Articles tagged under: Haren Pandya

8 acquitted in Haren Pandya murder conspiracy case for lack of evidence

March 30, 2022
8 acquitted in Haren Pandya murder conspiracy case for lack of evidence

Hyderabad: The metropolitan sessions judge at Nampally criminal courts in Hyderabad has acquitted 8 men from the city who were accused of being involved in a criminal conspiracy of Haren Pandya murder case in 2003. Former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya was murdered in Ahmedabad by unidentified assailants on 26th March 2003. Hyderabad central crime station sleuth had filed a case against several youths from Old City of Hyderabad. They were booked under IPC sections of waging war against t...Read More

Supreme Court dismisses review petitions in Haren Pandya murder case

November 21, 2019
Supreme Court dismisses review petitions in Haren Pandya murder case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed review petitions filed against its judgment in the Haren Pandya murder case, by which it had set aside the Gujarat High Court's judgment acquitting twelve persons accused of the murder. The order passed by the Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineeth Saran states, "We have perused the Review Petitions and record of the appeals and are convinced that the order, of which review has been sought, does not suffer from any error apparent warranting its ...Read More

Haren Pandya’s wife to head child rights panel in Gujarat

January 13, 2016

Gandhinagar Gujarat government today appointed Jagruti Pandya, wife of slain BJP leader Haren Pandya, as the new chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. She will have a three-year tenure, notification issued by the Social Justice and Empowerment Department said. Reacting to the development, Jagruti, who had contested 2012 Assembly election against a BJP candidate, said she was never against the party. She had joined Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP), form...Read More

Haren Pandya’s widow Jagruti Pandya quits politics

March 26, 2014

Ahmedabad, 26 March 2014 Jagruti Pandya, wife of former BJP minister Haren Pandya, who had fought the Gujarat assembly elections in 2012 on a Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) ticket, has decided to put a full stop to politics. Jagruti had contested elections from her husband's traditional seat Ellisbridge assembly constituency on the Gujarat Parivartan Party ticket. Shelost to BJP's Rakesh Shah. The Gujarat Parivartan Party merged with the BJP last month. Replying to a q...Read More

Two MLAs among 1268 candidates who lost deposits

December 23, 2012

Ahmedabad, 23 December 2012 There are two sitting MLAs among 1,268 candidates who contested the recently concluded Gujarat assembly elections and lost their deposits. The deposit of a candidate who fails to secure 10% or more of the total votes polled is forfeited as per the rule. There were total 1,666 candidates in fray of whom 76% forfeited their deposits. Only 398 candidates, including the 182 winning nominees, could save their deposits. Two sitting MLAs who lo...Read More

Haren Pandya’s widow to contest on GPP ticket

November 29, 2012

Ahmedabad, 29 November 2012 Late minister of state for Home Shri Haren Pandya's widow Jagruti Pandya will contest Gujarat elections on Gujarat Parivartan Party's ticket from her late husband's Ellis bridge constituency. She said she never got justice from BJP and the party never sympathized with her. She said in coming days, she will tell people all reasons why her husband was killed, but she will not point fingers now. Read More

CBI moves Supreme Court opposing Gujarat HC’s order in Haren Pandya case

November 28, 2011

New Delhi, 28 November 2011 CBI last Friday filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court in former Gujarat Home Minister late Haren Pandya's murder case challenging Gujarat High Court order which had criticised it for a "botched-up" and "blinkered" probe while dropping murder charges against 12 accused. Gujarat high court had on August 29 upheld the trial court's decision to convict the 12 accused for criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder and offenses under the...Read More

“Bhatt involved names of Modi,Haren Pandya for media attention”

October 12, 2011

Ahmedabad, 12 October, 2011 During hearing of Sanjiv Bhatt bail plea case, special Public Prosecutor SV Raju representing the government of Gujarat on Tuesday told Ahmedabad rural court that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has nothing to do with the FIR filed against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his subsequent arrest and Bhatt's allegation against Modi was simply to divert the attention from the main offense he had committed. Raju also said that adding involving the...Read More

Haren Pandya case: Gujarat HC decision to be challenged in SC

September 13, 2011

Ahmedabad, 13 September, 2011 The Gujarat government will appeal against the acquittal of the 12 accused in the Haren Pandya murder case. The govt informed the High Court about this decision today. Last month, a division bench of the Gujarat High Court acquitted 12 people accused of murdering senior BJP leader and former Home Minister, Haren Pandya. A total of 19 people were accused of plotting and conducting his assassination. Four of them were never traced. Read More

Jagruti Pandya denies that Haren Pandya’s murder was political, later backtracks(Video)

August 31, 2011

Ahmedabad, 31 August, 2011 Wife of slain Gujarat minister Haren Pandya has urged Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi and senior BJP leader Shri LK Advani seeking reinvestigation into Haren's killing, two days after the Gujarat high court dropped murder charges against the twelve convicts in the case. Jagrutiben denied that Haren Pandya's killing was political murder(watch the video at 15:50 minute mark).She also refused to point finger at any particular person or group for...Read More