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Among those whose para-military protection was withdrawn is retired judge Jyotsana Yagnik, who convicted 32 people in the Naroda Patiya massacre case where 97 people were killed.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