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The apex court made scathing observations against Gujarat HC judgment for dwelling into the details of case while rejecting her bail plea.

Setalvad and Zakia Jafri had challenged the investigation that gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the Chief Minister of at the time of the Gujarat riots.

PEN International said that the ongoing case against Teesta Setalvad takes place within an increasingly hostile environment for free expression in India.

A court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad reserved till July 20 its order on a discharge application moved by social activist Teesta Setalvad.

The Gujarat High Court had on July 1 rejected Setalvad's bail plea and directed her to surrender immediately

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The Gujarat government has opposed the discharge application filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad in a sessions court here in a case of the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.

The Gujarat government has opposed the discharge application filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad in a sessions court here in a case of the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riot cases. The government on Monday told the court of additional sessions judge Ambalal Patel that Setalvad had abused the trust of the 2002 riots victims.

Notably, the Supreme Court on Saturday protected Setalvad from arrest and stayed for a week the Gujarat High Court order rejecting her plea for regular bail

Egypt's president conferred on PM Modi the Order of the Nile. The Grand Mufti of Egypt discussed communal harmony with him. And yet, memories of the Gujarat carnage and daily news of lynchings make such updates sound hollow.