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Latest update
on Gujarat Cases
Further
Subversion in Gujarat 2002 Cases
from
Citizens for Justice
and
Peace, Mumbai
(18/12/2008)
Citizens for Justice and Peace condemns
Jaipur Bomb Blasts
(15/5/2008)
SC:
Intervene to protect lives of Witnesses, Summon Tapes (27/10/2007)
Citizens for Justice and Peace condemns the dastardly bomb blasts
at
the revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(12/10/2007)
Citizens for Justice and Peace strongly condemns the act of bomb
terror in the northern towns of Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad
(23/11/2007)
Terror Attack on Samjhauta Express -
Press Release
(19/02/2007)
Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Mob Terror,
State Terror and Bomb Terror --
Organised by
Citizens
for Justice
and Peace,
Communalism Combat, Mumbai
(21/12/06)
By Teesta Setalvad
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Press Release |
(Oct. 1, 2011)
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A Step in the Wrong Direction
(EPW,
March 12, 2011)
Who will judge the judges?
-- V.R. Krishna Iyer
(The
Hindu, September 1, 2010)
UN
Report slams Modi for denying
justice (2009)
CJP
Condemns Threats to Mr Javed Akhtar
(May 16, 2010)
Conclusions of the Citizens
Consultation on the
“Communal Violence Bill”
(Feb. 3, 2010)
Memorendum to the Hon’ble Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri
P. Chidambaram
Memorendum
to the Hon. Minister for Law and Justice, Shri Veerappa Moily
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GODHRA: Police Assault Minority Women |
NCW team to probe Godhra assaults
(The Hindu)
(Jan.
22, 2010)
NCW team visits Godhra to probe complaints
into police torture
(The
Indian Express)
(Jan.
22, 2010)
Women subjected to brutal atrocities in
Godhra: Setalvad
(The
Hindu)
(Dec.
30, 2009)
PRESS RELEASE
A Healthier and Safer Mumbai!!!
Two Ambulances at Sion and Marine Lines Station
(November
26, 2009)
Barbaric Rule
Saudi Arabia's inhuman punishment of a rape victim
22 November 2007
Venue: Saudi Arabia Consulate, Cuff Parade,
Mumbai
-- The Indian Express
(27/11/06)
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Press Backgrounder |
Note on Compensation |
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP),
a citizens'
group committed to
the
rule of law,
was
formed in Mumbai
on
April 1,
2002
following
the terrible communal carnage in Gujarat.
Calendar Of Achievements
(April 2002-February 2006)
CJP’s activities in the last 4 years have been focussed on legal
interventions to ensure justice for the victims and punishment for the
perpetrators of the Gujarat genocide.
Success Stories So Far:
1. Reluctant CM made to spend extra crores on relief
Action: Petition in
Gujarat High Court
(April 2002) to make the state
government provide and pay for adequate relief to the 1.7 lakh people
rendered homeless and destitute; petitions against government officials
coercing relief camp managers into closing their camps even when victims
have nowhere to go.
Result: High Court orders ensure that many relief camps stay
open until September-October 2002; a highly reluctant state government
made to spend several additional crores on relief measures.
2. ‘Modi chief author and architect of genocide’: Tribunal
Action: CJP sets up
a Concerned Citizens Tribunal headed by three retired SC and
Mumbai High Court judges for a citizens’ probe into the carnage
(May 2002).
Result: The Tribunal’s 3-volume report, ‘Crime Against
Humanity’ (November
2002) that remains the most incisive
document on the genocidal violence in Gujarat. Its recommendations have
triggered a national campaign for institutional reform to prevent mass
crimes in future.
3. SC Orders Transfer And Retrial Of Best Bakery Case
Action: CJP petitions the
SC along with Zahira Sheikh, asking for a retrial of the Best Bakery
massacre case outside Gujarat
(August 2003).
Results: SC decides to monitor the progress of ALL the
carnage related cases, appoints an amicus curiae
(October 2003).
q In a historic and
unprecedented judgement
(April 2004),
SC orders retrial of the Best Bakery case outside Gujarat (in
Maharashtra).
q The DGP of Gujarat is directed
(August 2004)
to reopen and review the over 2,000 incidents of violence that had
been closed by the state police.
4. No votes over dead bodies
Action: CJP submits a
detailed and a well-documented memorandum and leads delegation of
victims to the Chief Election Commissioner, Lyngdoh, challenging the
Gujarat government’s claim that the situation in Gujarat was normal to
ensure a free and fair trial.
(August 2002).
Result: CEC rejects the Gujarat government’s claim of
normalcy and orders postponement of polls. Subsequently, when the CEC's
decision was challenged in the SC, CJP filed written arguments before
the Constitutional bench opposing snap polls in Gujarat.
5. Godhra victims’ kin, too, repose faith in CJP
Action: Four
families from Ahmedabad, each of whom had lost one or more family member
in coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express train tragedy at Godhra, approach
CJP for legal assistance. CJP files an application in SC
(October 2003)
for a retrial of the Godhra arson case outside Gujarat as the affected
families did not expect to get justice in the state.
Result: The Godhra trial is stayed by the SC. The plea for
re-investigation and transfer is pending.
6. Guilty cop Pandey shunted out of CBI
Action: CJP petitions SC
(April 2004),
challenging the NDA government’s malafide promotion and transfer of
former Ahmedabad Police Commissioner, PC Pandey (whose own role during
the carnage needs investigation), as Deputy Director, CBI.
Result: The Union government moves PC Pandey out of the CBI
(October 2004).
7. Compensation to victims of terrorism in J&K
Action: On the request of
the families concerned, CJP pursues the J&K government asking for
expeditious payment of compensation to the Mumbai-based Chandrakant Shah
and Nirav Vakharia whose family members were killed or seriously injured
in the bomb blast in a hotel in Pahalgam, Kashmir
(June 2004).
Result: The affected families receive timely compensation.
Cases Pending in the Supreme Court...
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