Gujarat judge Himanshu Trivedi, who quit after 2002 riots, says Government wanted him to target Muslims

 Staff Correspondent, August 5, 2015, NewsCrunch

Himanshu Trivedi, a former Judge from Ahmedabad, quit his position after the 2002-Gujarat riots, among other reasons, due to the suffocating anti-Muslim atmosphere he experienced.

Himanshu Trivedi, who was a City Civil and Session Court Judge from October 2002 to early April 2003, told The Citizen that he could not “take it any more."

He poignantly recollects witnessing anti-Muslim violence first hand, in the company of his young daughter, and feeling impotent about not being able to do anything about it.

He migrated to New Zealand and is at present a practicing lawyer there.
On his Facebook page, Himanshu Trivedi recently posted a message expressing support and appreciation for activist Teesta Setalvad and his former colleague Jyotsna Yagnik, who convicted Maya Kodnani and Babu Bajrangi in the Naroda Patiya case.

He says people like Teesta Setalvad are the "diminishing" conscience of the "Country" he has loved from the bottom of his heart.
He also recounts the immense pressure he experienced from the Gujarat government to  rule against Muslims and how he could not do it since his allegiance was with the Indian Constitution.

He elaborates on how he found it unbearable to live in India, where villains were worshiped while individuals with conscience were being hounded.

Though Himanshu Trivedi quit India long ago, he seems to have kept a close watch on the follow-up of Gujarat riots.

He seems to manage a You Tube account, where he has posted numerous videos  on the 2002 Gujarat riots.