New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea will come up for hearing in a Delhi court on Saturday in the 1984 Delhi Sikh riots case. Kumar has claimed contradictions in the affidavits and statement of key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur. They were conducted by the GT Nanavati and Ranganath Mishra Commissions. Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal are facing trial in the...
10:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New York: A US court will hear on May 1 the arguments in the anti-Sikh riots case against India's ruling Congress party, which has opposed a default judgement being sought by a Sikh rights group against it for its failure to defend charges for conspiring and organising the 1984 riots. Lawyers from international law firm 'Jones Day', which is representing the Congress in a court in New York, has opposed...
08:00 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI is expected to file its reply on Monday to the accusations made by the widow of a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim. She had accused that the investigating agency was quick to bail out Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who faces charges for inciting the mob against the Sikhs. In the last hearing, the widow of a victim told the Court that the CBI hastily bailed out Tytler...
08:09 AM, Mar 19, 2012
New York: A US court is set to hear March 15 a plea for "default judgment" against India's Congress party for failing to defend charges of conspiring, aiding, abetting, organizing anti-Sikh riots in November 1984. The case will be heard by Judge Robert W Sweet of the US Federal Court in New York, according to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US based community organisation, which filed a motion before the...
10:36 AM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: Following widespread protests by the Sikh community, the Lieutenant Governor has reversed the decision to grant premature release to Kishori Lal, who is one of the main convicts in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The alleys of Trilokpuri in East Delhi, where Lal is accused of killing innocent people, look like any other working class neighbourhood, but the horror of its past is etched in the memories of...
08:49 AM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna has reversed a decision of commuting life sentence of a convict in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and asked Delhi's Sentence Review Board to give it a relook following protests by a section of Sikh community. The decision to send the case again to State Review Board was taken following opposition by a section of Sikh community to the decision to commute life sentence...
07:06 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: A joint delegation of BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders on Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought punishment of the Congress men accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi BJP President Vijender Gupta led the delegation of MPs and office-bearers of the two parties to the Prime Minister on the 27th anniversary of the anti-Sikh riots and submitted a...
01:38 AM, Nov 04, 2011
It was on November 1, 27 years ago, when the streets of Delhi ran with blood during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. ...
11:00 PM, Nov 01, 2011
The families of the 1984 riots say that they still have not received justice even after 27 years. ...
04:05 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New York: Hundreds of Sikhs protested outside the United Nations headquarters in New York during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the world body, demanding removal of Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath for his alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Advocacy group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), that led the protest, said a similar rally would also be held on November 2 in France where the Prime Minister...
11:10 AM, Sep 25, 2011
New York: A US federal Court in New York has set September 21 date for pre-trial hearing in a case against Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and India's Congress Party in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Judge Robert W Sweet of US Federal Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order in this regard. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) which filed...
12:25 PM, May 31, 2011
Washington: India has sought clarification from the US on whether Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has diplomatic immunity in view of summons having been issued against him by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The US has not responded so far. The matter is under examination, according to information available here. The clarification was sought by the Indian Embassy following the case...
11:11 AM, Jan 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to stay the trial against senior Congress leader and former MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons were killed. Justice A K Pathak declined the plea of Kumar, against whom the charges of murder and rioting were framed by a lower court, to immediately stay the trial till his petition challenging framing of charges is...
01:24 PM, Aug 20, 2010
The CBI says there was no sufficient evidence against the former Union Minister in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. ...
12:12 PM, Jul 24, 2010
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