Gujarat Government

The Supreme Court heard the plea challenging the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Banu gangrape case. During the court hearing on September 9, the SC issued a notice to the Gujarat government and asked to file the entire record of the proceedings, including the remission order given to the convicts in two weeks. The SC adjourned the matter in the third week.

In a historic move, the Gujarat Government released 11 convicts for raping a pregnant Bilkis Bano in 2002. Notably, convicted in 2008, the accused moved the SC, seeking premature release, granted by the Gujarat Government later in 2022. The 11 convicts, granted premature release are Jaswantbhai Nai, Govindbhai Nai, Shailesh Bhatt, Radhesham Shah, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Pradeep Mordhiya, Bakabhai Vohania, Rajubhai Soni, Mitesh… read-more

In the Assembly on March 17, Gujarat government announced that Bhagavad Gita will be a part of the school syllabus from classes 6 to 12 in the state. During a discussion on budgetary allocations, Education Minister Jitu Vaghani made the announcement. The decision was taken to introduce the values and principles enshrined in Bhagavad Gita. Furthermore, the government will provide books and audio-video CDs to the students.

During an engagement with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on October 14, Bhavana Patel, silver-medalist at Tokyo-Paralympics 2020, said that "more" has to be done for para-athletes since existing programs for endeavoring government jobs for athletes is impervious. She stated that the Gujarat government's sports initiatives do not include para-athletes. "I have one more request. Those who win gold, silver, or bronze in national events,… read-more

In a suo motu case hearing at Gujarat HC on April 12, the court disagreed with government’s explanation on handling the COVID-19 situation in the state. However, the reality is different from the government version and people have ‘trust deficit’ issues. The court objected to the shortage of Remdesivir injection and the government has not done enough on testing facilities. The state witnessed 5,469 cases on April 11, highest ever.