His comments followed the Delhi Court's decision to sentence Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to jail in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Cheema also accused the BJP of taking "false credit," asserting that it was the Supreme Court that had constituted the committee for the case.
Earlier in the day, a Delhi court sentenced Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. This followed his conviction on February 12 for their murders.
Ahead of the trial court's pronouncement of the sentence for Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, members of the Sikh community led by Sikh leader Gurlad Singh organized a protest in front of the court on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union and the Delhi government to file Statutory Leave Petitions (SLPs) in connection with six cases in which various accused persons of the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots had been granted acquittals.
"We are grateful to the court, the public prosecutor Manish Rawat and the IO Jagdish Kumar who worked very hard on this... On the 18th of February, the court will pronounce the sentence..." Advocate Phoolka told reporters.
Delhi BJP chief Virendraa Sachdeva on Wednesday took a dig at the Nehru-Gandhi family, alleging that they had nurtured and promoted those accused in the 1984 riots after Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi convicted former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that appeals challenging the acquittals of accused persons in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots cases need to be filed seriously by prosecution agencies and not just for the sake of it.
The Rouse Avenue court is set to pronounce its judgement in an anti Sikh riots case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. The case is related to the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.
The Supreme Court of India on Monday expressed concern over the failure of Investigating Agencies to file appeals in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, despite explicit recommendations from a committee.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a response to Balwan Khokhar's plea seeking suspension of sentence in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.