Editor's Pick: SC judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s plea

Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, has recused herself from hearing a writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano against a Gujarat Government decision to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-raping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 riots. The writ petition will be returned to the Chief Justice of India to be listed before another Bench of the top court. Justice Trivedi hails from Gujarat and started her judicial career in the district judiciary in 1995 and had worked in different posts as Registrar — Vigilance in the High Court, Law Secretary in the Gujarat government, CBI court judge, Special Judge, etc. She was elevated as a Gujarat High Court judge in February 2011. Ms. Bano has sought a review of a Supreme Court judgment of May 2022 that paved the way for the Gujarat government to release the 11 convicts. In her petition, Ms. Bano has argued that the early release of the convicts amounted to a violation of her fundamental right to life. She said the remission policy of the State of Maharashtra, where the trial happened, and not Gujarat, would have governed the case. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhashini Ali and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra have also challenged the early release of the convicts. The court had then given the petitioners time to respond to a Gujarat government affidavit on the matter. The affidavit by the State of Gujarat had revealed that while the Superintendent of Police, CBI, Special Crime Branch, Mumbai and the Special Judge (CBI) of Greater Bombay opposed the premature release, all the authorities in Gujarat and the Home Ministry recommended their release. Here’s an explainer to understand how did the Bilkis Bano convicts walk free. Was this newsletter forwarded to you? 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If you don’t have an account with The Hindu, please click SIGN UP OR If you already have an account with The Hindu with this email ID, please login using the email ID SC judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s plea Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, [has recused herself from hearing a writ petition]( filed by Bilkis Bano against a Gujarat Government decision to [prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment]( for gang-raping her and murdering her [family members during the 2002 riots](. The writ petition will be returned to the Chief Justice of India to be listed before another Bench of the top court. Justice Trivedi hails from Gujarat and started her judicial career in the district judiciary in 1995 and had worked in different posts as Registrar — Vigilance in the High Court, Law Secretary in the Gujarat government, CBI court judge, Special Judge, etc. She was elevated as a Gujarat High Court judge in February 2011. Ms. Bano has sought a review of a Supreme Court judgment of May 2022 that paved the way for the Gujarat government to [release the 11 convicts](. In her petition, Ms. Bano has argued that the early release of the convicts amounted to a [violation of her fundamental right to life](. She said the remission policy of the State of Maharashtra, where the trial happened, and not Gujarat, would have governed the case. Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhashini Ali and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra have also challenged the early release of the convicts. The court had then given the petitioners time to respond to a Gujarat government affidavit on the matter. The affidavit by the State of Gujarat had revealed that while the Superintendent of Police, CBI, Special Crime Branch, Mumbai and the Special Judge (CBI) of Greater Bombay opposed the premature release, [all the authorities in Gujarat and the Home Ministry recommended their release](. 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