Top court to examine report on closed cases

New Delhi, Dec. 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took on record the final report submitted by a supervisory body appointed by it to look into the closure of 241 cases in the 1984 anti- Sikh riots and said it will examine it.

The bench said it will examine on December 11 the report filed by the advisory body, comprising former apex court judges Justices J. M. Panchal and Justice K. S. P. Radhakrishnan.

As the report was submitted in a leather bag with a number- lock system, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud said the lock will be opened on December 11.

It asked the parties including additional solicitor general Pinki Anand to be present to assist the court in the matter. The court said a member of the panel had written a letter to the court on September 4, after the scrutiny of every matter on the issue whether Special Investigation Team ( SIT) investigating the Sikh riot cases was justified in closing the 241 cases. On August 16, the apex court had appointed the supervisory panel to examine the SIT’s decision to close 241 cases in the 1984 antiSikh riots matter and asked it to submit report in three months.

The Centre had earlier told that out of the 250 cases which were investigated by the SIT, closure reports were filed in 241.