Court adjourns hearing in Tytler case to April 28

April 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Tuesday deferred the hearing in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence here in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is an accused, after a group of victims pleaded that they should be heard. Moving an application on behalf of the Victims' Association and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Pandit, they urged the court to clarify their locus standi in the case and then hear the arguments.

April 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party on Friday decided to field Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) Chief J P Agrawal from Northeast Delhi and Sajjan Kumar's brother Ramesh Kumar from South Delhi constituency respectively. Ramesh Kumar will replace Sajjan Kumar and Agrawal will replace Jagdish Tytler in two Lok Sabha seats.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Kakardooma Court will today decide the fate of former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The court may decide on accepting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) closure report against Tytler and ordering the quashing of charges against him or order fresh investigation into the case.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pushed to the wall after widespread protests by Sikhs over his exoneration by the CBI, beleaguered Congress leader Jagdish Tytler Thursday opted out of the electoral fray but left the final decision to the party. 'I don't think I should fight (the election),' Tytler told a packed news conference here, adding that he did not want to cause 'embarassment' to the party.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler, who will appear in the Kakardooma Court today in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, said that he will give his reaction on the issue after the court takes notice of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report. Tytler, who had recently been given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said on Thursday, "I will react only after the court's judgement." However, he failed to give any comment on the possibility of participating in the election from North-East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, where he has been named as a candidate.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Kakardooma Court on Thursday postponed the hearing on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea for closing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler. The court will hear the arguments from both sides on April 28 and 29.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress on Thursday announced that senior party leaders and co-accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case- Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar would not contest this year's general elections. Kumar was the party's Lok Sabha candidate from South Delhi, while Tytler was the North-East Delhi nominee.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A court Thursday postponed a hearing involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence here. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has filed its closure report in the case last week giving a clean chit to Tytler, argued before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Rakesh Pandit that the court did not have the power to try the case as it involved charges under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), that is, murder.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Many Sikhs holding protests outside a court here were left fuming when the verdict on Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case of anti-Sikh riots was postponed Thursday. They, however, said they will continue their protests and not sit in peace until Tytler was punished.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress would take a decision on Jagdish Tytler's Lok Sabha candidature after 'serious deliberations', the party's spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Thursday after a court postponed its ruling on a case involving Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. 'Any decision on such issues is taken after serious deliberations,' Singhvi said.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A court Thursday postponed till April 28 a hearing involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh violence while thousands of Sikhs held protests outside the court. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has filed its closure report in the case last week giving a clean chit to Tytler, argued before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Rakesh Pandit that the court did not have the power to try the case as it involved charges under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), that is, murder.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of Sikhs Thursday protested outside a Delhi court that is scheduled to decide on the case of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler's involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had a week ago given a clean chit to Tytler in the case of leading mobs during the riots that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress leader and former central minister Jagdish Tytler was Thursday given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a case registered against him for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. De-sealing its final report in the case in a court here, the CBI pleaded that the case against Tytler be cancelled.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler was on Thursday given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. De-sealing its final investigation report in a court, the CBI has recommended quashing of FIR against Tytler.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked a lower court to resume hearing a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots here after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed it that it had recorded the statement of Jasbir Singh, a US-based witness. Jasbir Singh's counsel also confirmed this and withdrew his previous petition alleging that the agency had not been recording his statement.