Tuesday, March 22, 2011

1984 Anti Sikh riot: Man moves HC with a plea for compensation

New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the city government on a man's contempt plea that the despite the court's direction, the competent authority has failed to decide on his plea for compensation on account of death of two minor children in 1984 Anti-Sikh riot. Justice S Muralidhar issued a notice to the Divisional Commissioner (Revenue) and Sub-Divisional Magistrate(SDM) Head Quarters of Delhi government and sought a reply by April 21. Filing a petition, Hukum Singh claimed Rs 14 lakh as compensation(Rs 7 lakh for each child) and alleged his two sons--an eight-year and a four-year-old--were killed in an attack by a mob at Vishwas Nagar area in East Delhi on November 1, 1984.

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