1984 anti-Sikh riot: SC stays case against Sajjan Kumar

July 11, 2012 15:20

The Supreme Court today stayed the trial court proceedings against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan directed the lower court not to proceed with the case till July 27 when the Delhi High Court is likely to take up Kumar's plea for allowing him to cross examine the witnesses whose statements before various commissions are being used by the CBI against him.

The court passed the order on former MP Kumar's appeal challenging the high court's order which had refused to stay the trial against him. The CBI vehemently opposed Kumar's appeal and alleged that it was a delaying tactics on his part.

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