Sajjan Kumar was convicted for his involvement in the brutal killings of a father-son duo, Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh, in Delhi's Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.
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.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Friday reprimanded a lawyer, Mehmood Pracha, for misusing video conferencing facilities by appearing while walking in an open land and subsequently from a moving motor vehicle.
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined bail to various persons accused in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case in connection with the 2020 Bengaluru Riots by refusing to interfere with the ongoing NIA (National Investigation Agency) probe.
"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 Rouse Avenue Court Convicted Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar for rioting, offence of murder, being a member of unlawful assembly and other offences. The court held that Sajjan Kumar was instigating the mob that killed the Father-Son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.