In this file photo of 2013, Zakia Jafri and her son Tanveer Jafri addressing the media in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit:
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Ms. Jafri had filed a petition in the apex court in 2018 challenging the Gujarat High Court’s October 5, 2017 order.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to April 14 the hearing of a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, against the Special Investigation Team (SIT)’s clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Godhra riots.
A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar postponed the hearing on a request by the petitioner’s side.
Senior advocate Maninder Singh, for the State of Gujarat, requested the Bench to make it clear in its written order that the case was adjourned on the request of the petitioner’s side and not the State. “If not, it is possible something else will b