New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The Delhi Government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it will file six appeals challenging acquittals in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by former Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee member S Gurlad Singh Kahlon. In 2018, the apex court on his plea constituted an SIT to probe 199 cases where investigations stood closed.
On Monday, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, representing the Delhi government, told a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan that a decision has been taken to challenge acquittals in the top court.
Taking note of the submission, the bench directed the Delhi government to file the appeals in six weeks and said the special leave petit...