Activist Teesta Setalvad Approaches Gujarat High Court Over 2002 Gujarat Riots Case

A sessions court had recently rejected her discharge plea in the case, even as the Supreme Court granted her bail after the Gujarat High Court denied her relief.

Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday moved Gujarat High Court to quash an FIR filed against her by the city crime branch for allegedly fabricating evidence in the 2002 riots cases.

A sessions court had recently rejected her discharge plea in the case, even as the Supreme Court granted her bail after the Gujarat High Court denied her relief.

She moved a plea for quashing the FIR in the Gujarat High Court and the matter is likely to come up for hearing in a few days.