The Supreme Court has constituted a supervisory body comprising two of its former judges to examine the decision of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to close 199 cases relating to the 1984 riots.<br/><br/>The apex court named its former judges, Justice J M Panchal and Justice K S Radhakrishnan, as members of the supervisory body and asked them to start functioning from 5th of September.<br/><br/>The court said, the supervisory body will scrutinise the SIT's decision to close 199 cases related to 1984 riots and would also examine whether it was justified. The court, in the order today, asked the panel to file a report in the matter within three months.<br/><br/>The apex court had on 24th of March asked the Centre to place before it the files pertaining to the 199 cases of the riots which the SIT, set up by the Home Ministry, had decided to close.