September 12, 2011 8:40 PM

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No need to monitor Gujarat riot case, refers case related to Modi for decision to trial court: SC

The Supreme Court today refused to pass any order on the petition alleging inaction on the part of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to contain the 2002 riots after the Godhra carnage. The Apex court referred the matter to the concerned court in Ahmedabad for a decision. A three-judge bench headed by Justice D K Jain directed the SIT, which is probing the riot cases, to submit its final report before the magistrate who was asked to decide whether to proceed against Modi and 63 others, including senior government officials.The bench made it clear that there was no need for it to further monitor the riot cases.BJP leader Arun Jaitley in his reaction said that Supreme Court's verdict substantiates that there is no evidence against Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots.Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi on the other said that Supreme court has not given any clean chit to Modi but has kept the Gujarat riot case open.He emphatically said that the apex court has neither indicted nor acquitted Modi.

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