By Our Legal Correspondent
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Sept 26 found no “error apparent on the face of the record” or merit in a petition filed by the Gujarat Government to review adverse remarks made against it by the apex court in a judgment delivered on January 08 this year.
The judgment had quashed the premature release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 riot in the Gujarat state.
The state of Gujarat had remitted the life sentence of the 11 convicts and released from Jail in august 2022.
The Supreme Court January 08 verdict had passed scathing remarks about the alacrity shown by the Gujarat government to “usurp” Maharashtra Government’s authority in deciding the remission.
The trial in the case was held in Maharashtra which was the competent authority to decide the remission application of the 11 convicts.
“We are satisfied that there is error apparent on the face of the record or any merit in the review petitions”, the Supreme Court said.
