The Supreme Court today granted another three months to trial court in Ahmedabad to windup the proceedings in the Gulberg Society and Naroda Gam riot cases of 2002 in Gujarat. A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices MB Lokur and M Y Eqbal took on record letter of the District Judge, Ahmedabad, seeking extension of time to conclude the trial in the two cases.
In the Gulberg Society massacre case, former Congress MPEhsan Jafri and 67 others were killed. In Naroda Gam case in which 11 people were killed, former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani is one of the prime accused.
The apex court has been monitoring nine sensitive cases on the plea of National Human Rights Commission and various NGOs. These cases were about the riots in Gulberg Society, Ode, Sardarpura, Narodao Gam, Naroda Patya, Machipith, Tarsali, Pandarwada and Raghavapura.