A division bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, invalidated the remission orders that resulted in the early release of 11 individuals convicted of gang-raping Bilkis Bano and murdering several of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The court ruled that the Maharashtra government, rather than the Gujarat government, is the appropriate authority to assess the remission.
