"Collaboration Strong Term": Supreme Court On SIT Role In Zakia Jafri Case
NDTV
Kapil Sibal, who is also a senior Congress member and is appearing for Zakia Jafri, told the Supreme Court "SIT did not probe key documents and sting op tapes"
The Supreme Court on Tuesday objected to Zakia Jafri - the widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots - alleging "collaboration" between the SIT probing the violence and some of the accused, including then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, given a clean chit.
"Collaboration is a strong term for a SIT constituted by the court," a three-member bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar said in response to senior advocate Kapil Sibal talking about "glaring evidence of collaboration" and asking "Was (the) SIT saving some people?"
"It could be collaboration with the police. How can you say the SIT appointed by the court indulged in collaboration? Collaboration is a strong term for an SIT constituted by the court," the judges said.
"The same SIT filed chargesheets in other cases... and the accused were convicted. No such grievance in those proceedings..." they added.
