Bilkis Bano case: Congress hits out at Gujarat BJP government as SC quashes remission order in Bilkis Bano case
Human rights lawyer Anand Yagnik said the Gujarat government's decision (to grant remission to the convicts) was not in conformity with law but something that appeared to have been passed under certain "social, religious and political pressure". With the Supreme Court's judgment, the rule of law has prevailed, he said.