Convicted Rapists Of Bilkis Bano Sent Back To Jail By Supreme Court
By Ritika Jain Supreme Court said the Gujarat government was not competent to decide on the remission of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as it struck the order granting pre-mature release. The Maharashtra government, where the trial took place, was the competent authority to decide on this matter, it added. The top court's verdict comes on Bano's plea which challenged the early release of the convicts who gang-raped her and murdered members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. The apex court noted that the May 2022 order, which said the Gujarat government could decide on a plea...