‘Devoid of merit’: Supreme Court upholds SIT clean chit to Narendra Modi in Gujarat riot case, dismisses Zakia's plea
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‘Devoid of merit’: Supreme Court upholds SIT clean chit to Narendra Modi in Gujarat riot case, dismisses Zakia’s plea

The SIT, appointed by the apex court, had conducted the investigation into the case and given a clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi

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Jun 25, 2022, 10:18 am IST
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and several others in 2002 Gujarat riots.

A bench headed by Justices AM Khanwilkar said that it finds the appeal as devoid of merit.

“After cogitating over the matter, we uphold the decision of the Magistrate in accepting the stated final report dated February 8, 2012, submitted by the SIT, as it is and rejecting the protest petition filed by the appellant. We do not countenance the submission of the appellant regarding infraction of rule of law in the matter of investigation and the approach of the Magistrate and the High Court in dealing with the final report. Accordingly, we hold that this appeal is devoid of merits and resultantly, deserves to be dismissed in the aforementioned terms. We order accordingly,” the bench said in its judgement.

The apex court pronounced the verdict in which it had reserved the order on December 9, 2021.

Zakia Jafri has challenged the SIT’s clean chit to 64 people including Narendra Modi who was the Gujarat Chief Minister during the riots in the State.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Jafri, had told the bench also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar, that they have not argued at all about any alleged involvement of the former chief minister and they are on the issue of a larger conspiracy which was not probed by the SIT.

SIT had opposed the plea of Jafri saying there is a sinister plot behind the complaint to probe the “larger conspiracy” behind the 2002 Gujarat riots and the original complaint by Jafri was directed by social activist Teesta Setalvad, who levelled allegations just to keep the pot boiling.

Setalvad had also challenged an October 2017 order of the Gujarat high court refusing to reopen the closure report of the SIT. ”

The SIT, appointed by the apex court, had conducted the investigation into the case and given a clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and other top politicians and bureaucrats.

Challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order dated October 5, 2017, that upheld SIT’s clean chit, Zakia had approached the Supreme Court alleging a “larger conspiracy” in the riots. The Gujarat High Court had upheld the Magisterial court’s order, accepting the SIT’s closure report.

Earlier, Zakia had approached the Gujarat High Court in 2014 after the Magisterial court rejected the petition challenging the SIT report.

In her petition to the Supreme Court, Zakia had stated, “Grant ad-interim order to Special Investigation Team (SIT) to carry out a further investigation under section 173(8) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in regard to the petitioner’s complaint dated June 8, 2006, and the evidence placed before the learned through the protest petition dated April 15, 2013.”(ANI)

Topics: Narendra ModiSupreme CourtSIT2002 Gujrat riotsZakia Jafri
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