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.
"Today, CM Yadav announced to name the new city gate being built on Morena road in Purani Chhawani area in Gwalior as 'Data Bandi Chhor Dwar' after the sixth guru of Sikh, Hargobind Singh Sahab. Gwalior Sikh Forum and the Sikh community across the country expresses gratitude to the Chief Min
"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.
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.
A Special CBI court on Friday summoned a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) officer who analysed voice sample of congress leader Jagdish Tytler. He has been summoned to record his statement as a prosecution witness for the CBI.
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.
In his letter, Singh stated, "The report notes that the charges for the murder of 51 persons were not framed. The chargesheet was filed for the murder of 56 persons, but the trial court framed charges only for the murder of five persons."
The Rouse Avenue court reserved its order on judgment in a case against Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. This case is related to the killing of the father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.