The Constitutional Conduct Group, a group of former members of the All India and Central Services have written an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, urging him to “rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat government and send the 11 persons convicted of gang rape and murder back to jail.” Please read the letter below:
CCG Open Letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice Of India
27 August 2022
To
The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
Sir,
We, a group of former members of the All India and Central Services who have come together as the Constitutional Conduct Group, have worked in different capacities with the State and Central governments. We have no affiliation with any political party and are, instead, committed to the values enshrined in the Constitution and the judicial process that is protected by it.
Like the overwhelming majority of people in our country, we are aghast at what happened in Gujarat a few days ago, on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. The premature release, by the Government of Gujarat, of 11 men convicted and jailed in the ghastly case of gang rape of the young and pregnant Bilkis Bano and two others and the murder of her family members in the riots that took place in Gujarat in 2002 has outraged the nation.
We write to you because we are deeply distressed by this decision of the Government of Gujarat and because we believe that it is only the Supreme Court which has the prime jurisdiction, and hence the responsibility, to rectify this horrendously wrong decision.
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