DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● POSTAL REGN. NO. JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 Modi Sarkar ki Guarantee CBC 22201/13/0105/2324 Government of India Ensuring dignity of women Scan for more information Hamara sankalp Viksit Bharat BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY 12 crore toilets built, over 4 lakh 40 thousand villages declared ‘ODF+’ BENCH QUASHES REMISSION, TELLS CONVICTS TO SURRENDER IN TWO WEEKS ‘Abuseofpower’:SCscrapsrelease ofBilkiscaserape-murderconvicts SC:Pardonobtainedfraudulently...Gujarat Govtactedintandemwithconvict... remissionordersstereotyped,cyclostyled SUKALP SHARMA NEW DELHI, JANUARY 8 INDIA HAS emerged as the top source market for tourism for Maldives since the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the significant reliance of the latter on Indian visitors. Adiplomaticrowhaserupted following derogatory remarks againstPrimeMinisterNarendra ModibythreeMaldiviandeputy CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ANANTHAKRISHNAN G ADITI RAJA THE SUPREME Court Monday struck down the relief granted by the Gujarat government in August 2022 to 11 men who were sentenced to life for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 riots, and ordered them to surrender to jail authorities within two weeks. In its order, a bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remissiontoconvictswas“aninstance of usurpation of jurisdiction and…of abuseof discretion”and that the State “acted in tandem andwascomplicit”withtheconvicts. Remission means a reduction in sentence imposed on a person convicted of a crime. “IT FEELS like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from mychest,andIcanbreatheagain. This is what justice feels like.” Hours after the Supreme Court quashed the early release NEW DELHI, JANUARY 8 VADODARA, JANUARY 8 Justice B V Nagarathna; Justice Ujjal Bhuyan The Supreme Court said Gujaratwasnotthe“appropriate government”todecideontheremission plea of the 11 men convicted for the “grotesque and diabolical crime...driven by communal hatred”. The bench pointed out that Section 432(7)(b)of TheCodeof Criminal Procedure, which deals with the power of remission, clearly indicatesthattheStatewithinwhich the offender is sentenced, is the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE EDITORIAL PAGE ANEXTRAORDINARY JUDGMENT By INDIRA JAISING PAGE 6 INSIDE RULEOF LAWVS RIGHT TO LIBERTY: WHAT SCSAID MORE REPORTS, PAGES 8, 9 ‘I have wept tears of relief’ granted by the Gujarat government to the 11 convicts, Bilkis Bano, in a statement released to The Indian Express through her advocate, said: “Today is truly the New Year for me”. “I have wept tears of relief. I smiled for the first time in over a year-and-a-half. I have hugged CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 What next? Ball in BJP-led Maharashtra Govt’s court SADAF MODAK MUMBAI, JANUARY 8 ALL EYES will now be on the Maharashtra government — whether it extends any relief to the 11 convicts. In its order, the Supreme Courthasindicatedthattheconvicts can seek remission, but they need to be in prison for this. "We say so for anotherreasoninthe ● event respondent Nos.3 to 13 (the 11 convicts) are E EXPLAINED From 6% in 2018, Indians now 11% of total tourist arrivals in Maldives Today is my New Year, I can breathe, this is what justice feels like: Bilkis CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BJP setback in Karanpur as minister loses to Cong HAMZA KHAN JAIPUR, JANUARY 8 A LITTLE over a month after it came to power in Rajasthan, the BJPonMondaysufferedasetback asoneof itsnewlyinductedministers,Surendrapal Singh,lostthe AssemblyelectionfromKaranpur constituencytohisCongressrival. Singh,whowasinductedasa Minister of State with independentchargeandgivenfourportfo- Surenderpal Singh (left) lost to Cong’s Rupinder Singh Kooner by 11,283 votes liosevenbeforegettingelectedto the Assembly, submitted his CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Har roz apne passion par kam karna hai zindagi ki SIP Zindagi ke liye SIP Adhik jaankari ke liye apne MFD/RIA se sampark karein ya scan karein SIP ke fayde Market ki timing se azadi Nivesh raashi chunne ki azadi An Investor Education and Awareness Initiative SIP - Systematic Investment Plan. Visit https://www.hdfcfund.com/information/key-know-how to know more about the process to complete a one-time Know Your Customer (KYC) requirement to invest in Mutual Funds. Investors should only deal with registered Mutual Funds, details of which can be verified on the SEBI website (www.sebi.gov.in/intermediaries.html). For any queries, complaints & grievance redressal, investors may reach out to the AMCs and / or Investor Relations Officers. 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