The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case, which also involves the killing of seven members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

“I will have a bench constituted. Will look at it this evening,” CJI D Y Chandrachud said. Bano moved the SC on November 30, 2022, challenging the “premature” release of 11 men serving life sentence. The Gujarat government released all 11 convicts on August 15 last year.