 | Bilkis Bani gangrape case convicts got parole several times: Supreme CourtEleven persons, convicted in the case and had been serving jail terms, were prematurely released on August 15, 2022, following a decision by the Gujarat government. |
 | Bilkis Bano case: SC doubts on concurring opinions over convicts’ releaseAfter learning that one of the convicts is practising law after the remission, the bench said, “Can license to practice law be given after conviction? Law is supposed to be a noble profession." |
 | Law is supposed to be noble profession, says SC when informed a Bilkis Bano case convict is lawyerSection 24A of the Advocates Act states that a person convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude cannot be enrolled as an advocate. |
 | Gujarat govt on thin ice on remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, warns SCThe bench asked why the government sought the Godhra district judge’s opinion instead of that of the Maharashtra sessions judge, who had sentenced them to rigorous life imprisonment in 2008. |
 | Bilkis Bano case: SC says State governments should not be selective in granting remission to convictsThe law officer submitted the crime committed by the 11 convicts was "heinous" but does not fall in the rarest of rare category. |
 | Bilkis Bano case: Will go by merit, not outcry, says Supreme CourtAs a corollary, if there is public outcry, are we supposed to set aside the order (premature release)? Say it is a wrong order?” |
 | Convicts chasing Bilkis Bano driven by bloodthirsty approach to hunt, kill Muslims, SC toldAdvocate Shobha Gupta told the top court that the CBI had opposed the premature release of the convicts in the gangrape and murder case as the crime is of such a nature that it cannot be pardoned. |
 | Bilkis Bano case: SC adjourns to July 17 hearing of pleas against remission to convictsThe top court had earlier ordered the publication of notices in local newspapers against the convicts who could not be served notices, including the one whose house the local police found locked. |
