Nanavati Commission gets 2-month extension

The Commission has already given its first report pertaining to the incident of the burning of S-6, a coach of Sabarmati Express, in which 59 kar sevaks were charred to death near Godhra railway station on February 27, 2002. The Commission had called the incident a pre-planned conspiracy involving “some individuals”.

In its first report, the Commission also made it clear that “…there is absolutely no evidence to show that either the Chief Minister and/or any other Minister(s) in his Council of Ministers or Police Officers had played any role in the Godhra incident.” The Commission was appointed by the Gujarat government led by the then Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, shortly after the riots in 2002.

Initially, the Commission consisted of Justices (Retired) G T Nanavati and K G Shah. However, following the death of Shah in March 2008, Justice (Retired) Akshay Mehta was appointed the second member of the Commission.