HC adjourns hearing on plea for summoning Modi

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing till December 26 on a plea seeking direction for the Nanavati Commission to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 riots. On April 22, a division bench of the then chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi had reserved the order on petition by an NGO representing some of the riot victims, Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), seeking questioning of the Chief Minister and seven others. But with Justice Mukhopadhaya being elevated to Supreme Court in September the matter has been placed before another bench consisting of Justice Kureshi and Justice Sonia Gokani, which came up for hearing on Friday.

Justice Kureshi on Friday directed government leader P K Jani to get information from the state government about the possibility of extension to the Nanavati Commission, the term of which gets over on December 31.