The Gujarat High Court deferred the pronouncement of its order on a petition filed by slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri’s widow Zakia, challenging a lower court order upholding a clean chit to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 riots cases.
The High Court was likely to pronounce the order on Friday, but deferred it again. Earlier, during the course of hearing, the court had raised several queries before the lawyers of Ms. Jafri and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) regarding the Supreme Court’s orders on 2002 riots cases.
In February 2012, the SIT had filed a closure report before the special court, giving a clean chit to Modi and others regarding criminal conspiracy pertaining to the communal riots in 2002.
Subsequently in December 2013, a metropolitan court had rejected Ms. Jafri’s plea to book Modi and others for criminal conspiracy, after which she moved the High Court in 2014.
