The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the proceedings in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases before the Delhi High Court, which has issued show cause notices to 11 persons asking why they should not be re-tried.
Eleven persons, including ex-MLA Mahender Yadav, were acquitted by a trial court in five cases and the High Court, after perusing the case files on its own, took note and issued show cause notices to them. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud declined Mr. Yadav’s plea saying it would not stay the proceedings before the High Court.