SC adjourns Sajjan Kumar’s plea challenging conviction, sentencing in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

On Dec 17, 2018, the Delhi HC had convicted and sentenced Kumar to imprisonment for the remainder of his life after which he had surrendered in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg following which he was taken into custody and sent to Mandoli jail.

New Delhi: The apex court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the plea by ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging his conviction by the Delhi HC in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

The matter will be taken up by the apex court after Holi holidays, the bench of Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer said.

On Dec 17, 2018, the Delhi HC had convicted and sentenced Kumar to imprisonment for the remainder of his life after which he had surrendered in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg following which he was taken into custody and sent to Mandoli jail. Kumar then had moved the apex court challenging his conviction and sentencing in the case.