Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court judge, hearing the petition challenging the probe by Special Investigation Team (SIT) against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 others, on Monday declined from hearing the case.
When the matter came up for hearing in the court of Justice H N Devani she said – “not before me” and declined to hear the matter due to some personal reasons.
The case will now be referred to another court based on instruction by the High Court Chief Justice.
The petition was filed last month by former BJP MLA from Lunavada Kalubai Hirabhai Malivad against the probe by Supreme Court-appointed SIT with regard to a complaint made by Zakia Jaffrey, in which she has alleged that Modi, his cabinet colleagues, police officials and senior bureaucrats aided and abetted post-Godhra riots of 2002.
Zakia's husband ex-MP Ehsan Jaffrey was killed during the 2002 riots in Gulburg society along with 39 others.
The Apex court had ordered the SIT to probe the complaint within three months and submit its report.
Malivad, one of the persons named in Zakia's complaint, in his petition had demanded stay on investigations and directions from the court to restrain SIT from arresting persons named in the complaint, including Modi.
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