Anti-sikh Riots

1984 anti-Sikh riots: HC sets Dec 5 hearing on convict's plea for furlough

The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted time to the city government to file its response on a plea by former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, for release from jail on furlough to re-establish social ties. Justice Ravinder Dudeja also allowed a plea by Khokhar seeking to advance the date of hearing from February 4, 2026 to an earlier date. The high court now listed the matter for hearing on December 5 and asked the government and jail authorities to file their status report before the next date of hearing. In the meantime, the state should place on record its reply, it said. The court had earlier issued notice to the government and jail authorities on Khokhar's plea. The convict has sought quashing of a September 4 order of the jail authorities rejecting his furlough application on the grounds that his release could pose a threat to public peace and order. He sought the court's direction to issue a ..

1984 riots: HC asks Centre, police to reply on plea over on Kamal Nath

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre and police on a plea by city minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa seeking production of a police officer's report which had allegedly mentioned presence of Congress leader Kamal Nath during a riot at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib here in 1984. Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the police and the central government on the application and asked them to file their replies on or before January 15, 2026, the next date of hearing. The application sought a direction to the authorities to place on record the report submitted by Gautam Kaul, the then Additional Commissioner of Police, to the then police commissioner categorically showing the presence of Nath at the scene of crime, that is, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib. Senior advocate H S Phoolka, representing the petitioner, submitted that Nath's presence at the scene of crime was well documented in police records besides multiple newspapers had mentioned his presence at the place an

1984 Anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar

Kumar was convicted in a case of killing of father son duo, Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh on 1 November 1984 in Saraswati Vihar area

Anti-Sikh riots: Court reserves order on charges against Jagdish Tytler

The court is likely to pronounce an order on charges on August 2. This case pertains to the killing of Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area in 1984

J'khand cabinet approves Rs 1.20 cr compensation for anti-Sikh riot victims

The cabinet of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday approved a compensation of Rs 1.20 crore for 24 victims and dependents of 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Bokaro district, an official said. Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said, "The compensation amount was approved on the recommendation of the Anti-Sikh Riot Commission." Anti-Sikh riots had broken out in Bokaro district along with the rest of the country after the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. As many as 32 agendas were approved during the cabinet meeting chaired by the CM. A housing project worth Rs 8.20 crore for leprosy patients also got the cabinet nod. Under the project, 64 houses would be constructed in Kangoi in Jamtara district. The cabinet also gave its approval to make Kisko in Lohardaga district a police sub-division. Five police stations -- Kisko, Bagru, Jobang, Peshrar and Serendag -- will be included in the police sub-division. Besides giving approval to the constitution of

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court issues notice to produce records against Tytler

A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh notice to the person in-charge of the record room of a trial court to produce the documents of a case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler related to alleged Pul Bangash killings during 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Vidhi Gupta Anand issued the notice to the record room in-charge at a Karkardooma court, where the case was earlier being heard, directing him/her to produce the case record by Friday, when the court will hear the matter. "Fresh notice has been issued to in-charge of record room of Karkardooma court. Record is to be produced by 11 am on Friday," the court directed, noting that the record has been located. During the proceedings, the CBI also informed the court that a reminder has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to expedite the process of forensic examination of voice sample of Tytler. The court had on June 30 summoned the records of the trial court connected with the ..

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar accuses CBI of tutoring key witness

The fact that the witness was giving information contrary to his police statements in 1985 point to his being tutored, Kumar's counsel said

Sikh inmates to be kept away from Sajjan Kumar's ward in Mandoli Jail

The sources said after the medical examination, he was led to ward number 1 and Sikh prisoners near that ward were shifted to other wards as a precautionary measure

Thirty four new years later...

What the Sikhs felt in 1984, the Muslims say they feel today. It is no different from what the Hindus felt in Punjab in the aftermath of 1984