Order reserved over SIT report's copy

Court reserves order on application seeking SIT report's copy

PTI | February 13, 2012



A local court on Monday reserved order till February 15 on applications filed by activists including Teesta Setalvad seeking copy of the SIT report on Zakia Jaffery's complaint against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others on 2002 post-Godhra riots.

During the hearing on Monday in the court of metropolitan magistrate M S Bhatt, the supreme court-appointed Special Investigation Team opposed the applications, saying some of the applicants had no locus standi to access the copy. SIT had submitted the report to the court in a sealed cover last week.

SIT lawyer R S Jambuar said only after the court decides to close the complaint holding that there is no evidence, the copies could be given to the "original complainant" (Zakia), as per the supreme court's order.

The team also submitted an application, seeking one month's time to submit the statements, evidence and documents related to the probe. The application said that this material was voluminous, and compiled in a haphazard way, so it needed time to serialise the papers before submitting to the court.

Jambuar said the documents were crucial, and must be kept under tight security.

He admitted that SIT had obtained the report of the amicus curie Raju Ramchandran (appointed by the Supreme Court), and had considered it before submitting its own final report.

The amicus curie's report had been dealt with in the SIT's final report, Jambuar added.

On behalf of the applicants, Zakia Jaffery's lawyer S M Vora said her client, being the original complainant, should get a copy, as per the apex court's order.

After hearing both the sides, the judge reserved the order till February 15.

 

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