There have been many cases in which criminals have been acquitted for want of evidence, thanks to the law in our land. However, in the case of the similarly placed Best Bakery case, the Supreme Court took an exceptional view and transferred the case for its retrial in Mumbai. Many luminaries in the legal circles have vehemently criticized this landmark judgement. The decision may have extremely serious consequences on the judiciary, secularism, communal harmony and democracy in the country. Two prominent individuals involved in the case, Zaheera Sheikh, a key witness in the case and Teesta Javed (Ansari) Setalvad, a controversial activist, were friendly at the beginning of the case but have now turned foes.
Being a Gandhian and an Ambedkarite human rights activist, I, cannot remain a silent spectator of the happenings regarding the case and have, therefore, filed a PIL in the Supreme Court for review of its landmark judgement of transferring the Best Bakery case from Gujarat to Maharashtra, for investigating the role of Teesta Setalvad and her NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace and also for censuring the National Human Rights Commissi
