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The thrust of the Supreme Court's judgment – that Modi did his best to control the 2002 violence and that his failure to do so was not deliberate – goes against its own rationale for appointing an SIT to investigate and prosecute the mass crimes that had been committed on his watch.

The court’s concern that individuals at the highest level have to face questions of serious human rights abuses translates into a warning to those who raise human rights issues, while opening the window for them to be criminally prosecuted.

2002 Gujarat Riots: The Gujarat Police Crime Branch on 25 June detained journalist-activist Teesta Setalvad, and former Gujarat state Director-General of Police (DIG) RB Sreekumar after a complaint was filed at the DCB Police Station in Ahmedabad.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said demand was being raised to remove Modi as Gujarat chief minister, the PTI news agency reported.

SG Tushar Mehta told the bench that Setalvad was “tutoring witnesses, was preparing pre-typed computerised statements and sending them”.