Gujarat riots: No more adjournments, says Supreme Court on Zakia Jafri’s plea against SIT clean chit to Modi
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not entertain any further adjournments in hearing a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar posted the case to October 26 after senior advocate Kapil Sibal said the listing of the case was quite unexpected and he was yet to complete the filing of records….
Ehsan Jafri, the former MP, was among the 68 people killed at Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, a day after the S-6 Coach of the Sabarmati Express was burnt at Godhra killing 59 people and triggering riots in Gujarat….
