SC To Hear Plea Against PM Modi’s Acquittal in Guj Riots on 19 Nov

The SC will hear the petition on 19 November.

Zakia Jafri, wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri.

(Photo: PTI/Altered by The Quint)

The Supreme Court will hear, on 19 November, the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat when he was the chief minister.

Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has also challenged the Gujarat High Court’s 5 October 2017 order rejecting her plea against the SIT’s decision.

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta also said the matter will be heard on 19 November as the bench has not gone through the petition in detail.

The SIT had, on 8 February 2012, filed a closure report and given the clean chit to Modi saying there was no prosecutable evidence against him.