The Supreme Court of India (SCI)Wednesday Jan 10,2018 ordered the constitution of a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to relook 186 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed Indira Gandhi's assassination.
The new SIT, which the apex court said will be headed by a retired high court judge and include one serving and one retired IPS officer, will examine whether any of these 186 cases merit reopening.
The SCI's action comes after a supervisory committee of retired justices KPS Radhakrishnan and JM Panchal submitted a report saying that out of the 293 cases from the anti-Sikh riots, 186 cases were closed by the original SIT without investigation.
The new SIT will re-examine these 186 cases and give recommendations on whether they can be reopened and whether a chargesheet can be filed.
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