February 8, 2010 9:09 PM

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Delhi HC directs lower court to complete trial cases in anti-Sikh riots within six months

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the lower court to complete the trial of all pending cases of 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases within six months.. The cases also include that of Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. A bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah said, the trial will be conducted as expeditiously as possible and will be completed within six months. Within a week after being pulled up for being insensitive in handling riot cases as routine exercises, 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 the rest by Delhi Police.

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