Tag: 1984 anti-Sikh riot

Capt slams SAD for politicising 1984 riots, SAD walks out over Kamal Nath’s nomination

Intervening during a call attention motion in the Assembly on the issue after it was raised by Akali legislator Bikram Singh Majithia, Amarinder said the law was taking its due course as far as allegations against the veteran former union minister were concerned.

December 14, 2018

SAD stages march seeking justice for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims

Hundreds of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) supporters on Saturday staged a protest march here demanding justice for the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The march, led by SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, started from Gurdwara Pratapganj and ended outside Parliament Street police station. The protesters, including women, carried …

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November 3, 2018

Adequate efforts not made to examine witness of ’84 riots: SC

Adequate efforts were not made to examine key prosecution witnesses in the five 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in which the Delhi High Court issued show cause notices to those acquitted asking them why re-trial should not be ordered, the Supreme Court said on Friday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra perused the records …

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January 20, 2018

Tytler refuses lie detector test in anti-Sikh riots case

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Thursday told a court here that he is not ready to undergo a lie detector test in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Tytler's counsel told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shivali Sharma at the Karkardooma court that the CBI had not given any specific reason in its application seeking a polygraph …

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March 30, 2017