HC DECLINES TAGGING SWAMY PLEA WITH NHRC

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday declined

to tag BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea

with NHRC petition challenging a trial court’s decision to acquit 16 policemen of charges of murder and

other crimes in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 people were killed. Justice Sunil Gaur said let the plea filed by the

National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC), which has sought further probe into the massacre in the

Hashimpura locality of Meerut, be heard by the

bench concerned. The court’s oral order came during the hearing of Swamy’s plea seeking further probe to ascertain the alleged role of then minister of state for

home P. Chidambaram in the case. The court has fixed the matter for October 1 for further consideration. The high court had in August 2013 sought a response of Uttar Pradesh government while hearing Swamy’s appeal which also challenged the trial court’s March 8, 2013 decision dismissing his plea against Mr

Chidambaram, who was a union minister between 1986

and 1989.