Tag Archives: 1984 genocide

‘1984 attack on house: why Manmohan kept quiet?’

New Delhi Senior lawyer of Supreme Court and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka questioned here on Sunday why former prime minister Manmohan Singh had kept quiet about that fact all these years that his house had also been attacked during the 1984 genocide against Sikhs in the national capital. In a release sent to the media, Phoolka, who is ...

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Badal complicating genocide issue: Phoolka

Ludhiana, Punjab: Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harvinder Singh Phoolka has objected to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s meeting union home minister Rajnath Singh over the constitution of Supreme-Court-monitored special investigating team (SIT) to inquire into the 1984-genocide cases. The home minister is empowered to constitute an SIT to reopen and reinvestigate the 237 cases that the ...

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Theft during 1984 Genocide – Apex Court permits accused to walk free

New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice C. Nagappan allowed a 93-year old woman, accused of stealing crockery during the 1984 genocide and then illegally occupying a shop, to walk free by reducing her punishment to the period already spent in prison. Trial Court had found the appellants guilty of the offence under Section ...

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Genocide-hit moves HC, seeks home under victims’ quota

Chandigarh: Daljit Singh from Bihar is struggling to live peacefully in his flat after four of his shops were gutted in the 1984 genocide. Recognised by the Punjab Government as a “genocide victim”, he was even given Rs 2-lakh financial aid and a red card. Caught in the administrative rigmarole, he has now moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging ...

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Anti-Congress genocide victims protest

Amritsar, Punjab: Even as a group of 1984 genocide victims today burnt the effigies of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and Congress candidate Capt Amarinder Singh here today, another group questioned BJP candidate Arun Jaitley’s “double standards” on the issue. This group pointed out that Jaitley’s aide Mukul Rohtagi was defending Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in courts. Led by Harpal Singh, ...

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