{"id":4495,"date":"2010-03-04T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2010-03-04T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T12:07:08","slug":"gulbarg-society-killings-high-court-urged-to-transfer-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gulbarg-society-killings-high-court-urged-to-transfer-case","title":{"rendered":"Gulbarg Society killings: High court urged to transfer case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gujarat High Court here was petitioned Wednesday to transfer the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre case, which left 69 people dead during the Gujarat riots, the affected families alleging a bias on the part of the special judge.
\nThe petition by witnesses and riot victims comes after their plea filed before the principal sessions judge G.B. Shah for the transfer was dismissed on the premise that the special court was appointed by the Gujarat High Court.<\/p>\n

The petitioners contend that the behaviour of special judge B.U Joshi during trial had led to erosion of faith in him and in the circumstances the case should be transferred to some other court.<\/p>\n

They allege that after two witnesses — Imtiyaz Khan Pathan and Rupa Dara Modi — deposed, the<\/p>\n