1984 anti-sikh riots: Earlier in the week, a sessions court had granted anticipatory bail to Tytler in the case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and surety of the like amount.
Like earlier, this time too, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has forgotten the era that he was referring to was led by his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and his father, Rajiv Gandhi.
Jagdish Tytler's voice samples were collected by the investigation agency last month in connection with the 1984 violence in the Pul Bangash area of the national capital, which resulted in the deaths of three people.
The resolution was introduced by Assembly Member Jasmeet Kaur Bains, the first-ever elected Sikh member of the state assembly.
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Tytler is accused of leading a mob in the 1984 Pul Bangash case in which three Sikhs were killed.
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who is serving life imprisonment in an 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking interim bail on health grounds. “Sorry. We are not inclined. Dismissed,” a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said.
Director Ali Abbas Zafar, known for films like Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai, Bharat, etc is ready with the script of another project based on 1984 riots which might have Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh playing the lead role. Interestingly, he has been a part of Punjabi film, Punjab 1984, directed by Anurag Singh and had the same subject.
Earlier, in March last year, the top court had granted two more months to the SIT to complete its probe into 1986 anti-Sikh riot cases after the SIT informed it that more than 50 per cent of work was done and it wanted two more months to complete the investigation.
The memorial, that featured a prominent photo of Khalistani leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, accused the Indian government of genocide.
A delegation of All-India Riot Victims Relief Committee (AIRVRC), including its two Supreme Court lawyers Gurbaksh Singh Dev and Prasoon Kumar, on Thursday confronted SIT (retired additional director prosecution) member Yogeshwar Krishna Srivastava, who denied the charge.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up by the Union Home Ministry, has decided to reopen seven anti-Sikh riot cases, where the accused were either acquitted or the trial closed, according to an official notification.
The survivors of the riots in the CRPF colony of Ludhiana claim that successive Congress governments delayed justice to the affected families.
Earlier, Pitroda had apologised for his recent remarks about 1984 anti-Sikh riots and said that his "misrepresented" remarks were intended just to be about "moving on".
The BJP had demanded an apology from Sam Pitroda on Thursday, for his comments on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"It's on record in the Nanavati Commission that probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the biggest genocide in which the government killed its own citizens, that instructions to kill came directly from then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's office," the Bharatiya Janata Party's official Twitter handle posted.
The case in which Kumar was convicted and sentenced relates to the killing of five Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment's Raj Nagar Part-I area of southwest Delhi on November 1 and 2, 1984.
In 1984 riots in Kanpur, at least 125 people were killed.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 14 the appeal filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the Delhi High Court verdict convicting and sentencing him to life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
Raising slogans against former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the protesters garlanded the signboard with shoes and slippers and sprayed black paint on it.
The high court had directed Kumar on Monday to surrender before authorities by December 31, however, he has now sought 30 additional days to settle family affairs.
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