1984 Riots

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today claimed his Twitter account was hacked after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's infamous quote linked to 1984 riots.

Following the announcement by The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri of making his next film on the 1984 riots, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Friday said that Mr Agnihotri is a government-sponsored producer who makes films over files.

Congress's Kapil Sibal, who is also a senior advocate, argued in Supreme Court today that the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 1984 Sikh riots were similar in the way the attackers had hunted for their victims.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to Sajjan Kumar, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict and ex-Congress MP who is serving a life term for the brutal murder of five members of a family in Delhi's Raj Nagar during the riots.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the probe agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to find out and ascertain the medical (health) condition of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict and former Congress leader and ex-MP, Sajjan Kumar, who soug

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to continue providing security to controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma, a witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, till the CBI informs that it does not require him any further.

The Supreme Court has denied bail to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who is serving a life term after he was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. "It is not a small case. We cannot grant bail," the Supreme Court said on Kumar's plea for bail.

A former MLA serving jail sentence in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case died due to COVID-19 at a hospital in Delhi, the second inmate of Mandoli prison to have died of coronavirus, officials said today.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the interim bail plea of a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict, undergoing treatment in ICU here after testing positive for COVID-19, and said there was not "even a whisper" about differential treatment given to him due to "incarceration".

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted relief to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict Naresh Sehrawat by allowing his plea seeking interim suspension of sentence for three months on medical grounds.

The Delhi High Court Monday suspended for 12 weeks the life imprisonment sentence awarded to one of the convicts in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case as he was suffering from chronic kidney ailment and was highly vulnerable to a contagious disease like COVID-19.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the parole granted to Captain Bhagmal, convicted and sentenced to life term in a 1984 anti Sikh riots case, by three months, saying he was over 90 years old.

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, serving a life term in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, was denied interim bail today by the Supreme Court, which deferred a hearing without assigning any date. The former MP had requested bail on medical grounds.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct a medical examination of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and submit a report within a week.

Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday expressed grave concern over the communal riots in northeast Delhi that claimed 42 lives, saying no one could think such incidents would take place after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today claimed his Twitter account was hacked after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's infamous quote linked to 1984 riots.

Following the announcement by The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri of making his next film on the 1984 riots, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Friday said that Mr Agnihotri is a government-sponsored producer who makes films over files.

Congress's Kapil Sibal, who is also a senior advocate, argued in Supreme Court today that the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 1984 Sikh riots were similar in the way the attackers had hunted for their victims.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to Sajjan Kumar, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict and ex-Congress MP who is serving a life term for the brutal murder of five members of a family in Delhi's Raj Nagar during the riots.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the probe agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to find out and ascertain the medical (health) condition of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict and former Congress leader and ex-MP, Sajjan Kumar, who soug

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to continue providing security to controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma, a witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, till the CBI informs that it does not require him any further.

The Supreme Court has denied bail to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who is serving a life term after he was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. "It is not a small case. We cannot grant bail," the Supreme Court said on Kumar's plea for bail.

A former MLA serving jail sentence in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case died due to COVID-19 at a hospital in Delhi, the second inmate of Mandoli prison to have died of coronavirus, officials said today.

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed the interim bail plea of a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict, undergoing treatment in ICU here after testing positive for COVID-19, and said there was not "even a whisper" about differential treatment given to him due to "incarceration".

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted relief to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict Naresh Sehrawat by allowing his plea seeking interim suspension of sentence for three months on medical grounds.

The Delhi High Court Monday suspended for 12 weeks the life imprisonment sentence awarded to one of the convicts in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case as he was suffering from chronic kidney ailment and was highly vulnerable to a contagious disease like COVID-19.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the parole granted to Captain Bhagmal, convicted and sentenced to life term in a 1984 anti Sikh riots case, by three months, saying he was over 90 years old.

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, serving a life term in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, was denied interim bail today by the Supreme Court, which deferred a hearing without assigning any date. The former MP had requested bail on medical grounds.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to conduct a medical examination of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, and submit a report within a week.

Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday expressed grave concern over the communal riots in northeast Delhi that claimed 42 lives, saying no one could think such incidents would take place after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.