"Not Inclined": High Court On Relief To Teesta Setalvad In Grave Digging Case
NDTV
Pandarwada Mass Grave Digging Case: Ms Setalvad had been named in a case involving digging graves and exhuming 28 bodies of post-Godhra riots victims from a mass burial site in Gujarat.
In fresh trouble for activist Teesta Setalvad, the Gujarat High Court has said it is "not inclined" to grant her relief in a mass grave digging case linked to the 2002 riots in the state. The judge also orally remarked: "Why are such dead horses required to be pulled?"
The court was hearing a petition filed by Ms Setalvad seeking the cancellation of the First Information Report (FIR) alleging her involvement in digging graves and exhuming 28 bodies of post-Godhra riots victims from a mass burial site near Pandarwada village in Gujarat in 2005.
Hearing the petition on Monday, Justice Sandeep Bhatt orally remarked that he is not inclined to grant relief to Ms Setalvad. "After going through the record, I am not inclined, prima facie," he said.
