Bilkis Yakub Rasool vs Union Of India
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Case Significance
Bilkis Yakub Rasool vs Union Of India is a Supreme Court of India decision dated January 8, 2024 (citation: insc-2024-24). The victim of the 2002 Gujarat riots gang-rape and murder case challenged the premature remission granted to 11 convicts by the Gujarat government, which had released them after approximately 14 years of imprisonment. The Supreme Court quashed all remission orders, finding they were passed without proper application of mind and without jurisdiction, as the case was tried in Maharashtra on Supreme Court transfer orders, making Maharashtra (not Gujarat) the appropriate state for remission. The The bench comprised Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan. The judgment was delivered by Justice B.V. Nagarathna.
Summary
The victim of the 2002 Gujarat riots gang-rape and murder case challenged the premature remission granted to 11 convicts by the Gujarat government, which had released them after approximately 14 years of imprisonment. The Supreme Court quashed all remission orders, finding they were passed without proper application of mind and without jurisdiction, as the case was tried in Maharashtra on Supreme Court transfer orders, making Maharashtra (not Gujarat) the appropriate state for remission. The convicts were directed to surrender within two weeks.
What was the outcome of Bilkis Yakub Rasool vs Union Of India?
The victim of the 2002 Gujarat riots gang-rape and murder case challenged the premature remission granted to 11 convicts by the Gujarat government, which had released them after approximately 14 years...
Judgment
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Read on Indian KanoonSource: Indian Kanoon (insc-2024-24)