Bilkis Bano case: SC rejects review plea to delete remarks against Gujarat govt

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition of the Gujarat government seeking to expunge certain remarks made against the government for its conduct with regard to the premature release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.

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"We are satisfied that there is no error apparent on the face of the record or any merit in the review petitions, warranting reconsideration of the order impugned. The review petitions are, accordingly, dismissed," said a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan in its order.

The state had filed a review petition in the top court saying that the adverse remarks made against the government in the top court's judgement have caused great prejudice to the state government.

The Gujarat government had sought to delete adverse remarks against the state.

It had further argued that the state government had only acted as per the mandamus issued by the Supreme Court by way of its judgement of May 2022.