SC Stays Order to Form SIT with Hindu and Muslim Officers to Probe 2023 Akola Riots

SC stays order to form SIT with Hindu and Muslim officers to probe 2023 Akola riots

In September, a separate two-judge bench of the court had issued the directive to ensure ‘fairness of probe’ in the communal clashes case.

Akola Riots: SC Stays Order Mandating SIT Comprising Hindu, Muslim Officers

The September 11 judgment had strongly criticised the Maharashtra Police for failing to register an FIR and investigate the assault on a 17-year-old boy during the May 2023 violence NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed its September 11 judgment directing the inclusion of senior police officers from both Hindu and Muslim communities in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing two crimes related to the 2023 communal riots in the Mah…

SC stays order forming Hindu-Muslim SIT in Akola riots case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed an earlier direction that required the Maharashtra government to form a Special Investigation Team consisting of senior police officers from both Hindu and Muslim communities to investigate an assault linked to the 2023 Akola communal riots, Live Law reported. Hearing the State’s review petition, a bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria issued notice and ordered that …

SC stays order to form SIT of Hindu and Muslim officers to probe Akola communal riot

The case stemmed from communal violence that erupted in May 2023 in Akola’s Old City area after a social media post about the Prophet went viral, leading to violent clashes that claimed the life of Vilas Mahadevrao Gaikwad and left eight others injured, including petitioner Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Sharif.