Amit Jethwa was known for having pursued several queries under the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) and for filing cases on matters concerning illegal mining.
He was shot dead by two assailants on a motorbike in July 2010 outside the gates of the Gujarat High Court.
Notably, around a month before his murder, he had filed a petition before the High Court regarding allegations of illegal mining around Gir forest.
In this regard, it had been reported that Jethwa also produced documents to show that Solanki (then a Member of Parliament) was involved in the illegal mining activities.
The High Court eventually ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2012. Solanki and his nephew Shiva were among those convicted to life imprisonment in this murder case by a special court CBI in 2019.
This verdict has now been overturned by the High Court, which opined that the trial court had proceeded on pre-determined notions of guilt.
“Even the Trial Court has conducted the trial proceedings with the pre-determined notion of conviction,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
