Anti-Sterlite Protests

A Delhi court on Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to inciting violence in the Janakpuri area in the national capital during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh orally pronounced a brief order acquitting Kumar. A reasoned order is awaited. In August 2023, a court had charged Kumar with rioting and promoting enmity, while discharging him of murder and criminal conspiracy offences. In February 2015, a special investigation team registered two FIRs against Kumar based on complaints of violence in the Janakpuri and Vikaspuri areas during the riots. The first FIR was over the violence in Janakpuri, where two men -- Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh -- were killed on November 1, 1984. The second FIR was registered in the case of Gurcharan Singh, who was allegedly set ablaze on November 2, 1984, in Vikaspuri. Kumar, who is presently in jail, was awarded life imprisonment on February 25 last year by a trial court in a case .

Faults them for shooting without warning, recommends a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to kin of the deceased, including Rs 20 lakh already paid

Faults them for shooting without warning, recommends a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to kin of the deceased, including Rs 20 lakh already paid

'Vedanta may sell its machinery and equipment, but the land should revert to the government. The land must be allotted only to agro-based units by the government'

It said the order was only a knee-jerk reaction of the state to "appease" a section of public with vested interest

The police firing had taken place in Tuticorin district during the anti-Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives on May 22

Following violent protests over pollution concerns, the Tamil Nadu govt had ordered the permanent closure of the copper plant

The people of Thoothukudi were protesting against the construction of the copper plant by the Sterlite Copper, claiming that it was polluting groundwater, and was hazardous for the environment