India's top court quashes release of men in Muslim woman's gang-rape - lawyer

Television journalists are seen outside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's top court on Monday quashed the release of 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering her relatives during Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002, a lawyer in the case said.

The court directed the men to surrender to prison authorities within two weeks, the lawyer added.