'State Didn't Prosecute Riot Accused With Same Zeal as Yakub Memon': Justice Srikrishna to NDTV

[NKVD]

We and the world is holding him responsible for Gujrat Massacure much before became your PM. Leave your PM biase out and see the criminal which he was much earlier than he got seated on PM's seat. No evidence against him? USA refused to give his person visa because of which reason? His commitment for development cannot take criminal charges away from him.. stop selling this as an excuse.

Here, learn some if you missed earlier.

Source: Wall Street Journal
The State Department invoked a little-known U.S. law passed in 1998 that makes foreign officials responsible for "severe violations of religious freedom" ineligible for visas. Mr. Modi is the only person ever denied a visa to the U.S. under this provision, U.S. officials confirm.

World Will Not Share Your Opinion Neither Others.Matter Of the Fact Is World Opinion Changes According To their Interest For Them Pakistan Is Terrorist State who Sheltered OBL and others Nevertheless Man Who Denied Visa Was George Bush Most Hated Man among Muslim World .And It Was Political Game Which Led To Modi Visa Denial in Play btw lobbies in State Department which Was Rooted Inside the Indian Establishment

" But Mr. Modi had also become an intensely polarizing figure among Indian-Americans. Other Indian-American groups, including the Indian American Muslim Council, learned of Modi's planned visit and began lobbying the State Department, Congress and the sponsors of his speaking engagements to prevent him from appearing.


In 2012 , this U.S. periodical reputed to be the world’s largest circulated news weekly carried on the cover of its issue dated March 26- Gujarat’s Narendra Bhai Modi. The caption given to the cover is: Modi Means Business.
Some Indian dailies reported the story with the heading: “After Gandhi and Patel, Modi third Gujarati on Time cover.”


An excellent photograph of Narendra Modi relaxing in his lawns has been displayed on full two pages preceding the 2-page write-up on the BJP leader.


The write-up by Jyoti Thottam notes at the very outset :


“Narendra Modi has defied humble origins to become the powerful leader of booming Gujarat state.” Jyoti Thottam then goes on to give her analysis of why Indians “both love and loathe him.”

" In August, 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during an official visit to India, called at my residence. Apart from discussions on issues like Indo-U.S. relations and the global war against terrorism etc. I raised with her the issue of denial of U.S. visa to Narendra Bhai Modi. I said to her: “This may be the first time that an elected Chief Minister of a state in the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy has been denied a visa. What really surprised all of us here was that the denial of visa had been announced by Washington without Modi having sought it. “I have not even applied for a visa, Modi has informed me,” I told Ms. Condoleezza." L.K Advani


She looked at the officials accompanying her, “Is that true?”, she asked. The officials confirmed this, and added that the report was based on an official reply given to a letter from a senator.


The irony is that while the U.S. Government has refused a visa to Modi, a report prepared by a think tank of the U.S. Congress has in a 100 page report assigned very high marks to Modi for his governance.


This Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a bipartisan and independent research wing of the U.S. Congress which compiles reports of interest to U.S. lawmakers.


This Report says: “Perhaps India’s best example of effective governance and impressive development is found in Gujarat (population 60 million), where controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi has streamlined economic processes, removing red tape and curtailing corruption in ways that have made the state a key driver of national economic growth.”

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014...thens-case-for-future-u-s-visa-for-modi/?_r=0

Does the US govt care about some Hindus and Muslims dying in a riot in Gujarat? Only an idiot of the first water will believe such nonsense. Does the US care about charlatans like Teesta or Angana? Make a wild guess! America doesn’t give a crap about anybody but itself. Neither America nor Europe did anything about the Armenian genocide (Upper estimate of 1.8 million killed). If that seems a century ago, they did nothing about the Rwandan genocide (Upper estimate of 1 million killed or 20% of the population) either. The Americans didn’t give a damn about 4000 Sikhs being killed in the 1984 pogrom by the Congress party (Upper estimate of 10000+ Sikhs killed across India). So what makes these “useful idiots” in NGOs and our media think that the US revoked Modi’s visa for the riots? Nothing, except their fancy world of queens and fairies which earns them huge doles for being absolute scoundrels and anti-nationals. The Sonia/MMS govt made a mild protest with the US but the Congress members were visibly delighted.


PS: Its Just Fact that Modi Visa Denial Was Petty Politics By Bush Administration.To gain Appeasement From there Middle Muslim Lobbies To Justify there operations Against Muslim oppression Its Known American Policy .China on the other hand openly welcome him with Red Carpet in China in those Years

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

Partial Justice He Prime Accused In the Case Even the People who were Opposing His Death Penalty Consider it So.[/SIZE]

Killing ka Confession kr ke bi right wing bhangi bail pe hain or terrorist ko financially support krne walay ko death plenty. Its look like india mey riots mey jisay chahay mardo not a big problem.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

I think the same. Many hindus were also killed in 1992 riots. But from both sides only 3 were prosecuted. The congress-ncp govt sat on it. If evidence was collected against Bal Thackrey, why the govt didnt act on him ?

Second, I hope some people are also hanged for 2002 riots.

 

[The_Showstopper]

 

[jamahir]

that happened because we of india must never be sickular, we must only be secular.

 

[asad71]

If Indian judiciary is so very good and all, then why hasn't Modi hanged as yet?

 

[The_Showstopper]

that happened because we of india must never be sickular, we must only be secular.

Indeed but that is not going to happen any sooner...

 

[jamahir]

Indeed but that is not going to happen any sooner...

i disagree... india became "secular" when modi sarkaar took shape last year.

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

'State Didn't Prosecute Riot Accused With Same Zeal as Yakub Memon': Justice Srikrishna to NDTV

File photo of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon who was hanged on Thursday



State showed "bias" and an absence of "zeal" in persecuting those accused of killing more than 900 people during the Mumbai riots of 1992, says the judge who headed the probe.

At a time when the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted for his role in the 1993 blasts that followed the riots, has sparked a fierce debate around whether justice has been selective and continues to remain elusive for those who were murdered during the '92 riots, Justice BN Srikrishna told NDTV's Barkha Dutt that the state and "those who wielded power" had shown an evident bias in not probing the riot cases with the same energy as they had shown in convicting those responsible for the blasts in which 257 people were killed.


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In a lengthy email interview, Justice Srikrishna (who says he never appears on television) said the state had been "remiss" and had opted not to investigate even cases where serious prima facie evidence existed. The Srikrishna report had been particularly critical of the role of the Shiv Sena and Bal Thackeray during the riots describing him as a "virtual General' during the violence. But the findings of his commission of inquiry were never acted on by any government - neither the Congress-NCP on whose watch both the riots and the blasts took place or the subsequent BJP-Shiv Sena coalition.

More than 22 years later only three people have been convicted for the riots in which more than 900 people were killed. By comparison, 100 people have been convicted for their role in the '93 blasts.

Justice SriKrishna said he supported the execution of Memon who he said was given "the fullest opportunity of defence." He only wishes, he told NDTV, that there would one day be justice for 1992 as well.

Here are excerpts form the interview with Justice Srikrishna:

NDTV: The Yakub Memon execution has split public opinion and even the judiciary it seems. As a jurist, how do you see the application of the death sentence in his case?

Justice Srikrishna: There was no split verdict on his appeal. In any case, a three-judge bench went into the final petition and rejected it. I see nothing wrong in the death sentence being executed as that is the law of the land by which the convict was tried after giving him fullest opportunity of defence.

NDTV: We saw an unprecedented sitting of the Supreme Court through the night as Memon's lawyers till the last moment attempted to commute his death sentence to life. How do you see this landmark hearing? Will it now open the flood gates for all capital punishment verdicts?

Justice Srikrishna: As they say, a desperate person clutches at a straw. So his lawyers tried till the last moment to avert the punishment imposed and that is understandable. The Supreme Court had decide it urgently so as to a take a decision quickly instead of granting stay in view of the last minute petition. That was fully justified in view of the avoidable passion that was whipped up by giving the verdict a communal and a political twist.

NDTV: There have been those who have quoted the article written by former RAW officer B Raman to argue that Memon's co-operation with investigative agencies could have been a mitigating factor in converting his death sentence to Life. Do you agree? Do you believe capital punishment in general should remain on the law books?

Justice Srikrishna: Under the law, the court can only act by the rules of evidence. The judge has considered everything that was admissible. He cannot consider what a person tells the media as evidence according to law. No such evidence was led before the court at any time.

NDTV: You probed the riots that preceded the blasts. More than 900 people were killed in the riots which have seen only three convictions thus far compared to the 100 convictions in the blasts. Has the state been selective in the application of justice in the riots and blasts cases?

Justice Srikrishna: I think the state should have shown the same zeal in prosecutions of the riot accused. It has been remiss as there was hardly any serious investigation even in cases where was enough prima facie evidence.

NDTV: Some senior lawyers have argued that terrorism cases like the blasts cannot be compared to riots because riots are not planned conspiracies. Do you agree that riots and blasts are different and merit different punishments? In this case many more people were killed in the riots, but even the convictions were for hate speech.

Justice Srikrishna: I do not buy the theory that the riots were not inspired or that they occurred spontaneously. My report says otherwise again on the basis of material placed before the commission.

NDTV: A number of riot victims were victims of police firing. Your report also mentions such instances. What does it to do to the belief in due process if law officers are the accused and never get punished?

Justice Srikrishna: It only shows that even a good system can be subverted if in wrong hands. That is neither a reflection on the justice system, nor can it be decried on the ground put forward.

NDTV: Your report called Bal Thackeray a "virtual General" during the riots. The riots happened on the watch of the Congress-NCP government. No party has made an effort to take action on the findings of your commission. As a judge who probed these riots has that been a matter of immense disappointment and anger to you?

Justice Srikrishna: Yes, I feel so and I have said so earlier.

NDTV: Can we say justice has been delivered for the 1993 blasts after the Yakub Memon execution or will justice be perceived as selective unless there is also justice for the riot victims of 1992.

Justice Srikrishna: Justice has been done to the accused as he was found guilty beyond a shadow of doubt and was imposed with the appropriate punishment according to law. Apart from that, no human being can guarantee better justice. Opinions may differ but there has to be a finality and society must accept it.

NDTV: Your report drew a causal relationship between the Babri Masjid demolition, the riots and the blasts. Are those wounds still open or has Mumbai moved on finally more than two decades later? Can there be peace without justice?

Justice Srikrishna: On the surface, calm seems to prevail. Time only can tell if the wounds have really healed or if they are still festering.

NDTV: Why do you believe this one case of Memon execution created so much debate? Do you think it's because the bigger culprit of the blasts - Tiger Memon, Dawood - remain outside the purview of Indian law and may never be brought to justice?

Justice Srikrishna: I am not aware of the specific reasons. Perhaps it was whipped by media speculations and debates, none of which was articulated based on reasoning.

NDTV: You have spoken of the dualism in the state's response to prosecuting Yakub and pursuing the riots cases. Is this bias intentional, structural, deliberate? Where does the bias lie?

Justice Srikrishna: Bias lies in the minds of those wielding state power and affects the state apparatus.

'State Didn't Prosecute Riot Accused With Same Zeal as Yakub Memon': Justice Srikrishna to NDTV

The bugger did not pose this question to Congress led Governments... at the time of 1984 riots... Congress was in power... congress was in power when each of the riot accused was given death panelty.. they refused to do anything for the sake of vote bank....

 

[jamahir]

they refused to do anything for the sake of vote bank....

vote bank?? what do you think bjp is?? students of lenin??

 

[graphican]

And you Blaming Our PM Because Of your Selective Bias I Can't Help you with that Its your Opinion Since there No Evidence of Him Ever Involved But Evidence that He Done Every thing to Stop-that. His Track Record Shows His Commitment For Development State Where He Elected thrice To Raised to became Prime Minister of India

Again a bull crap with no logical reasoning. So American too are biased and so are muslims in India, and so is Zakir Naik and supreme court of India? And add this judge on top who has shown what India is in reality. When they banned cow slaughtering in India, that showed that Hindu sentiment is dominent over Muslim sentiment. Reminds me of two nation theory again.

World Will Not Share Your Opinion Neither Others.Matter Of the Fact Is World Opinion Changes According To their Interest For Them Pakistan Is Terrorist State who Sheltered OBL and others Nevertheless Man Who Denied Visa Was George Bush Most Hated Man among Muslim World .And It Was Political Game Which Led To Modi Visa Denial in Play btw lobbies in State Department which Was Rooted Inside the Indian Establishment

" But Mr. Modi had also become an intensely polarizing figure among Indian-Americans. Other Indian-American groups, including the Indian American Muslim Council, learned of Modi's planned visit and began lobbying the State Department, Congress and the sponsors of his speaking engagements to prevent him from appearing.


In 2012 , this U.S. periodical reputed to be the world’s largest circulated news weekly carried on the cover of its issue dated March 26- Gujarat’s Narendra Bhai Modi. The caption given to the cover is: Modi Means Business.
Some Indian dailies reported the story with the heading: “After Gandhi and Patel, Modi third Gujarati on Time cover.”


An excellent photograph of Narendra Modi relaxing in his lawns has been displayed on full two pages preceding the 2-page write-up on the BJP leader.


The write-up by Jyoti Thottam notes at the very outset :


“Narendra Modi has defied humble origins to become the powerful leader of booming Gujarat state.” Jyoti Thottam then goes on to give her analysis of why Indians “both love and loathe him.”

" In August, 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during an official visit to India, called at my residence. Apart from discussions on issues like Indo-U.S. relations and the global war against terrorism etc. I raised with her the issue of denial of U.S. visa to Narendra Bhai Modi. I said to her: “This may be the first time that an elected Chief Minister of a state in the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy has been denied a visa. What really surprised all of us here was that the denial of visa had been announced by Washington without Modi having sought it. “I have not even applied for a visa, Modi has informed me,” I told Ms. Condoleezza." L.K Advani


She looked at the officials accompanying her, “Is that true?”, she asked. The officials confirmed this, and added that the report was based on an official reply given to a letter from a senator.


The irony is that while the U.S. Government has refused a visa to Modi, a report prepared by a think tank of the U.S. Congress has in a 100 page report assigned very high marks to Modi for his governance.


This Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a bipartisan and independent research wing of the U.S. Congress which compiles reports of interest to U.S. lawmakers.


This Report says: “Perhaps India’s best example of effective governance and impressive development is found in Gujarat (population 60 million), where controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi has streamlined economic processes, removing red tape and curtailing corruption in ways that have made the state a key driver of national economic growth.”

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014...thens-case-for-future-u-s-visa-for-modi/?_r=0

Does the US govt care about some Hindus and Muslims dying in a riot in Gujarat? Only an idiot of the first water will believe such nonsense. Does the US care about charlatans like Teesta or Angana? Make a wild guess! America doesn’t give a crap about anybody but itself. Neither America nor Europe did anything about the Armenian genocide (Upper estimate of 1.8 million killed). If that seems a century ago, they did nothing about the Rwandan genocide (Upper estimate of 1 million killed or 20% of the population) either. The Americans didn’t give a damn about 4000 Sikhs being killed in the 1984 pogrom by the Congress party (Upper estimate of 10000+ Sikhs killed across India). So what makes these “useful idiots” in NGOs and our media think that the US revoked Modi’s visa for the riots? Nothing, except their fancy world of queens and fairies which earns them huge doles for being absolute scoundrels and anti-nationals. The Sonia/MMS govt made a mild protest with the US but the Congress members were visibly delighted.


PS: Its Just Fact that Modi Visa Denial Was Petty Politics By Bush Administration.To gain Appeasement From there Middle Muslim Lobbies To Justify there operations Against Muslim oppression Its Known American Policy .China on the other hand openly welcome him with Red Carpet in China in those Years

So you are saying that murderers can be overlooked if they mean business and political opinion in the justiceand there is no need to punish one for his crimes when he is majority vote holder?

 

[AnnoyingOrange]

vote bank?? what do you think bjp is?? students of lenin??

So you agree..Whether BJP plays it or not....Congress does play votebank politics...

 

[jamahir]

So you agree..Whether BJP plays it or not....Congress does play votebank politics...

no doubt that congress played up to the vote bank, but bjp is part of a movement that was begun for vote bank politics long before congress ever did such a thing.

i define the indian brand of secularism as - "you tolerate my religious nonsense and i will tolerate your religious nonsense"... there might be disagreements and riots but india sadly is a country where religious dogma takes precedence over all.