The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned to November a plea filed by Congress leader Jagdish Tytler challenging the stay of charges against him in the 1984 sedition case against the Sikhs.
The petition challenges Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court’s decision to schedule murder and other charges in the 1984 case.
In August, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court ordered the opening of charges against Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, related to the killing of Sikhs in Delhi’s Pul Bangash area.
The court, when issuing its order, stated that there are sufficient reasons to proceed with Tytler on many charges, including murder, rioting and protection.
On Tuesday, Tytler’s lawyer took the Supreme Court on the order and witness statements in the case.
According to the news agency The PTITytler, in his plea, said he was the victim of a “witch hunt” and argued that the trial court’s order against him was perverse, illegal and unreasonable.
“In the way it has been argued, the court has mistakenly opened charges against the applicant that do not comply with the terms of the law regarding the crime he was charged with,” he said in the complaint.
After this, the court ruled that some of the statements were illegal.
The Delhi High Court then adjourned the case again on November 29, to get witness statements on record.
Regarding the trial, the Supreme Court said that the petitioner can inform the trial court that the Supreme Court hearing is ongoing.
However, the Supreme Court did not stay the trial.
Anti-Sikh riots erupted in many parts of the country after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
Jagdish Tytler was granted bail to face the case by the Sessions Court in August last year.