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Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission order by Gujarat govt, all 11 convicts to return to jail

DNA Monday, 8 January 2024
Supreme Court holds that the State, where an offender is tried and sentenced, is competent to decide the remission plea of convicts. Supreme Court holds that the State of Gujarat was not competent to pass the remission orders of the convicts but the Maharashtra government was.
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Bilkis Bano Case Verdict: SC quashes orders of remissions granted to 11 convicts | Oneindia 02:03

The Supreme Court on Monday, January 8, quashed orders of remissions granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. The top court held that the Gujarat government does not have the power to pass orders of remission. Instead, the state of Maharashtra is the court that has the power to pass orders of...

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