The new year came a week too late for Bilkis Bano, but dawn it did. After 17 long months of despair, Bilkis finally triumphed — yet again — and secured a judgment that will force her rapists back into ...

The Supreme Court today cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 ...

Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M Trivedi on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and ...

Bilkis Bano case Live Updates: The Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict today on the Bilkis Bano case, which involves petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts. The case ...

The Supreme Court on March 27 indicated it will primarily focus on the question of Gujarat’s jurisdiction to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the ...

'She had the courage to not cow down before the entire law and order apparatus, to remain sane and human despite inhuman suffering meted out to her and her family.' IMAGE: Bilkis Bano at a press ...

In an article in The Hindu (August 20, 2022), I had characterised the grant of remission to the 11 gang-rape and murder convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as an ‘injustice of exceptionalism’. The ...

In a setback for Bilkis Bano, the Supreme Court has dismissed her petition seeking a review of its earlier order passed in May. In its earlier order, the Supreme Court had asked the Gujarat government ...

Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, gestures during a press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 8, 2017. Credit: AP Photo/Manish Swarup On August 15, eleven men who ...