
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

A person often looks helpless and vulnerable in front of his wife or on the hospital bed and maybe even in the court room. How ...

07:58 PM, Apr 23, 2012

New Delhi: The killing of people in the Delhi Cantonment area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was the result of a well executed conspiracy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Monday as the agency finished its arguments in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the Delhi Cantonment area case. The CBI said that people belonging only to a certain community were targeted with the pattern and scale of operation...

05:03 PM, Apr 23, 2012

New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday told a Delhi court that the Delhi Police, acting in a pre-planned manner during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, kept its "eyes closed" to the violence. Advancing final arguments in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, in which veteran Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been accused of instigating a mob in Delhi Cantonment area here, CBI counsel RS Cheema said the city police "deliberately" did not...

11:04 PM, Mar 31, 2012

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 Delhi: A former MLA, facing trial along with Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case relating to killing of six persons in Delhi Cantonment area, on Friday claimed innocence before a city court saying it was a conspiracy to ruin his political career. "I was not involved in the 1984 riots. It was a conspiracy to tarnish my image and political career," Mahender Yadav, who is...

06:53 PM, Jul 08, 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
New Delhi: In a major relief to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the criminal proceedings against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. While setting aside a Delhi High court order of July 19, a bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and BS Chauhan also issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal challenging his prosecution. The high court had refused to...

05:12 PM, Aug 13, 2010

The witness says she did not go to the police station after the incident as policemen were among the rioters. ...

08:51 PM, Jul 12, 2010

Court framed charges of murder against the senior Congress leader and others in connection with the riots case. ...

03:57 PM, Jul 07, 2010

Delhi court framed charges of murder, criminal conspiracy against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others. ...

04:17 PM, May 28, 2010

Delhi court framed charges of murder, criminal conspiracy against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others. ...

04:17 PM, May 28, 2010

On February 26, Sajjan Kumar and others were granted anticipatory bail by the HC. ...

06:37 PM, Mar 10, 2010

He is accused of being one of the masterminds of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. ...

10:58 AM, Feb 27, 2010

Congress leader accused of inciting mobs. ...

11:08 AM, Feb 26, 2010