The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a petition challenging the remission of the 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape case. The apex court issued notice to the Gujarat Government and the Centre on a plea challenging remission to the convicts who were released on the 15th of August.
The top court asked petitioners to implead the convicts as parties in the matter. The 11 convicts, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, were released under the 1992 remission policy of the Gujarat government.
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