1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC reopens case; sets up new team to probe case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reopened the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, which was closed earlier by a Special Investigation Team.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reopened the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, which was closed earlier by a Special Investigation Team.
The court has said that it will set up a three-member committee, headed by a retired High Court judge, to re-investigate these cases, a Zee News report said.
These cases had earlier been closed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra asked the Centre to suggest the names on Wednesday itself for the proposed three-member panel.
The bench, also comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, said the proposed committee will be headed by a former high court judge and consist of one retired and one serving police officer.
Over the last three decades, at least 12 inquiry commissions and committees have looked into the 1984 killings. In February 2015, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to re-investigate criminal cases filed in Delhi in relation to the 1984 Sikh massacre. The riots against the community began after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Over two years and three term extensions later, the SIT stated early this year that it had closed 241 cases and filed charges in 12 cases.