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The 11 life convicts had sought the extensions citing a slew of reasons such as pending harvesting work, post-angioplasty care and a marriage in the family

Three convicts in the 2002 gangrape case in Gujarat have requested an extension of time to surrender. The Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat governments decision to grant remission to 11 convicts, stating the orders were "stereotyped" and passed without application of mind. The case was mentioned before a bench of Justices B V Nagarathana and Sanjay Karol.

Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes Gujarat govts remission order, 11 convicts to return to jail | Latest News Delhi

In a statement issued through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, Bano thanked the top court for the verdict and said "today is truly the New Year for me".

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and BRS MLC K Kavitha have welcomed the Supreme Courts decision to quashing the Gujarat governments remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. The court criticized the Gujarat government for abusing its power and ordered them to be sent back to jail within two weeks. Owaisi called for the BJP governments in Gujarat and the Centre to apologize to Bilkis Bano and that the rapists should understand that they will not be set free based on their political ideol...

Among those whose para-military protection was withdrawn is retired judge Jyotsana Yagnik, who convicted 32 people in the Naroda Patiya massacre case where 97 people were killed.

Bilkis was gangraped while seven family members were murdered in 2002

The Gujarat High Court upheld the dismissal of a defamation case by Kutubiddin Ansari, whose photo became a defining image of the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the makers ‘Rajdhani Express’ for using his photo in the movie

A local court in Ahmedabad has acquitted six individuals who were booked under the Explosives Act for possessing firecrackers, petrol, and a bleaching

The top courts observation came in response to the submission by Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the Gujarat government, that law says a chance must be given to even the hardened criminals to reform themselves. The law officer submitted the crime committed by the 11 convicts was "heinous" but does not fall in the rarest of rare category.