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#Bilkis Bano Case : While Hearing Supreme Court Says There Are Some Convicts Who Are “More Privileged”
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There are some convicts who are “more privileged”, the Supreme Court said while hearing pleas challenging the grant of remissions to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
One of the convicts told the top court that the grant of remission for reformation and rehabilitation of the convicts is a “settled position internationally” and the argument of Bilkis Bano and others that he cannot be granted the relief due to heinous nature of the offence cannot be invoked now after the Executive took a decision.
“We understand the concept of remission. This is well-accepted. But here, they (victim and others) are questioning this in the present case,” a bench comprising justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan told senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for convict Ramesh Rupabhai Chandana.
