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India high court orders formation of special tribunals to handle Gujarat riot cases

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the formation of five special courts to hear cases stemming from the 2002 Gujarat riots. The court did not move the cases outside of Gujarat however, as the National Human Rights Commission had requested, instead ordering that the courts be set up in the Ahmedabad, Anand, Sabarkanta, Gulbarga, and Mehsana districts. The chairman of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that he believes that trials will be completed within a year. The violence in Gujarat in 2002 began following a fire aboard a train, allegedly set by Indian Muslims, that killed 57 Hindu pilgrims. Following that incident, more than 1,000 people were killed in violence that lasted for two months. The SIT was commissioned last year to handle inquiries into the cases.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).