Gujarat riots: SC gives trial court three months to conclude trials

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted another three months to a trial court in Ahmedabad to wind up the proceedings in the Gulberg Society and Naroda Gam riot cases of 2002 in Gujarat.[caption id="attachment_2211772" align="alignleft" width="380"] Supreme Court of India. AFP[/caption]A bench comprising Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justices MB Lokur and MY Eqbal took on record letter of the District Judge, Ahmedabad, seeking extension of time to conclude the trial in the two cases."We grant extension by three months," the bench said.In the Gulberg Society massacre case, former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 67 others were killed.In Naroda Gam case in which 11 people were killed, former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani is one of the prime accused.The apex court has been monitoring nine sensitive cases on the plea of National Human Rights Commission and various NGOs.These cases were about the riots in Gulberg Society, Ode, Sardarpura, Narodao Gaon, Naroda Patya, Machipith, Tarsali, Pandarwada and Raghavapura.PTI