1984 Anti-sikh Riots
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CBI files chargesheet against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
The central agency has accused the former MP of instigating a crowd that led to the deaths of three men.
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1984 anti-Sikh violence: Centre accepts SIT report, tells Supreme Court it will act on it
The report suggests that action be taken against several police officials for being complicit with those who had committed crimes.
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1984 violence could have been avoided if Centre had heeded IK Gujral’s advice sooner: Manmohan Singh
Pranab Mukherjee said he regretted the Congress’ decision to withdraw support from the Gujral-led government in 1998 because the BJP came to power after that.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots: SIT submits final report to Supreme Court
While the Centre sought the court’s permission to disband the SIT, the riot victims’ counsel asked the bench to first examine the report.
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1984 anti-Sikh violence: SC asks AIIMS panel to submit report on Sajjan Kumar’s health
A bench, led by chief justice-designate SA Bobde, said it would hear the bail application during summer vacation next year.
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Sidhu draws an equivalence between the histories of Sikhs in India and the indigenous peoples of Canada.
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1984 anti-Sikh violence: As it convicts Sajjan Kumar, court sees pattern in attacks on minorities
The Delhi High Court said there was deep collusion between politicians and police as the community was targetted after Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
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Sajjan Kumar conviction: Amarinder Singh says justice finally delivered to 1984 riots victims
The Punjab chief minister, however, claimed the Congress and the Gandhi family did not play a role in the riots.
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1984 riots: Sajjan Kumar’s conviction should not be given a ‘political colour’, says Congress
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh welcomed the court’s decision, and reiterated that the Congress did not play a role in the riots.
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‘Cover-ups of Congress now being defeated’: Leaders react to Sajjan Kumar’s conviction in 1984 riots
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Congress and the Gandhi family will continue to pay for the sins of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life by Delhi High Court
The mass killings of Sikhs in November 1984 were ‘crimes against humanity’, the court said.
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