Following the nation-wide debated release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case by the Gujarat court, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court by advocate Aparna Bhat challenging last week’s remission, which has been responded upon by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana agreeing as the bench in the further inquiry for the case. The 11 released convicts were responsible for sexually assaulting a pregnant Bilkis Bano, leaving her nearly dead, along with the heinous act of killing 14 people in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Smita Sabharwal, a senior IAS officer of Telangana, in progression of tweeting pro-Bilkis Bano tragedy of the 2002 Gujarat riots, was bashed by both extremists and BJP leaders, on twitter for speaking her mind. The bureaucrat commented back, interrogating the right of well-informed position holders like herself to be free from political obligations and be able to contribute to a personal opinion as the citizens of the country. B P Acharya supported her action as not being wrong as a woman or as a citizen, considering she tweeted from her personal account.
