(Reopens Del 77)

Advocate Kamini Jaiswal, appearing for Zakia, said the November 27 order of the trial court closing the case and not supplying the documents has jeopardised the victim's right to file a protest petition. The trial court had said Zakia has lost the right to file a protest petition against the SIT report, which gave a clean chit to Modi, due to lapse of time. It had said despite having been given sufficient time, she had not filed the protest petition. The court had said Zakia can now only make oral submission regarding her protest against the SIT report. The SIT had submitted its final report in the apex court regarding Gulburg Society riot case in March, 2012. The SIT had provided a copy of the report to Zakia in May asking her to file a protest petition within the stipulated time of two months. Zakia, however, had not filed the protest petition. The SIT was formed by the Supreme Court to investigate Zakia's allegation that Modi, other ministers of his cabinet, police officers and members of some right wing organisations were behind the larger conspiracy of the 2002 riots in which more than 1,000 people were killed.