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Probe anti-Sikh riots a la Best Bakery case: PIL
WSN Network 

New Delhi: A Sikh lawyer has petitioned the Supreme Court of India to apply the same principle of investigation perusing to 1984 genocide cases as it did in case of massacre of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. Advocate petitioner Manjit Singh Butalia filed a Public Interest Litigation pleading that the apex court should follow the procedure a la Best Bakery case and should direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit a report on the status of the probe so far; and a further investigation after taking suggestions from the victims and their families.

In the Best Bakery case in Vadodara, the petitioner pointed out, the Supreme Court clearly said, “If the state’s machinery fails to protect citizen’s life, liberties and property and the investigation is conducted in a manner to help the accused persons, it is miscarriage of justice that is perpetrated upon the victims and their family members.”

As per the directions issued in the Vineet Narain case, the filing of every charge sheet should be reviewed by the CBI Director but it was not done in the present case,  Butalia said. The government should have taken the same measure as had been adopted in the Gujarat riots case for granting proper relief to the victims.

29 April 2009
 

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