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India News > Largesse to Best Bakery judge slammed Gandhinagar, June 4 (IANS) : The opposition in Gujarat has slammed the government for giving a plum post-retirement post to the judge who delivered a controversial judgement in the Best Bakery case. Former additional sessions judge H.U. Mahida, who was last month appointed legal advisor by the state-run Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), had been censured by Supreme Court, after he acquitted all 21 accused in the case. The case arose after a mob burnt to death 14 people, including 12 of the minority community, inside a building housing the Best Bakery, on the outskirts of Vadodra, 100 km from here, on March 1, 2002 during statewide communal violence. "While Mahida's controversial judgement stands criticised by the Supreme Court, the state government has honoured him with a post-retirement position," leader of the opposition in the state assembly Amarsinh Chaudhari told reporters Friday. "Moreover, Mahida will be paid Rs. 30,000 a month as honorarium compared to Rs. 15,000 paid to his predecessor. It shows where the state government stands when it comes to ensuring justice to riot victims," Chaudhari added. Mahida's fast track court at Vadodara had acquitted all the 21 accused after a majority of witnesses turned hostile. Zahira Shaikh, a prime witness, later alleged before the media that she was forced to withdraw her statement under threat. She said that she did not feel safe in the state as the police administration was biased against the minority community. Following her petition, the Supreme Court directed the transfer of the case to the where retrial proceedings begin Monday. Congress demanded that the opposition be consulted in the appointment of the public prosecutor for the retrial. "We admit that there is no such precedent, but given the government's track record in the matter, we feel that we should be consulted in appointing the public prosecutor in the case," Chaudhari said. |
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