Supreme Court defers hearing of Zakia Jafri's plea challenging clean chit given to Narendra Modi

The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing of Zakia Jafri's plea challenging the clean chit given given by Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, when he was the state chief minister.

Zakia, the wife of Ex-MP Eshsan Jafri, who was killed in the Gujarat riots, has challenged the Gujarat HC's order rejecting the plea against the SIT's decision.

The hearing will resume on November 26.


Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for SIT said Zakia's plea was not maintainable and social activist Teesta Seetalvad cannot be the second petitioner in the case.

The bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said, it will look into the application before hearing the matter on making Seetalvad as the second petitioner in Jafri's plea

Ehsan Jafri was among 68 people who were killed at the Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad when a mob attacked it on February 28, 2002, a day after the S-6 Coach of the Sabarmati Express returning from Ayodhya at Godhra was burned, triggering the riots in Gujarat.