The gujarat government tabled in the assembly the report of the nanavati commission. Justice nanavatimehta commission gives clean chit to narendra. In april 2002, human rights watch released a 75page report titled we have no orders to save you. The nanavatimehta commission is the commission of inquiry appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27. The godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 february 2002, in which 59 people died in a fire inside the sabarmati express train near the godhra railway station in the indian state of gujarat. The commission recorded at least four accounts related to the transportation of the dead bodies of 54 persons, who were killed in the godhra train burning incident on february 27, 2002.
Text in both pdf a1 and pdf a2 files can be searched. After examining the two reports, the ministry of home affairs found that the report submitted by mr. Commission is hence variously also known as the shah nanavati commission or the nanavati shahmehta commission. The nanavati commission report found that shastri and a number of his associates had been involved in attacks, and urged charges be laid. The commission submitted in september 2008 the part of the report covering the godhra train burning incident part i. The commissions report was tabled in the gujarat legislative assembly by minister of state for home pradeepsinh jadeja, five years after it. The commission shall inquire into, make findings, report on and make recommendations concerning the following, taking into consideration the constitution and other relevant legislation, policies and guidelines.
The commission was appointed and its terms of reference announced by presidential proclamation on the 23rd of august 2012, one week after the massacre. The commission submitted its report to the government of india in august. If the pdf file was created from a document created electronically e. Kusum lata mittal submitted her report on 2821990 and a key to the same on 1990. Full text of the report by commission of enquiry consisting. Gujarat government appointed nanavatimehta commission has sought one more extension from the gujarat government to submit its final report before the government, sources said on friday. Although the government initially boasted of arrests in the thousands following the. The justice nanavati commission on tuesday submitted its final report on the 2002 gujarat riots to state chief minister anandiben patel.
Almost after 11 years, the nanavati mehta commission was tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday. First we dealt the godhra incident and that report was submitted in 2008. In september 2008 the nanavatimehta commission concluded that the godhra incident was a conspiracy. Over twelve years, several inquiry commissions the tewatia committee 2010, the nanavati commission 2008, the special investigation team 2011 under the supreme court. The subsequent gujarat carnage was justified by the sangh parivar solely on the basis of this incident describing it as a conspiracy by muslims. The court upheld that the incident had been a planned conspiracy, explicitly citing the scientific evidence, statement of witnesses, circumstantial and documentary evidence, upholding the nanavati report, and discrediting the banerjee commission. The nanavati commission was appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002 and the subsequent communal riots in gujarat. That is a matter of the contents of the report and i would not like to disclose it at this stage. Gujarat government took all necessary steps to control. Commission is hence variously also known as the shahnanavati commission or the nanavatishahmehta commission. It refused to call the riots as a result of any preplanned conspiracy or. Parti sabarmati express train incident at godhra ahmedabad.
The twomember commission consisting of justices retired g t nanavati and akshay mehta has been probing into the 2002 godhra train burning incident and the. Nanavati commission to finally wind up riots inquiry. The concerned citizens tribunal report on gujarat, 2002. Nanavati report gives clean chit to then modi govt in 2002. State of gujarat and others 2011 12 scc 302, the supreme court directed the sit to file report before the court which had already taken cognizance of gulbarga society case. The commission the gujarat government appointed in 2002 to investigate the violence known most recently as the nanavati mehta commission published a report in september 2008 concluding that muslims in the town of godhra conspired to start the fire that killed 59 hindu activists aboard a train in 2002, contrary to the conclusion in the march. Justice kapoor submitted his report on 1990 and his supplementary survey on 2490. With 21st extension, nanavati report after ls polls. In may this year 2014, the people of india chose their prime minister.
Rights commission nhrc in its report of april 2002, had. The report deals with postgodhra violence in which more than people. Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 gujarat riots. Justice nanavati commission reportvolume 1delhi 1984.
A decade on and 18 extensions later, the nanavati commission, which was formed to probe the godhra train carnage and consequent riots, will wind up its inquiry this monthend. The new nanavati report states that the attack on the kar sevaks on the train from ayodhya was preplanned, and exonerates chief minister narendra modi. Twelve years after it was constituted, the nanavati commission of enquiry probing the 2002 postgodhra riots submitted its final report to chief minister anandiben patel here on tuesday. Summary and analysis of the report of the marikana commission. Nanavati part i into the godhra train burning incident. May 11, 2020 nanavati shah commission private hospital network plans to have its total workforce, patients tested for covid19 healthcare workers from hospitals under max healthcare 18,000 workers, blk hospital 3,000 and nanavati hospital, mumbai 3,000 will be tested over the next few weeks, officials said on wednesday. Feb 01, 2005 godhra train burning incident and banerjee report by asghar ali engineer the sangh parivar is understandably upset at the u. Godhra is a road and rail junction and a commercial centre for timber and agricultural produce. The nanavati commission report, tabled in gujarat assembly on wednesday, has given a clean chit to the then narendra modi government in the state of complicity in the riots post the godhra. The fire in coach s6 of sabarmati express on february 27, 2002, which killed 59 persons and led to the gujarat riots, has become the centre of a fresh controversy with the u c banerjee panels report stating the blaze was accidental and the gujarat high court restraining the centre from acting on the inquirys findings. At the end of the reporting period, the supreme court had not ruled on the dispute between the indian railways and the gujarat government about the release of the banerjee report to the public. The nanavati mehta commission on wednesday gave a clean chit to prime minister narendra modi in the 2002 gujarat riots, in which more than people were massacred across the state after a train. Nanavati commission pdf file read online godhra kandnanavati mehta commission report.
Former minister in the narendra modi government i k jadeja was on tuesday questioned incamera by the nanavati commission with regard to the 2002 godhra train burning incident and the incidences of communal violence in the state that followed. Nanavati, a retired judge of the supreme court of india, appointed by the national democratic alliance nda government in may 2000, to investigate the killing of innocent sikhs during the 1984 antisikh riots. Commission of inquiry reportgodhrapart i internet archive. Although the government initially boasted of arrests in. However the key framing argument paragraph 28 of the report creates a one. Of course, a commission can be a committee like the 911 commission, but very few committees are commissions, and some commissions are not committees. Banerjee inquiry committee report on the godhra train burning incident. On 27 february 2002 at godhra city in the state of gujarat, the sabarmati express train was attacked by a large muslim mob 1 2 in a conspiracy. Express photo file the justice nanavati mehta commission report on 2002 gujarat riots that was tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday said that after the. Gujarat government appointed nanavati mehta commission has sought one more extension from the gujarat government to submit its final report before the government, sources said on friday. Nanavati panel gives clean chit to modi govt 12 dec, 2019, 02. State complicity and participation in communal violence in gujarat. Nov 19, 2014 on whether the commission had given a clean chit to mr. Nov 18, 2014 twelve years after it was constituted, the nanavati commission of enquiry probing the 2002 post godhra riots submitted its final report to chief minister anandiben patel here on tuesday.
The nanavati mehta commission is the commission of inquiry appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002. That is why if you file an rti for a 10 yr old file, your petition will be rejected. The commission shall inquire into, make findings, report on and make recommendations concerning the following, taking into consideration the constitution and. Full text of the report by commission of enquiry consisting of. Tehelka sting the credibility of the commission s report was called into question when the investigative magazine tehelka released a video recording showing arvind pandya, counsel for the gujarat government, discussing the commission. The commission the gujarat government appointed in 2002 to investigate the violence known most recently as the nanavatimehta commission published a report in september 2008 concluding that muslims in the town of godhra conspired to start the fire that killed 59 hindu activists aboard a train in 2002, contrary to the conclusion in the march. The commission was mandated to submit its report within six months, but it took five years. Justice nanavatimehta commission gives clean chit to.
The godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 february 2002, in which 58 hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from ayodhya, were killed in a fire inside the sabarmati express train near the godhra railway station in the indian state of gujarat. In the manual of their machine different retention times are not. The commission has also noted the contents of the report which state that no guidelines were given by the home department regarding the type of cases in which poto should or should not be used and that, subsequent to the initial decision to apply poto in respect of individual cases in godhra, the government received legal advice to defer. Over twelve years, several inquiry commissions the tewatia committee 2010, the nanavati commission 2008, the. In may this year, the people of india chose their prime minister. Summary and analysis of the report of the marikana. In september 2008 the nanavati mehta commission concluded that the godhra incident was a conspiracy. Unfortunately, none other than the hazards centre report can be considered a complete body of evidence. On whether the commission had given a clean chit to mr. Nanavati commission 2002 godhra riots ias parliament. The nanavatimehta commission on wednesday gave a clean chit to.
Truth and the nanavatishah commission 01 jul 2007 in addition to about 3,500 affidavits relating to issues of loss of life and damage filed by victim survivors before the nanavatishah commission, senior police officers in gujarat have also filed their affidavits before the public commission of enquiry. Justice nanavati commission reportvolume 1delhi 1984 anti. Truth and the nanavatishah commission sabrangindia. Bhagat did not file any reply as he is not in a position to do so. The nanavati shah commission of inquiry set up by the. Industries include oilseed pressing, flour milling, and glass manufacture. Nanavati panel submits final report on gujarat riots the hindu. Justice nanavati commission reportvolume 1delhi 1984 anti sikh riots free ebook download as pdf file. Nanavati panel submits final report on gujarat riots the. It gave a clean chit to then chief minister narendra modi, as well as to police.
Justice nanavati commission reportvolume 1into the incidents of 1984 anti sikh riots in delhi. Nanavati commission submits final report on 2002 gujarat. Aug 21, 2016 commission is hence variously also known as the shahnanavati commission or the nanavatishahmehta commission. Nanavati commission was a oneman commission headed by justice g. At the end of the reporting period, the supreme court had not ruled on the dispute between the indian railways and the gujarat government. Nov 01, 2014 the nanavati commission was appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002 and the subsequent communal riots in gujarat. Sifting fact from fiction, july 20, by the same author. Gujarat government took all necessary steps to control riots.
Nanavati refused to divulge the contents of the report. Oct 29, 2014 1 from commission of inquiry report of justice g. Over twelve years, several inquiry commissions the tewatia committee 2010, the nanavati commission 2008, the special investigation team 2011 under the. Nanavati commission submitted its first report on 2002 riots in state. Jan 24, 2005 report, the deposition of passengers and police and rail officials before the nanavati commission and the technical report prepared by an independent panel of engineering experts on behalf of the hazards centre. Antinuke yatra starts from thursday troubled galaxy destroyed dreams, chapter 706. The commission set up by the government of gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details of. The 2002 gujarat violence describes the godhra train burning and resulting communal riots between hindus and muslims. The first part of the report of the commission was submitted in the year 2008 by the nanavati mehta commission. In the first report, the commission said that the train. Justice retired gt nanavati om hands over the final report on gujarat riots to cm anandiben patel. If the pdf was created from a scanned version of a paper document, optical character recognition ocr will need to be applied to make the text searchable.
The credibility of the commissions report was called into question when the investigative magazine. Explore ashok mehta committee profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of ashok mehta committee. Justice ranganath mishra commission of inquiry hereafter referred to as justice. In the nanavati mehta commission report, it is mentioned that the post godhra train burning riots were not organised.
Godhra train burning wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Sifting fact from fiction by nicole elfi 2009 on the basis of the facts and circumstances proved by the evidence the commission comes to the conclusion that burning of coach s6 was a preplanned act. Godhra is a municipality in panchmahal district in indian state of gujarat. That is a matter of the contents of the report and i would not like to. The document argues that the marikana commission report is a fair and balanced report that is in many ways even handed and fair in discussing the responsibility of the different parties and allocating blame paragraph 54.
Justice kapoor was a sort of sociological analysis of riots and. In partiii of this report, the commission has referred to some of the. The report is available on the website of the gujarat. On wednesday, the gujarat government tabled in the assembly the report of the nanavati commission, which it had appointed to probe the burning of the sabarmati express in 2002 and the subsequent riots in the state. Nanavati report, report of the commission of inquiry consisting of justice nanavati and justice mehta, and also quoted in the godhra riots. Report of the commission of inquiry headed by justice g. Truth and the nanavati shah commission 01 jul 2007 in addition to about 3,500 affidavits relating to issues of loss of life and damage filed by victim survivors before the nanavati shah commission, senior police officers in gujarat have also filed their affidavits before the public commission of enquiry. Godhra train burning incident and banerjee report by asghar ali engineer the sangh parivar is understandably upset at the u. It is the administrative headquarters of the panchmahal district. Muslims in gujarat continue to be denied equal protection of the law. Indiana commission on public records guidelines on the use. Tehelka sting the credibility of the commissions report was called into question when the investigative magazine tehelka released a video recording showing arvind pandya, counsel for the gujarat government, discussing the commission. The victims were mainly hindu pilgrims who were returning from the city of ayodhya after a religious ceremony at the disputed babri masjid site.