Acquittal in post-Godhra riots case: Gujarat court says police should at least have 'body of evidence' while charging someone with murderA mob of 150 to 200 people had allegedly attacked and killed 17 members of a minority community, two of them children, in the violence that...
SC grants bail to convict in Godhra train coach burning caseSolicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Gujarat government, said it was "the most heinous offence" in which 59 people, including ...
Gujarat: Accused in 2002 Godhra train burning case gets life imprisonmentHe was accused of being involved in the case of torching of a train returning from Ayodhya with 'karsevaks' on February 27, 2002, killing 5...
Delhi riots: Court takes cue from judicial precedent of Godhra case, orders separation of trialIn order to avoid the prejudice, the trial judge had taken the precedent from the Godhra communal riots case to separate the trial of the a...
Godhra Sabarmati Express burning case: Gujarat HC commutes death sentence to 11 convicts into life imprisonmentGodhra Sabarmati Express burning case: The special SIT court had on March 1, 2011, convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 in the case.
Godhra riots convict on the run arrestedSalim Yusuf Zarda was awarded death penalty in the Godhra train burning case, the incident which had triggered one of the worst riots in th...
- Post-Godhra riots case: 21 people get life term by special court in Mehsana
21 people were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Mehsana for attempt to murder and arson in a post-Godhra riots case.
- Supreme Court not to stop monitoring post-Godhra cases
The Supreme Court has declined to provide relief to the Gujarat government, which had urged it to stop monitoring 9 post-Godhra communal ri...
- Top cop says Gujarat CM Narendra Modi involved in Godhra case
Senior IPS officer Sanjay Bhatt, who was posted in the Intelligence Department, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Gujara...
- Godhra judgement does not justify Gujarat riots: Moily
Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said the Gujarat court's judgement in the Godhra case does not justify the riots that followed the train ...
- Godhra verdict: SIT to appeal against acquittal of 63 accused
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) that investigated the Godhra train burning incident today indicated that it may go in for an appeal ag...
- Godhra verdict: Govt says law will take its own course
Government today reacted cautiously to the special court's verdict on the Godhra train burning case, saying the law will take its own cours...
- Godhra verdict: 31 convicted in Sabarmati Express burning case
After a delay of nine years, sessions judge P R Patel on Tuesday has finally given his verdict in the Godhra case.
- SIT may move SC for lifting stay on judgement in Godhra cases
With the trial in 2002 Godhra train burning coming to an end, the Special Investigation Team was planning to approach the Supreme Court.
- Godhra accused won’t be tried under Pota: SC
All 131 accused will not face trial under antiterror law Pota.
- CJI fumes at Teesta’s write-up on riots
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was shameful and ‘not in good taste’ the attempts of some social activists, particularly Ms Teesta Set...
- SC order reopens Godhra cases
The intervention by the Supreme Court has resulted in the reopening of around 2,000 post-Godhra riot cases. This was stated in a report sub...