The Supreme Court is going to hear some criminal appeals about the 2002 Godhra train burning case on February 13th. The judges were not happy that the hearing had been pushed back a lot before. They said they really don’t want any more delays and that this date is now a priority. They also made it clear that if someone is asking for a lighter prison sentence that’s up to the government, not the court handling the appeals.
This case is about what happened back in February 2002 when a train caught fire in Godhra Gujarat and 59 people died. The appeals that the Supreme Court will hear are all linked to that event. The court will look into the matters raised in these appeals. We don’t know why the parties asked for delays but the court was obviously frustrated about it.
The Supreme Court’s setting the hearing for February 13th shows they want to move things along. They also pointed out that deciding on lighter sentences should go through the right channels. The information we have doesn’t go into the details of the appeals but mostly focuses on the set hearing date and the court’s need to see progress.