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  1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar, court hearing on February 21

  India | February 18, 2025 14:46 IST

  The prosecution has sought the death penalty for ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The court will hear arguments on sentencing on February 21.

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  Sajjan Kumar, Congress leader, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by Rouse Avenue court

  India | February 12, 2025 14:30 IST

  Putting Sajjan Kumar on trial, the court order found sufficient material to form a "prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led a violent mob during 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.

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  Anti-Sikh riots Jagdish Tytler case: Complainant records her statement in court | CHECK TIMELINE

  India | October 03, 2024 14:34 IST

  Anti-Sikh riots Jagdish Tytler case: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the framing of charges of murder and other offences against him, claiming there was no credible evidence to corroborate the allegations levelled against him.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court drops murder charges against Sajjan Kumar in two separate cases

  India | August 24, 2023 13:10 IST

  Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by Delhi High Court on December 17, 2018, for his role in the 1984 Sikh riots.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC refuses to grant interim bail on health grounds to Sajjan Kumar

  India | September 03, 2021 12:21 IST

  A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M M Sundresh said it is not inclined to grant bail to Sajjan Kumar on medical grounds.

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  Khattar's minister drops a shocker: 'Riots have happened in the past, violence is part of life'

  India | February 27, 2020 23:52 IST

  In a shocking statement on the tense situation in Northeast Delhi, a Cabinet Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana said: "violence is a part of life." Referring to the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said violence and riots have happened in the past too.

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  Supreme Court refuses interim relief to Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

  India | February 14, 2020 12:16 IST

  The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, and said it will hear his bail plea in summer vacations. 

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  One-stop shops to be set up in gurudwaras to help survivors of anti-Sikh riots

  India | December 08, 2019 16:14 IST

  Delhi gurudwara management body DSGMC has decided to open special shops named '1984 Stores' to rehabilitate families affected by the anti-Sikh riots that occurred 35 years ago in the city.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots could have been avoided if Gujral's advice was heeded: Manmohan Singh

  India | December 05, 2019 9:12 IST

  The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. The ruling Indian National Congress had been in an active complicity with the mob, as to the organisation of the riots.

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  Anti-Sikh riots case: SC directs examination of Sajjan Kumar's condition, report in 4 weeks

  India | November 06, 2019 12:09 IST

  On August 5, a bench headed by Justice Bobde had said it would hear Kumar's bail plea in May 2020 as it was not an "ordinary case" and required detailed hearing before any order is passed.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to consider according urgent hearing to Sajjan Kumar's bail plea

  India | November 04, 2019 11:35 IST

  The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider according to urgent hearing to the bail plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced for life by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

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  Supreme Court grants bail to 34 in anti-Sikh riots

  India | July 23, 2019 12:13 IST

  Earlier on July 5, the top court had acquitted seven people citing lack of direct evidence. The Delhi Police had filed a review on the acquittal of these people.

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  Sajjan Kumar accuses CBI of tutoring key witness of 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi court

  India | April 09, 2019 16:22 IST

  The submission came after Joginder Singh, who is a witness and the complainant in the case, told the court that certain facts written in the statement given by him to the police relating to the case were false.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots case: CBI seeks dismissal of Sajjan Kumar's plea in SC

  India | March 15, 2019 13:07 IST

  The CBI Friday told the Supreme Court that former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea challenging the life term awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should be dismissed.  

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life term for 'remainder of his life'

  India | December 17, 2018 17:05 IST

  The Delhi High Court on November 28 had upheld the conviction of around 80 people and had awarded them five-year jail term for rioting, burning houses and violation of curfew.

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  Supreme Court allows 2-member SIT to probe anti-Sikh riot cases

  India | December 04, 2018 14:27 IST

  The SIT was set up after a report by a supervisory committee said that of the 241 cases closed by an earlier SIT, 186 were closed without "further probe".

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots: BJP files complaint with cops against Jagdish Tytler

  India | February 05, 2018 20:21 IST

  BJP national secretary R P Singh met the Additional Police Commissioner, New Delhi, and filed a complaint which was based on purported video clips concerning the Congress leader.

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  1984 Anti-Sikh riots: Justice Dhingra to supervise probe of 186 cases closed without investigation

  India | January 11, 2018 19:24 IST

  Besides Justice Dhingra, serving IPS officer Abhishek Dular and retired IG rank officer Rajdeep Singh would be part of the SIT.

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  Tytler told to appear before court in anti-Sikh riots case

  India | February 20, 2014 8:25 IST

  New Delhi: A court here Wednesday directed Congress leader Jagdish Tytler to appear before it May 31 in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a lawyer appearing for victims in a 1984