Gulberg Society

An accused in the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre case, absconding for almost 16 years, was arrested in the city today, police said.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday began hearing on a petition by former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri's widow Zakia challenging the clean chit given by a lower court to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 58 others regarding their alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Supreme Court will take up the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad and her two controversial NGOs next month, challenging the freezing of their accounts by the Ahmedabad Police for final disposal.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday admitted for final hearing the appeals filed by 16 of the 24 convicts in the 2002 Gulberg society riot case.

A special SIT court, which had on June 2 convicted 24 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre case, is expected to pronounce the quantum of sentence on Monday.

14 years after a large mob attacked Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad killing 69 people, including former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri, 24 people were convicted today. Bipin Patel, a BJP corporator, is among 36 people who have been acquitted.

A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce on June 2 its order in Gulberg Housing Society riot case in which former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 68 others were killed in 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

The Supreme Court today paved the way for pronouncement of judgement by an Ahmedabad trial court in a case pertaining to the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in which former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri and 67 others were killed.

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 magistrate's court here today allowed police to add charges under three forgery-related sections of IPC to the complaint against social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Gulberg Society fund embezzlement case.

The city police, probing the alleged Gulberg Society fund misuse case, on Wednesday opposed the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Gujarat High Court to de-freeze their and their two NGOs' bank accounts.

A lawyer of the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) today defended the closure report on 2002 riots filed by them in the Gujarat High Court, the report gives a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others.

The Supreme Court today granted an extension of another three months to an Ahmedabad trial court to wind up the proceedings in 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in which former Congress lawmaker, Ehsan Jafri and 67 others were killed.

The Ahmedabad crime branch today lodged a First Information Report against social activist Teesta Setalvad after some riot victims from the Gulberg Society massacre case accused her of fraud.

A Gujarat court today ruled that Narendra Modi will not face charges in the 2002 riots in the state, rejecting a petition by Zakia Jafri, whose husband Ehsan Jafri was burnt alive by a mob. Here are the highlights of the 440-page order, which comes as a major victory for Mr Modi at a time he is running for prime minister in 2014.

An accused in the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre case, absconding for almost 16 years, was arrested in the city today, police said.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday began hearing on a petition by former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri's widow Zakia challenging the clean chit given by a lower court to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 58 others regarding their alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The Supreme Court will take up the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad and her two controversial NGOs next month, challenging the freezing of their accounts by the Ahmedabad Police for final disposal.

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday admitted for final hearing the appeals filed by 16 of the 24 convicts in the 2002 Gulberg society riot case.

A special SIT court, which had on June 2 convicted 24 accused in the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg society massacre case, is expected to pronounce the quantum of sentence on Monday.

14 years after a large mob attacked Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad killing 69 people, including former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri, 24 people were convicted today. Bipin Patel, a BJP corporator, is among 36 people who have been acquitted.

A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce on June 2 its order in Gulberg Housing Society riot case in which former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 68 others were killed in 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

The Supreme Court today paved the way for pronouncement of judgement by an Ahmedabad trial court in a case pertaining to the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in which former Congress lawmaker Ehsan Jafri and 67 others were killed.

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 magistrate's court here today allowed police to add charges under three forgery-related sections of IPC to the complaint against social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Gulberg Society fund embezzlement case.

The city police, probing the alleged Gulberg Society fund misuse case, on Wednesday opposed the pleas filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Gujarat High Court to de-freeze their and their two NGOs' bank accounts.

A lawyer of the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) today defended the closure report on 2002 riots filed by them in the Gujarat High Court, the report gives a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others.

The Supreme Court today granted an extension of another three months to an Ahmedabad trial court to wind up the proceedings in 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in which former Congress lawmaker, Ehsan Jafri and 67 others were killed.

The Ahmedabad crime branch today lodged a First Information Report against social activist Teesta Setalvad after some riot victims from the Gulberg Society massacre case accused her of fraud.

A Gujarat court today ruled that Narendra Modi will not face charges in the 2002 riots in the state, rejecting a petition by Zakia Jafri, whose husband Ehsan Jafri was burnt alive by a mob. Here are the highlights of the 440-page order, which comes as a major victory for Mr Modi at a time he is running for prime minister in 2014.