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Sajjan Kumar acquitted in case related to violence during 1984 anti-Sikh riots

File photo of Sajjan Kumar who was acquitted by a court in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Thursday.

Updated 171 days ago

'I saw my father ablaze': 1984 riot victims crestfallen after Sajjan acquittal

'I saw my father ablaze': 1984 riot victims crestfallen after Sajjan acquittal

Published 172 days ago

1984 riots: Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar acquitted in case linked to violence

1984 riots: Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar acquitted in case linked to violence

Updated 172 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court may pronounce order against Sajjan Kumar on Jan 22

In February 2025, the former parliamentarian was sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of two men, Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh, during the violence in the Saraswati Vihar area. (PTI File Photo)

Published 172 days ago

Delhi court reserves order against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar (HT Archive)

Published 202 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC grants govt time to file reply on convict’s plea for furlough

Justice Ravinder Dudeja also allowed a plea by Khokhar seeking to advance the date of hearing from February 4, 2026 to an earlier date. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 227 days ago

Sajjan Kumar moves Delhi HC challenging his conviction

A file photo of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar leaving the Patiala House courts. (PTI)

Published 269 days ago

Anti-Sikh riots: Court allows Sajjan’s plea to submit media evidence

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar (HT File)

Published 309 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear Sajjan Kumar’s plea against punishment on Sept 24

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar

Published 326 days ago

‘Welcome verdict, but want capital punishment for Sajjan: 1984 riots victims’ kin

While victims, kin of slain persons and members of the community welcomed the life-term in jail awarded to Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Tuesday, they advocated capital punishment for the former legislator.

Published 502 days ago

Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots

Sajjan gets second life sentence over 1984 riots

Published 502 days ago

Denied justice for 40 years, riots victims demand death for Sajjan

Denied justice for 40 years, riots victims demand death for Sajjan

Published 502 days ago

Ludhiana: ‘84 riot victims’ body seeks death penalty for Sajjan Kumar

Surjit Singh, president of the Danga Peedit Welfare Society, Ludhiana, argued that the court had held Sajjan Kumar responsible for the murder of two persons, including Jaswant Singh and his son, on November 1, 1984. (HT Photo)

Updated 502 days ago

1984 riots: Why court gave life term, not death penalty, to Sajjan Kumar?

**EDS: FILE IMAGE** New Delhi: In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 file image Congress leader Sajjan Kumar appears in the Patiala House Court in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, in New Delhi. Kumar was on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment by a special court in a murder case in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Updated 502 days ago

Timeline of Sajjan Kumar case: Life imprisonment for father-son duo's murder

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was convicted and awarded a life imprisonment sentence for the murder of 2 people in the anti-Sikh riots case

Updated 502 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar gets life imprisonment

In this December 2018 file photo, Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is seen outside the Patiala House Court of New Delhi.

Updated 503 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh Riots: Delhi Court to announce Sajjan Kumar's sentence on Feb 25

In a murder case involving the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Delhi court on Friday postponed the decision on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's punishment till February 25.

Published 506 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC disposes plea against Sajjan Kumar's bail

Delhi High Court on Thursday disposed of a plea against the bail granted to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar (HT File)

Published 508 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Prosecution demands death penalty for Sajjan Kumar

Sajjan Kumar on trial (HT File)

Published 510 days ago

Sajjan Kumar indictment and the rise of hate politics

Peacekeepers find the going tough when people holding high office, wittingly or unwittingly, lean towards hate-mongering (PTI)

Published 511 days ago

Ludhiana: Committee seeks capital punishment for Sajjan

Surjit Singh, president of Sikh Danga Peedit Welfare Committee, and others honouring BJP leaders in Ludhiana. (HT photo)

Published 512 days ago

Sajjan Kumar guilty in second 1984 riots case

Sajjan Kumar guilty in second 1984 riots case

Published 515 days ago

For families ravaged by 1984 riots, justice comes four decades too late

Sajjan Kumar (PTI)

Published 515 days ago

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar

Updated 516 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court defers verdict in murder case against Sajjan Kumar

Special judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Friday, deferred the pronouncement. (HT File)

Updated 520 days ago

Delhi court to deliver verdict against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case on Feb 7

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar (HT File)

Updated 527 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court defers verdict in murder case against Sajjan Kumar

Putting Sajjan Kumar on trial, the court order found sufficient material to form a “prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant but had also led the mob” (HT File)

Published 537 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Verdict in murder case against Sajjan Kumar likely on Jan 21

Sajjan Kumar (PTI)

Updated 550 days ago

Delhi court defers judgment on case linked to 1984 riots killings

The verdict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot murder case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar is anticipated to be delivered by a Delhi court on January 21.

Published 551 days ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear Sajjan Kumar’s plea against sentence in July

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar (HT File)

Updated 552 days ago

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