CJI, Modi attend convocation function at Gandhinagar

GANDHINAGAR: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today shared dais with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the 2002 riots case.

They were attending a convocation function of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) in Gandhinagar alongwith Gujarat HC chief justice S J Mukhopadhyay.

While Balakrishnan was sitting on the right side of Modi, Mukhopadhyay was sitting on the left side of Modi.

Modi was yesterday questioned for more than nine hours in two sessions by the Supreme Court appointed-SIT on a complaint of Zakia Jaffery, wife of ex-MP Ehsaan Jaffery.

Jaffery, alongwith 59 others was killed in Gulbarg society riots.