{"id":16759,"date":"2012-02-01T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T09:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=16759"},"modified":"2012-02-01T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T09:52:24","slug":"petition-seeking-narendra-modis-deposition-before-nanavati-panel-rejected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-seeking-narendra-modis-deposition-before-nanavati-panel-rejected","title":{"rendered":"Petition seeking Narendra Modi&#8217;s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/petition-seeking-narendra-modis-deposition-before-nanavati-panel-rejected\/chief-minister-narendra-modi\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16760\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16760\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/petition-seeking-narendra-modis-deposition-before-nanavati-panel-rejected\/chief-minister-narendra-modi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?fit=182%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"182,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chief Minister Narendra Modi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?fit=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?fit=182%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16760\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?resize=182%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?w=182&amp;ssl=1 182w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/02\/Chief-Minister-Narendra-Modi.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission on the ground that the commission has rightly exercised its discretion,&#8221; Gujarat government counsel Devang Nanavati said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The commission&#8217;s order giving reasons for the discretion has been upheld and vindicated by the Gujarat High Court. So certainly, Modi&#8217;s stand has been vindicated,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan Sangharsh Manch, which is representing the riot victims, had filed the petition after the commission rejected its application seeking Modi&#8217;s deposition.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO said it will now move the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will move the apex court on this issue. The state government had itself asked the commission to inquire into Modi&#8217;s role in the riots. It is only proper that Modi should have deposed before the commission,&#8221; said lawyer and activist, Mukul Sinha, who filed the petition.<\/p>\n<p>The Gujarat government had set up a commission of enquiry headed by retired high court judge K.G. Shah on March 6, 2002 to enquire into the Godhra train burning and the subsequent communal violence and submit a report in three months. On May 22, 2002, the state government reconstituted the commission under retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in violent clashes after the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express carrying kar sevaks returning to Gujarat from Ayodhya was torched at Godhra railway station on Feb 27, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta commission probing the 2002 communal riots in the state. &#8220;The court has dismissed the appeal filed by NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch challenging the order of the commission on the ground that the commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1954],"tags":[3531,1805,6674,6675],"class_list":["post-16759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-profile-cases","tag-chief-minister-narendra-modi","tag-gujarat-high-court","tag-judge-k-g-shah","tag-supreme-court-judge-g-t-nanavati"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Petition seeking Narendra Modi&#039;s deposition before Nanavati panel rejected - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a reprieve for Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat High Court Wednesday rejected a petition seeking his deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. 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