Bilkis Bano plea against early release of 11 convicts adjourned as judge recuses

A petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the early release of 11 men sentenced to life for her gang-rape and murder of seven family members was adjourned after one of the Supreme Court judges on the bench recused from hearing the matter.

Justice Bela M Trivedi refused herself from hearing. The convicts had gangraped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.