Abdul Razzak Mansuri, a witness in the gang rape case, said they were happy to learn that justice has been served and that all the convicts have to surrender
Published on Jan 08, 2024 03:48 PM IST
Asaduddin Owaisi attacks PM Modi over Bilkis Bano, says ‘nari shakti’ claims…
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the BJP over the case.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 03:25 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court says Gujarat government ‘usurped power’
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari said the verdict is a "tight slap on the face of the BJP government in Gujarat".
Published on Jan 08, 2024 01:25 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Timeline of events from 2002 to SC verdict
The 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case were granted remission by the Gujarat government on August 15, 2022.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 12:49 PM IST
Vaishnawi Sinha
Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission to 11 convicts, orders them to surrender within 2 weeks
The top court faulted Gujarat government for “usurping” power of the Maharashtra government by failing to file a review petition against the May 2022 judgment by bringing the correct facts on record
Published on Jan 08, 2024 12:17 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
'Convicts played fraud; sympathy has no role': What SC said in Bilkis Bano case
Bilkis Bano was three months pregnant when she was gang-raped and seven of her relatives, including her three-year old daughter, murdered during the riots.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 12:07 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes Gujarat govt's remission order, 11 convicts to return to jail
Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes Gujarat govt's remission order, 11 convicts to return to jail
Updated on Jan 08, 2024 11:50 AM IST
PTI |
Bilkis Bano case: SC scraps Gujarat govt's remission, convicts sent back to jail
Bilkis Bano case: The Gujarat government didn't have the jurisdiction to decide the remission of sentence, the Supreme Court observed.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 10:54 AM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to deliver verdict on release of 11 convicts. Top points
Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gang-raped during the Gujarat riots that broke out after the Godhra train-burning incident.
Published on Jan 08, 2024 09:10 AM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
SC to deliver verdict on Bilkis plea on remission to convicts tomorrow
The top court had in March last year issued notice on a PIL filed to challenge the remission.
Updated on Jan 07, 2024 08:02 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Some convicts more privileged than others: Supreme Court on Bilkis Bano case
The court emphasised that the real issue before the court was whether the power to grant remission was exercised correctly by the Gujarat government
Updated on Sep 15, 2023 06:00 AM IST
Will delay in paying fine not affect remission, SC asks Bilkis case convicts
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the 11 convicts out on remission in the Bilkis Bano gang rape to explain if a purported delay on their part in depositing the fines imposed as part of their sentence had any bearing on their early release from prison.,
Updated on Sep 01, 2023 12:19 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Morning brief: SC questions Gujarat over early release of Bilkis Bano convicts
Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Published on Aug 18, 2023 09:08 AM IST
Owaisi raises Nuh violence, RPF constable incident at ‘no confidence motion’ debate
While on the Gyanvapi survey, Owaisi claimed that the government is trying to undermine the Places of Worship Act, the AIMIM MP said the “Uniform Civil Code formula of ‘one nation, one language, one culture’ is that of a dictator”
Updated on Aug 10, 2023 04:10 PM IST
Aman Singh
Convicts in Bilkis case driven by ‘blood thirsty’ approach, SC told
The apex court started hearing petitions challenging the remission order granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts.
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 05:02 AM IST
Abraham Thomas, New Delhi