There are four cases pending in the trial court, out of which two relating to Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler are being handled by CBI and in the rest two by Delhi Police.
The Delhi high court today directed the lower court to complete the trial of all pending cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, including that of Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, within six months.
"We direct that the trial will be conducted as expeditiously as possible and will be completed within six months," a bench headed by chief justice AP Shah said.
Within a week after being pulled up for being insensitive in handling riot cases as "routine" exercises and for not appointing senior advocates to handle them, CBI and Delhi government appointed Special Public Prosecutors for it on the line of post-Godhra riot cases in Gujarat.
The investigating agency and the government informed the bench that they have appointed senior advocates as public prosecutors to handle the cases of 84' riots in which more 2700 people were killed.
There are four cases pending in the trial court, out of which two relating to Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler are being handled by CBI and in the rest two by Delhi Police.
The advocate appearing for CBI submitted that senior advocate R S Cheema and advocate YK Saxena have been appointed as special public prosecutor to handle trial court cases while additional solicitor general, AS Chandhiok will be handling 84'riots cases in the high court.
Similarly, the Delhi government submitted that senior advocate BS Joon will be handling its trial court cases while senior advocate HJS Ahluwalia, cases pending in the high court.
The high court passed the order on a petition filed by aggreived family members of the riot through an NGO 'November-84 Carnage Justice Committee' seeking its direction to appoint special law officers and to monitor the cases on a day-to-day basis.
Earlier the court had on February 3 asked the prosecuting agencies to respect the feeling of a particular community which bore the brunt of the riots following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
"You should respect the sentiments of sufferers. You tell your director to appoint a senior lawyer as a public prosecutor to handle the cases. This is a legitimate demand. Don't treat these cases as routine cases," a Bench had said.
"See the historical background and sensitivity involved in these cases. Don't you think like Gujarat riot cases, special public prosecutors should be appointed to handle these cases?" the court had said, asking the agencies not to be insensitive.
Advocate HS Phulka, appearing for the NGO, referred to Zahira Sheikh case in Gujarat and pleaded a special public prosecutor be appointed in consultation with the victims to handle the riot cases as "Delhi Police and CBI are handling the case in a casual and slipshod manner".
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