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Gupta has been Banos lawyer since 2003, when she approached the Supreme Court, with the help of activists and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), to pursue the prosecution of men who raped her and murdered some of her family members, including her three-year-old daughter, during the 2002 Gujarat riots...
Since the time a child starts thinking of becoming something, this was the only idea I had in my mind, Gupta, one of 11 women lawyers designated senior advocates by the Supreme Court earlier this year,told ThePrint...
In 2002, Gupta became an advocate-on-record in the Supreme Court, joining the pool of elite Delhi-based lawyers who can file cases before the top court...
You have to be ready to know from where-so-ever you can get it, and knock every possible door, she said.. Looking back at that time, the period from 2002 to 2003, Gupta said she knew of the cases arising out of the Gujarat riots, but was not aware of the Bilkis Bano matter until it made its way to her...
It ensured an independent probe in the case.. Gupta said she ensured that the fact that Banos FIR was initially wrongly recorded the FIR did not mention rape, despite clear allegations was also brought to the Supreme Courts notice..
