Supreme Court vacates stay on Godhra trial

The Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated a stay order on the Godhra riots cases of 2002 in Gujarat, paving the way for a verdict also in the case of train burning.

It paved the way for verdict in eight of the nine riot related cases by the special courts hearing them, except the case of Gulbarga Society.

The Supreme Court earlier had stayed the judgements because it was felt that the verdicts might affect the investigation and outcome of the other ongoing cases.

Supreme Court conducted the hearing on the report submitted by Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Godhra riots.

Prashant Bhushan, whose appointment as amicus curie was opposed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), withdrew himself.