Godhra Case Verdict

The Gujarat High Court, in its judgement on the 2002 Godhra carnage, has upheld the conspiracy theory but said the crime of the 11 convicts whose death sentence was commuted to rigorous life imprisonment was neither terrorism nor an act of waging war against the state.

The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.

The Gujarat High Court is likely to today pronounce its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a Special Investigation Team court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.

A special court in Ahmedabad today wrapped up the 15-year-old trial of 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in the city but no date has been set for the verdict.

A trial court in Ahmedabad will deliver its verdict today on the petition filed by Gujarat riot victim Zakia Jafri seeking a copy of the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre. The court will also deliver its order on whether the SIT had filed its latest report in compliance with a Suprem...

The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Eleven people have been sentenced to death for their role in setting a compartment of the Sabarmati Express on fire in February, 2002. Another 20 people have been sentenced to life in prison.Fifty nine passengers died in the attack at the Godhra train station near Ahmedabad. Bogey S-6 was packed with kar sevaks returning from a trip to Ayodhya. The...

A special court in Ahmedabad announced the quantum of sentence in the Godhra train burning case today.Eleven of the 31convicted were given death sentences. 20 people got life-terms. Last Tuesday, the court had pronounced the judgment on the role of over 90 people accused of conspiring and burning the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express on February 2...

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

Mohammed Hanif Sayyed, sentenced to death for carrying out the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai at the instance of Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), was an auto rickshaw driver. Hanif (46) left for Saudi Arabia in 1992 as a catering assistant on a salary of 700 Riyal. He worked there till 1994 and returned to Mumbai. Thereafter, he was plying a rented auto ricksha...

The Gujarat High Court, in its judgement on the 2002 Godhra carnage, has upheld the conspiracy theory but said the crime of the 11 convicts whose death sentence was commuted to rigorous life imprisonment was neither terrorism nor an act of waging war against the state.

The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.

The Gujarat High Court is likely to today pronounce its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a Special Investigation Team court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.

A special court in Ahmedabad today wrapped up the 15-year-old trial of 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in the city but no date has been set for the verdict.

A trial court in Ahmedabad will deliver its verdict today on the petition filed by Gujarat riot victim Zakia Jafri seeking a copy of the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre. The court will also deliver its order on whether the SIT had filed its latest report in compliance with a Suprem...

The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Eleven people have been sentenced to death for their role in setting a compartment of the Sabarmati Express on fire in February, 2002. Another 20 people have been sentenced to life in prison.Fifty nine passengers died in the attack at the Godhra train station near Ahmedabad. Bogey S-6 was packed with kar sevaks returning from a trip to Ayodhya. The...

A special court in Ahmedabad announced the quantum of sentence in the Godhra train burning case today.Eleven of the 31convicted were given death sentences. 20 people got life-terms. Last Tuesday, the court had pronounced the judgment on the role of over 90 people accused of conspiring and burning the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express on February 2...

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

Mohammed Hanif Sayyed, sentenced to death for carrying out the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai at the instance of Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), was an auto rickshaw driver. Hanif (46) left for Saudi Arabia in 1992 as a catering assistant on a salary of 700 Riyal. He worked there till 1994 and returned to Mumbai. Thereafter, he was plying a rented auto ricksha...