Gujarat riots: SC dismisses Sanjiv Bhatt's plea against Amit Shah

October 13, 2015 11:40

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's plea to add BJP president Amit Shah and S Gurumurthy as parties in his petition about the Gujarat riots of 2002. Bhatt said Shah and Gurumurthy were "part of the larger design to subvert the course of justice", before the SC and the trial court in the cases.

The top court also approved action against Bhatt for allegedly hacking the email account of former Gujarat advocate General Tushar Mehta. Bhatt had requested the SC to set up a special investigation team to probe the then state law officer's series of emails that he said indicated a serious conspiracy to subvert justice. Read more

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