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1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar denies allegations, says he was falsely
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar denied the charges levelled against him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He stated before a Rouse Avenue court that he was not present at the site of the riots and was falsely implicated.
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: SC issues notices to accused persons in SLPs challen
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to accused persons in six acquittals in the anti-Sikh riots cases, against which the Centre and the Delhi government have filed SLPS (appeals).
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"BJP just wants to take false credit": Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
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.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar given maximum possible sentence, s
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
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.
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"Not the rarest of rare": Court rejects death penalty plea, awards two lif
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The court considered a report from jail authorities citing Kumar's good conduct and noted that he is suffering from multiple ailments.
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"Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath are next": Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh S
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"Sajjan Kumar has been awarded life imprisonment. I thank Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for constituting the SIT and reopening the case. These cases were closed for 35 years, and people like Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, and Kamal Nath continued to roam freely as C
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Sikh Community calls for death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
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.
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Cases: SC directs Centre, Delhi to file SLPs in six a
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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.
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"Grateful to the court": Advocate HS Phoolka after Sajjan Kumar's convicti
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
"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.
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Nehru-Gandhi family nurtured, promoted accused of 84 riots: Sachdeva after
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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.
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1984 Anti Sikh riots: Court convicts former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in mu
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Rouse Avenue court convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 Anti Sikh riots case.
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Appeals against acquittals need to be filed seriously: SC in 1984 Anti-Sik
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
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.
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