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Case
against Tytler transferred to Delhi court
WSN Network
NEW DELHI: The
Supreme Court on Friday transferred from a Ludhiana court to a Delhi
court the trial of senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for making
defamatory statements against a lawyer representing the victims of
the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre in the national capital.
A bench of Chief
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathashivam transferred
Tytler's trial to a lower court in
Delhi on his
plea for the transfer on the grounds that he faced threat to his
life in Punjab.
In his petition
to the apex court, Tytler said he faced threat in Punjab due to
popular perception and wide-spread allegations that he was one among
the several Congress leaders who instigated the massacre of Sikhs
following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi
Oct 30, 1984.
A
Ludhiana
court had issued a bailable arrest warrant against Tytler Sept 11
this year on a plea by advocate H.S. Phoolka, who sought defamation
proceedings against the Congress leader.
Phoolka in his
petition to the
Ludhiana court
in 2004 said Tytler had made some defamatory remarks against him
during a television show, in which both were present.
17
December
2008
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