Saturday, July 19, 2025
spot_img

Judge refuses to hear Tytler’s plea

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

New Delhi: A Delhi High Court justice on Friday recused himself from hearing an appeal of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler gainst the trial court order of reopening a case against him related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The matter was listed for hearing in the court of Justice Kailash Gambhir Friday. Justice Gambhir recused himself from hearing the case, but offered no reasons for doing so.

The case will now come up for hearing before another judge July 3.

On April 10, the trial court ordered the case be reopened against Tytler and also set aside the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) closure report, which gave the Delhi Congress leader a clean chit on the grounds that there was “no evidence” against him.

Tytler, filing an appeal in the court, said: “The trial court order is contrary to the Criminal Procedure Code. The method and mode of investigation by a probe agency is the absolute prerogative of the agency. It is not for the court to direct the agency about which witness should be examined by it.”

Seeking that the trial court order be quashed in the 29-year-old case, the plea said: “The settled position of law is that a direction for investigation can be given only if an offence is prima facie found to have been committed or a person’s involvement is prime facie established. But direction to investigate whether any person has committed an offence or not cannot be legally given.”

The trial court’s order of May 10 came on a plea filed by a riot victim, who sought further probe into the killing of three people near Gurdwara Pul Bangash in old Delhi.

Tytler is accused of instigating a mob that led to the murder of three men who had taken shelter at the gurdwara November 1, 1984.(IANS)

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Sajid Nagi wins Meghalaya’s first international powerlifting medal

Shillong, July 18: In a landmark achievement for Meghalaya sports, Sajid Nagi has become the first athlete from...

Modi’s remarks on Bengali ‘asmita’ pack of lies: TMC

KOLKATA, July 18: Dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements during a rally in West Bengal’s Durgapur on Friday...

How visitors grapple with interval curse in England

Manchester, July 18: As India prepares for the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Old Trafford, a...

Root 120 away from becoming 2nd-highest Test run-getter

Manchester, July 18: England’s star batter Joe Root is on the cusp of rewriting Test cricket history as...