"Holds Some Hope For Justice": Brinda Karat On Bilkis Bano Case Verdict

Veteran Left leader Brinda Karat said the Supreme Court's order "instills hope in the justice."

The Supreme Court today cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to grant release to 11 men who raped Bilkis Bano and killed her child and other family members in 2002.The convicts walked free on Independence Day in 2022 under an outdated remission policy of the Gujarat government, setting off a huge political controversy.

Ms Bano approached the Supreme Court in November 2022 challenging what she called "premature" release of the 11 convicts by the state government. She said the remission of sentence has "shaken the conscience of society".

Training guns at the BJP, Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said that the Gujarat government appears to work to save the culprits rather than getting justice for victims