Ten days after the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life term in the Bilkis Bano case, at least six of them approached the apex court on Wednesday, 17 January, seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities, Bar & Bench reported.
The apex court will be hearing the plea on 19 January.
Quashing the remission order, the SC on 8 January, asked the convicts to report to jail within two weeks time – by 22 January.
Who filed the petition? Govindbhai Nai, Ramesh Rupabhai Chandana, Mitesh Chimanlal, Pradeep Ramanlal Modhiya, Bipinchand Kanaiyalal and Radheshyam Bhagwan Das approached the SC seeking time to surrender before the concerned jail authorities.
While Govindbhai, Pradeep sought a four-week extension, Ramesh, Mitesh, Radheshyam and Bipinchand asked the court to grant them a six-week extension.