In March 2002, during the post-Godhra riots, Bano was allegedly gang-raped and left to die with 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter.
The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.
He also commented on the government's working system when asked whether the current government was more aggressive. He said that Congress when in power was socialist in character but now has become a weak opposition.