It covered the godhra train burning incident in which it had concluded that burning of the s6 coach of. Nanavati commission report complete coverup of the. Nanavati commission report on 2002 godhra riots, gujarat. Godhra report based on manufactured evidence latest. Nanavati commission was a oneman commission headed by justice g. On april 3, indias national human rights commission nhrc released the. The report deals with postgodhra violence in which more than people were killed in widespread communal riots across the state. Commission for religious and linguistic minorities ranganath misra commission to look into the issues of linguistic and religious minorities in india. Get all the latest news and updates on nanavati commission only on. Download the nanavati commission report on godhra noting. The commission set up by the government of gujarat to investigate the train. On 6th march 2002, the gujarat government had appointed a commission with a directive to submit a report in 3 months. Justice nanavati commission on tuesday submitted its final report on the 2002 gujarat riots to state chief minister anandiben patel. Shah, a retired gujarat high court judge, as its only member.
The death sentences given to 11 convicts for burning the sabarmati express in godhra has been commuted to life imprisonment. The sit report is part of the record of the commission. The commission s report, tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday by bjp leader jadeja, gave a clean chit to then chief minister narendra modi. The polit bureau of the communist party of india marxist has issued the following statement. Nanavatimehta commission report on preplanned islamic. Read here the pdf of the report by the commission of inquiry consisting of mr. The supreme courtappointed special investigation team, headed by former cbi director r k raghavan, to probe the 2002 gujarat riots has concluded in its 541page closure report that gujarat chief minister narendra modi took all possible steps to control the 2002 post godhra riots and questioned the motive behind filing a complaint against him by a riot victim four years after the.
Delivering the verdict on monday, a division bench of justices anant s dave and gr udhwani of the gujarat high court said that it was upholding the conviction of the 11 but commuting their punishment to rigorous life imprisonment. Criticism apart the nanavati commission report carries a greater degree of authority as it was set up in the immediate aftermath of the gujarat riots. Report of commission of inquiry by justice nanavati and justice mehta part 1. New delhi, dec 11 ians the nanavati commission report tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday, has cleared the then narendra modi government in the state of complicity in the riots that rocked gujarat in the wake of the godhra incident in 2002. The commissions report was tabled in the gujarat legislative assembly by minister of state for home pradeepsinh jadeja, five years after it was. The godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 february 2002. Report of the commission of inquiry headed by justice g. Nanavati part i into the godhra train burning incident. The gujarat government on wednesday tabled the report of the retd justice nanavati mehta inquiry commission, which exonerates the then chief minister narendra modi and his colleagues from allegations of any kind of wrongdoing in the godhra train burning incident and the subsequent communal riots in the state. Parti sabarmati express train incident at godhra ahmedabad.
The commission set up by the government of gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details of. Jadeja said, the commission has rubbished allegations made by sanjiv bhatt, that officials were directed to give mobs a free hand in the aftermath of the the godhra incident. Twelve years after godhra riots, justice nanavati commission hands over probe report to gujarat cm. Nanavati panels final report to be submitted to gujarat cm. Ie after 12 years since its appointment and 25 extensions later, the nanavati mehta commission on tuesday submitted its final report on the 2002 godhra train carnage case and subsequent communal riots in parts of the state. Nanavati commission was set up in 2002 following the burning of the sabarmati express near godhra station on february 27, 2002, in which 59 died. The nanavati commission was constituted to probe the allegations that members of then cabinet. We have no orders to save you state participation and. Nanavati commission final report on godhra narendra. Nanavati, who heads the twomember commission, submitted its final inquiry report into the post godhra riots to gujarat chief minister anandiben patel at her official residence on tuesday. More than 12 years and 25 extensions later, the nanavati commission submitted its final report on the post godhra riots, including 4,160 cases of violence between february 27 and may 31, 2002, to the gujarat government. Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 gujarat riots. The commission was mandated to submit its report within six months, but it took five years. List of committees and commissions in indiadownload pdf.
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. On the nanavati commission report the findings of the justice nanavati commission report on the godhra train fire and the subsequent communal carnage in gujarat has been presented in a piecemeal fashion with the second part slated to be released in december 2008. The report was submitted 12 years and 25 extensions after the commission was appointed by the modiled state government on march 6, 2002. Nanavati commission submits final report current affairs. The final part of the report presented by the nanavati commission was tabled in gujrat assembly today. Nanavati commission 2002 godhra riots ias parliament. Nanavati report gives clean chit to modi in 2002 gujarat riots.
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. The justice nanavati commission, probing the 2002 post godhra riots in gujarat, will on tuesday submit its final report to gujarat chief minister anandiben patel. The commission took 24 extensions before the report has finally been been handed over to the chief minister. Justice nanavatimehta commission gives clean chit to narendra. Even before the expiry of the time given to the commission to submit its report, the nanavati commission was appointed. The final report of the commission on the 2002 riots, in which more than 1,000 people, mostly of minority community, were killed, comes after extensive investigation which ran over a period of more than 12 years and has more than 2,000 pages. Congress is not raising godhra khand because if they do so the bjp, will raise gujarat asmita, which will destroy congress party completely. The nanavati commission relied on manufactured evidence to conclude that the godhra train burning tragedy was preplanned, according to the tehelka newsmagazine, which last year carried out an undercover investigation into the 2002 communal violence in gujarat. Report of the commission of inquiry consisting of justice nanavati and justice mehta pdf.
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. The big question being asked is why the commission report should be submitted in two parts especially when the role and conduct of government functionaries is more relevant in post godhra riots. The justice nanavati mehta commission report on 2002 gujarat riots that was tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday said that after the burning of the s6 coach of sabarmati express at godhra railway station, 54 bodies were handed over to vishwa hindu parishad vhp leader jaydeep patel, to be sent to sola civil hospital in ahmedabad, by. Justice nanavatimehta commission gives clean chit to. The commission has concluded there was no direct involvement of the state government in cases of rioting. Nanavati commission report godhra communist party of. Riots probe report exposes conspiracy to defame modi. Heidelberg papers in south asian and comparative politics. Commission on human rights, submission on prevention. The first part of the report was submitted in 2008 by the nanavati mehta commission.
Another development was one police officer claimed to be present at the meeting held at the chief ministers residence. The twomember enquiry commission s report, which runs into more than 2,500 pages, was tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday. Current affair gujarat government tabled in assembly probe the burning of the sabarmati express in 2002 nanavati commission 2002 sabarmati express. The nanavati commission report tabled in the gujarat assembly on wednesday, has cleared the then narendra modi government in the state of complicity in the riots that rocked gujarat in the wake of the godhra incident in 2002. A few days later, on 20 july 2004, the gujarat government modified the terms of reference of the nanavati commission. Nanavati commission gives clean chit to pm modi, says. Final report on godhra train burning and gujarat riots gave clean chits to cm narendra modi and his administration. The gujarat government on wednesday tabled the report of the retd justice nanavati mehta inquiry commission, which.
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. The nanavati commission report on the 2002 gujarat riots exposes the conspiracy by certain ngos and the congress to defame prime minister narendra modi globally, state home minister pradeepsinh jadeja said on wednesday. Nanavati commission 2002 godhra riots economics free pdf download. The pdf was working linked to gujarat government website. Nanavati commission submitted its first report on riots in. On 14th of jul, 2004, the new railway minister announced a fresh probe into the godhra incident. Nanavati commission contradicts banerjee panel report. Justice nanavati commission has submitted its final report on the 2002 gujarat riots to state chief minister anandiben patel. Nanavati panels final report likely by 15 november 2 coronavirus outbreak live updates. The report rejected the evidence provided by three former ips officers, who had taken on the then government, but said police personnel were illequipped and their strength was inadequate to deal with the situation, which emboldened mobs to commit violence. Mehta into the facts, circumstances and all the course of events of the incidents that led to setting on fire some coaches of the sabarmati express train on 2. Nanavati commission report on 2002 godhra riots, gujarat govt tables report in legislative assembly. Nanavati commission submits final report on 2002 gujarat. To inquire into the godhra incident and the communal riots that ensued in 2002.
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. 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. It was set up in 2002 following the burning of the sabarmati express near godhra station on february 27, 2002, in which 59 died. Another development was one police officer claimed to be present at the meeting held at. Read politics news, current affairs and news headlines online on nanavati commission news page3 today. In may 2004, upa caused a surprise upset in the lok sabha elections. It gave a clean chit to then chief minister narendra modi, as well as to police. Social justice current affairs latest social justice. Nanavati commission gives clean chit to pm modi in 2002. The nanavati mehta commission report on godhra train burning incident has given bjp a new opportunity to use its findings for political ends, with forthcoming lok sabha polls in mind. Justice retired gt nanavati om hands over the final report on gujarat riots to cm anandiben patel. Nanavati commission 2002 godhra riots economics free pdf. This was not the only investigation that was ordered into the godhra event and the genocide that followed. Unfortunately, before the commission could complete its inquiry, mr.