The Supreme Court of India ruled on Monday that the 11 convicts involved in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case and the murder of seven of her family members during communal riots in Gujarat cannot seek remission from the Gujarat government.

The court declared that the Gujarat government had overstepped its jurisdiction in granting remission and that only the Maharashtra government, where the trial was relocated to Mumbai due to safety concerns, could consider such requests in the Bilkis Bano case.