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The court adjourned the case on Tuesday after the investigating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18986,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-observes-two-minute-silence-for-1984-riots-victims","url_meta":{"origin":27427,"position":4},"title":"Court observes two-minute silence for 1984 riots victims","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A court here hearing a case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Monday observed two-minutes silence in memory of those killed in the carnage. District Judge-cum-Additional Sessions Judge J.R. 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