And what about those against whom these charges were made?
The CJP responded with their own statement rebutting these charges and pointed out inter alia:
The report in sections of the national media dated April 14, 2009, alleging that NGOs, Teesta etc misled the apex court and exaggerated the violence in Gujarat in 2002 are clear example of irresponsible reportage. Intentionally or otherwise, the distorted report damages the reputation of a citizens’ group that has been recognized nationally and internationally for working assiduously to ensure justice to the victims of mass violence whether in case of the Gujarat carnage (2002), or the bomb blasts in Mumbai (2006 and 2008) or the communal carnage in Kandhamal district, Orissa (2008), irrespective of the caste or creed of the victims or the perpetrators. The fact is that neither Sri Raghavan, nor any other SIT member was present at the apex court to “tell” it anything. These reports could only be referring to a contention made in a four page note circulated by Ms Hemantika Wahi for the Gujarat Government.. It was not a note prepared by SIT.
ET: "SIT headed by former CBI director RK Raghavan said “many incidents were cooked up, false witnesses were tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents, and false charges levelled against the then Ahmedabad police chief P C Pandey”"
IBNLIVE: They [the Gujarat lawyers] said questions have been raised on the role of the NGO and its advocate Mohammed Suhail Muhammed Husain Tirmizi who helped the witnesses in filing their affidavits relating to the riot cases.
Rohatgi said the report of the SIT clearly says the NGO, which had made the allegations against the BJP government, had given stereotype affidavits in almost all riot cases.
Given the level of misinformation surrounding the recent TOI reports about Teesta Setalvad, it might be useful to place it in perspective by putting down the sequence of events that led to the current controversy that seems to be exercising a number of readers:
How did this controversy originate?
Some news reports on April 14 alleged that "a Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) charged a leading activist, Teesta Setalvad, with adding morbidity into the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat by “cooking up macabre tales of killings”"
What are these news reports?
There are to my knowledge two mainstream newsreports on April 14 which made these allegations about the happenings in the Supreme Court on April 13. These were in the Economic Times (ET) and the Times of India (TOI).
And in other media?
No other mainstream media, other than IBNLIVE, carried these sensational news items. The IBN report, however, specified that these allegations were not made by the SIT but by the lawyers for the Gujarat government. The difference in coverage is glaring. Take for example:
TOI: "In a significant development, the SIT led by former CBI director R K Raghavan told the Supreme Court on Monday that the celebrated rights activist cooked up macabre tales of wanton killings"
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Re: Re: Re: India is democracy and NOT meritocracy.
by Jiggs on Apr 21, 2009 10:10 AM
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Atleast they remember that time.If you guys (UPA)are voted to power you will put all your effort to demolish his name from the epics enhancing conversion.
