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As it adjourned a hearing Tuesday on 2002 riot victim Bilkis Banos plea challenging the Gujarat governments decision to release 11 men sentenced to life for her gangrape and the murder of her family members, the Supreme Court bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna said its obvious that they dont want us to hear the matter...
Justice Joseph made this remark after the counsel for some of the convicts raised procedural issues and said they were yet to be served notice in the matter..
Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Gujarat government and the Centre, told the bench that it is not pressing a claim of privilege over records pertaining to the release of the convicts nor filing any plea seeking review of the courts order directing production of those records..
In the affidavit filed on behalf of the victim a serious fraud has been played, the counsel said.. Justice Josephs remark its obvious that they dont want us to hear the matter drew responses from the counsel for the petitioners..
I declare that I have no problem sitting during vacation.., Justice Joseph said.. Mehta urged the bench not to post the matter during vacations..
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