SC seeks report on encouters in Gujarat during 2002-2006
New Delhi, 25 January 2012
On activist, Bollywood writer and Rajya Sabha MP Javed Akhtar’s plea, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam today asked committee headed by ex-apex court judge to look into encounter killings from 2002 and 2006 in Gujarat. Congress party’s national spokesperson Rashid Alvi welcomed the decision.
Justice Aftab Alam asked Chairman of monitoring authority, Justice(retires) MB Shah to submit first report on this in three months.
In April 2011, the Gujarat government had set up a Special Task Force as well as a monitoring authority under Justice M B Shah, a former Supreme Court judge, following allegations that the local police was deliberately letting the trail go cold.The Supreme Court order today gave blanket authority to select investigators, if necessary from outside the state, to “thoroughly look into and reveal the truth” behind shootout deaths between 2002 and 2006.
The Supreme Court empowered Justice MB Shah committee to hear the victims or their representatives, call for records from both the local police as well as the human rights commission and also “grant interim or final relief” with regard to compensation awards to the victims.
Justice Aftab Alam headed bench of Supreme Court allowed retired Justice MB Shah to pick any police officer for probe from within and outside the state.
The court was hearing two PILs filed by journalist B.G. Verghese and Rajya Sabha MP activist Javed Akhtar, seeking a through investigation into 21 alleged fake encounters in Gujarat since 2003. The petitioners sought monitory relief for relatives of those killed in encounters.
In November 2011 the Supreme Court had agreed to go into all alleged “fake encounter” killings by the Gujarat police since 2003 after it passed judicial orders on three such cases.
Those encounters already under investigation by the CBI or SIT as per Supreme Court or High Court orders will are not part of the judgement delivered today.
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This is very dirty politics started by Congress once again. We people of Gujarat won’t tolerate this. These Congressi pigs will see the results in next election.
Since Modhvadia has become Chief of Congress in state, such dirty acts have accelerated too much in Gujarat. He must loose on Porbandar seat this time.
NHRC reported 716 police encounters in UP, 61 in Maharashtra & 73 in AP. Gujarat? 20 in 2 decades! But we only see in Gujarat
Number of Muslims killed in fake encounters in UP in 20 yrs is 131.The ENTIRE victim list in Gujarat is 20. But still “probes” only for Gujarat
The biggest fake encounter or shall I say targeted murder, was Rajbala. How come no one orders inquiry into it? Why only Gujarat?
Number of fake encounters in UPA ruled states: AP 73, AS 11, HR 18, MH 61, MR 18, RJ 11, TN 24 & DL 22.But they can see only Gujarat
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UNITED WE STAND DIVIDE WE FALL
Javed Akthar ji.why don’t you ask the same question on the ethnic cleansing in Kashmir , the encounters in Punjab , the encounters in the Assam, the encounters in other parts of
North East , the encounters in your very city Mumbai ??
But then ..you are a great secularist..who has no qualms in attending a function in Jaipur where a fellow writer is debarred from even communicating thru video !!
Mera Bharat Mahan !
The Supreme Court is supreme among the courts….it should remain supreme in the minds of the people by looking into law and order issues in all parts of this nation because entire nation is its jurisdiction..not only a part in the West…
It represents desperation in congress camp, as they are convinced that they need to do anything available starting right now, so they can achieve a least of name saving seats in 2014 election in Gujarat.
On other side. they brought this matter in media, right before election polls in 3 states, to malign BJP and Image of Modiji in coming election, as Modiji is going to campaign in UP. NRHM Scam should take out BSP and Kushwaha + Fake Encounters of Minorities should campaign against BJP.
as it has been in past 50 years, playing minority card is the most effective weapon of congress. I am sure it wont work in gujarat but in UP its different story. I hope peaple will see dirty politics game of congress as they are already using CBI in their favour, and now via NGOs they using Supreme Court too.
Jay Bharat, Jay gujarat..
SHOCKING S.C IS ADMITTING IN A DEVELOPED STATE LIKE GUJ, SOME FRIVOLOUS INCIDENTS PERTAINING TO 2003–2006. HAS THE SAME JUDGES OF THIS BENCH ASKED FOR SUCH DETAILS IN SO MANY OTHER STATES.Its sad s.c shld ignore all other states & take up issues with gujarat alone.
in my opinion its sad BJP DELHI HQ IS NOT AT ALL AGGRESSIVE IN SUCH MATTERS. AFTERALL THIS IS INSTIGATED BY PIL FROM MR JAVED AKHTAR & WE KNOW VERY WELL HIS STRONG LEANINGS. Shld bjp sleep at delhi with such leading legal personalities in the party, as shri modiji says “THE FEDERAL STUCTURE IN THE COUNTRY IS BEING TARNISHED,& THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY AT DELHI IS DOING PRECIOUS LITTLE ABOUT IT.
As per my opinion, its delicate Situation. If BJP High command standsoff against Supreme court, in three election poll States, it could be mean political suicide. The Situation can easily be turned as BJP supporting Encounters and being against Human Rights. Not to forget that in these States normal peaple dont know the reality. and media on their side, congress can and will brainwash the locals. so first lets watch outcome of coming elections, and SC has ordered an inquiry, result of inquiry has yet to come and its long way to go.