The opposition party has been accusing the BJP party of misusing CBI and ED to muzzle opposition amid the CBI investigation into Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia’s residence in the liquor scam.
On August 31, 2022, Congress Sevadal’s Twitter account in a tweet accused the BJP party of misusing constitutional institutions. They stated that every institution’s autonomy is being attacked, whether it is the RBI, EC, ED, CBI, or SC. The democratic ideals are being blatantly destroyed. In a tweet they attached an ordered from the Supreme Court to close Gujarat 2002 riots cases and tried to imply that the BJP party was complicit in the decision and had misused its authority, which caused the Supreme Court to give this ruling.
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Our Only Fact conducted research to determine why the Supreme Court had ordered the Gujarat 2002 riots proceedings to be closed. In our research, we established that the Supreme Court has dismissed all pending petitions related to the riots in Gujarat in 2002, citing the fact that the cases had grown “infructuous with the passage of time.”
As per the India Today report, a panel led by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit remarked that there is just one trial ongoing in the Naroda Gam matter. In 8 of these 9 cases, the trial has been ended by trial courts, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi representing the SIT said. He stated that only the Naroda Gaon case’s trial, adding that it is currently in the latter stages of arguments.
In eight of the nine proceedings involving the Gujarat riots in 2002, verdicts have been rendered.
| SR.NO | CASE | STATUS | SOURCE |
| 1 | Best Bakery case | Nine persons were found guilty of murder in 2006. Four of the accused received life sentences, but the other five were released due to lack of evidence. Zahira Sheikh, a crucial witness, was found guilty of perjury after frequently changing her testimony. | Indian Kanoon |
| 2 | Bilkis Bano case | On January 21, 2008, 11 men were given life sentences for charges of gang rape and murders. | NHRC |
| 3 | Avdhoot Nagar case | The Vadodara fast-track court acquitted 108 people of two teenage murder charges in 2005. | Free Press Journal |
| 4 | Danilimda case | During group clash in Danilimda, Ahmedabad, on April 12, 2005, a Hindu man was killed and another was injured. Nine persons were found guilty of these crimes, while 25 others were found not guilty. | Free Press Journal |
| 5 | Eral case | In the village of Eral in the Panchmahal district, eight people—including a VHP leader and a BJP member—were found guilty of killing seven family members and raping two young girls. | Free Press Journal |
| 6 | Pavagadh and Dhikva case | Due to a lack of proof, 52 residents of the Panchmahal district villages of Pavagadh and Dhikva were exonerated of rioting accusations. | Alchetron |
| 7 | Godhra train-burning case | A special fast-track court found 31 Muslims guilty of the Godhra train burning in February 2011. | BBC |
| 8 | Dipda Darwaza case | A court in Ahmedabad convicted 31 Hindus to life imprisonment on November 9, 2011, for killing several Muslims by setting a building they were hiding in on fire. | The Times Of India |
| 9 | Naroda gam case | At the final stage |
Through our research, we established that the Gujarat Riots 2002 proceedings have been closed by the Supreme Court because 8 out of 9 cases have reached a verdict. The Naroda Goan proceeding is nearing completion and will soon be over. The BJP has no influence on Supreme Court rulings. It is a really flimsy argument to associate the Supreme Court decision to the BJP party. Exaggerating the cases will be a waste of time because the judgement has already been rendered.
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