Highlights 1 The Bilkis Bano case is one of the high profile 2002 Gujarat riots cases2 Bano seeking compensation, disciplinary action against 6 police officials3 Gujarat has 6 weeks to notify SC on disciplinary action against convicted policemenThe Supreme Court today gave the Gujarat government six weeks to let it know whether any disciplinary action has been initiated against policemen who were convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, one of the high profile 2002 Gujarat riots cases. Bano is seeking compensation and disciplinary action from the Supreme Court against the six police officials, who were found complicit by the Bombay High Court in her gangrape. On October 23, the Supreme Court had sought within four weeks a response from the Gujarat government to the departmental action taken against police personnel convicted in the gangrape case and their subsequent reinstatement. Petitioner Bilkis Yakub Rasool alleged that policemen convicted by the Bombay High Court in her case, which was reported during the 2002 Gujarat riots, have been reinstated by the state government. WATCH | Bilkis Bano to India Today: My kids want to become lawyers

Source: India Today November 24, 2017 06:30 UTC