The main issues of this case were communal violence, Human Rights violation, Locus Standii of NHRC and related issues. This case has been transferred to the Supreme Court.

Karuna Trust, a registered organisation, had filed a PIL in the High Court, purportedly in public interest challenging the jurisdiction of the NHRC to get involved and ask for reports from the government regarding the Communal Violence, especially when the government had already appointed a commission of enquiry under the Commissions of Enquiry Act for conducting an enquiry into various aspects of the communal violence. The backdrop of the case was that riots had broken out across the State of Gujarat following the Godhra train carnage and there had been many instances of mass killings of the minority community. The state law and order machinery completely collapsed in the initial phase of the seemingly well-organised and well-planned attacks across the state. The litigation team was involved in drafting and filing an application requesting the court to allow it to be a joined as a party in the Karuna petition. The entire matter has since been transferred by the Supreme Court to itself as according to the Supreme Court the issues involved certain questions of law that would best be decided by the Apex Court. CSJ was then actively involved in representing NHRC’s case before the High Court although the advocate on record and the Senior Counsel were directly engaged by the NHRC