However, Bilkis Bano’s petition for review against the May 13, 2022 order was dismissed by the high court in December last year (Photo Reuters)
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala had assured Bano, represented by her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new court will be formed.
The Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the early release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case on Monday. This comes just two days after the high court decided to set up a special court to hear Bilkis Bano’s guilty plea in the case.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala had assured Bano, represented by her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new court will be formed.
Earlier, on January 24, the hearing on Bano’s petition to challenge the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Gujarat government gang rape case could not be held in the high court as the judges involved were hearing a matter related to passive euthanasia as part of a five-judge constitutional court.
In addition to the guilty plea for the release of the convicted, the gang rape survivor had also filed a separate petition seeking a review of the May 13, 2022 high court order on a guilty plea of one of the convicts.
Seven members of Bilkis Bano’s family were killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
In its May 13, 2022 order, the trial court had asked the state government to consider early release of a convict in terms of its July 9, 1992 policy that was applicable on the date of conviction. and decide it within a period of two months.
The Gujarat government granted remission to the 11 convicts and released them on August 15 last year.
However, Bano’s review appeal against the May 13, 2022 order was dismissed by the high court in December last year.
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