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SC rejects plea to release Teesta Setalvad’s passport, seeks travel itinerary

The case against Setalvad was lodged following a top court verdict of June 24, 2022 by which the court turned down the plea filed by riot victim Zakia Jafri demanding investigation into the larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Updated on Apr 30, 2026 07:25 am IST

SC disposes of activist Teesta Setalvad’s application seeking passport release

Setalvad’s passport was deposited in a Gujarat trial court as a bail condition imposed by the top court in July 2023 . (PTI)
Published on Apr 29, 2026 08:36 pm IST

SC permits Teesta Setalvad to attend documentary fest at Amsterdam

The Supreme Court of India.
Published on Oct 22, 2024 05:41 pm IST

SC reaffirms its order granting pre-arrest bail to Teesta and husband

Social activist Teesta Setalvad gets bail in 2002 Gujarat communal riots case. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 02, 2023 01:31 am IST

Review: The Peacemakers by Ghazala Wahab

In The Anti-Sikh Pogrom of 1984: Three Days of Horror, journalist Rahul Bedi writes about additional deputy commissioner of police Maxwell Pereira who, along with a group of over 20 police officers, prevented a mob from entering the Sis Ganj Sahib gurudwara in Delhi. The Peacemakers focuses on individuals like Pereira who worked to bring about peace in the midst of violence. (HT Photo)
Published on Oct 11, 2023 08:29 pm IST

Godhra riots | Tracing the case against Teesta Setalvad

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Teesta Setalvad is facing charges related to propagating a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 riots and allegedly attempting to frame Modi and others.
Published on Sept 19, 2023 06:35 pm IST

Gujarat HC judge recuses himself from hearing activist Teesta Setalvad's plea

Social activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested on June 25 last year for allegedly fabricating evidence, committing forgery and hatching a criminal conspiracy to frame PM Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 communal riots cases in Gujarat. (PTI)
Published on Aug 03, 2023 08:30 pm IST

SC grants bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, calls Gujarat HC order ‘perverse’

Social activist Teesta Setalvad gets bail in 2002 Gujarat communal riots case. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 20, 2023 04:47 am IST

Supreme Court grants regular bail to activist Teesta Setalvad

Mumbai-based human rights activist Teesta Setalvad (File Photo)
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 04:19 pm IST

Who is Teesta Setalvad and what is the case against her?

Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad (File Photo)
Published on Jul 02, 2023 12:01 pm IST

SC protects Teesta Setalvad from arrest for a week, stays Gujarat HC order

Human rights activist Teesta Setalvad (File Photo)
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 10:35 pm IST

Teesta Setalvad was a politician’s tool, tried to defame Gujarat: State govt to HC

Her bail plea was opposed in July last year in the sessions court by the government on similar grounds. (PTI file image)
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 09:56 am IST

Teesta Setalvad walks out of jail day after SC grants interim bail in riots case

Social activist Teesta Setalvad taken to Session Court from Sabarmati Women's Jail, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. 
Published on Sept 03, 2022 08:37 pm IST

Teesta Setalvad given interim bail by top court

hmedabad: In this Saturday, July 2, 2022 file photo, social activist Teesta Setalvad being produced at Metropolitan Magistrate court in Ahmedabad. Supreme Court granted interim bail to Setalvad in a case related to 2002 Gujarat riots, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. (PTI)
Updated on Sept 03, 2022 12:51 am IST

SC grants interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in Gujarat riots case

File photo of activist Teesta Setalvad.
Updated on Sept 02, 2022 09:45 pm IST

Supreme Court gives Gujarat government two days to reply on Teesta bail plea

Social activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested on June 25 by the Gujarat Police.
Updated on Aug 26, 2022 02:09 am IST

Supreme Court to hear bail plea of activist Teesta Setalvad

Social activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested on June 25, a day after the Supreme Court ruled out a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots. (PTI)
Published on Aug 17, 2022 04:23 am IST

Teesta Setalvad moves SC seeking bail in Gujarat riots case

Social activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested on June 25, a day after the Supreme Court ruled out a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots. (PTI)
Updated on Aug 16, 2022 09:56 pm IST

2002 Gujarat riots: Teesta, Sreekumar’s bail pleas rejected

Social activist Teesta Setalvad was arrested on June 25, a day after the Supreme Court ruled out a larger conspiracy behind the 2002 Gujarat riots. (PTI)
Updated on Jul 31, 2022 12:57 am IST

Teesta Setalvad, ex-DGP Sreekumar denied bail in Gujarat riots case

File photo of activist Teesta Setalvad.
Updated on Jul 30, 2022 10:10 pm IST

No relief for Teesta Setalvad in Gujarat riots case, bail hearing on Thursday

File photo of activist Teesta Setalvad. 
Updated on Jul 26, 2022 07:58 pm IST

Vivek Agnihotri says 'someday will know why Bollywood...' amid Ahmed Patel row

Film director Vivek Agnihotri has commented on the SIT charges against late Congress leader Ahmed Patel. 
Published on Jul 17, 2022 04:30 pm IST

Congress, BJP lock horns over Gujarat SIT’s charges against Ahmed Patel

Congress leader Ahmed Patel succumbed to Covid-19 in November 2020.
Updated on Jul 17, 2022 05:03 am IST

‘Initially offered 5 lakh, then…’: Teesta's ex-aide talks of meet with Patel

Activist Teesta Setalvad. (HT photo)
Published on Jul 16, 2022 09:53 pm IST

‘His name still holds weight…’: Ahmed Patel's daughter amid Setalvad charges

Late Congress leader Ahmed Patel's daughter Mumtaz Patel
Published on Jul 16, 2022 03:03 pm IST

Cong refutes Ahmed Patel-Teesta charges: 'Vilifying deceased obviously as…'

The Congress on Saturday refuted the "mischievous charges" against late Ahmed Patel and said the prime minister's political vendetta does not even spare the departed who were his political adversaries.
Published on Jul 16, 2022 11:53 am IST

Teesta got 30 lakh from Ahmed Patel to destabilise Gujarat govt: SIT

The SIT said Teesta Setalvad received 30 lakh from Ahmed Patel to destabilise the then Gujarat government. 
Updated on Jul 16, 2022 07:56 pm IST

Teesta, Sreekumar remanded in judicial custody for 14 days

Activist Teesta Setalvad, through her advocate Somnath Vats, submitted an application seeking protection within the jail. (Vijay Bate/HT Photo)
Published on Jul 03, 2022 01:37 am IST

India rejects criticism by UN rights agency over arrest of Teesta

Protests were held in several Indian cities on June 27 over the arrest of rights activist Teesta Setalvad over her attempts to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared complicit in deadly sectarian riots 20 years ago. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE/AFP)
Published on Jun 30, 2022 03:10 am IST