{"id":54841,"date":"2018-11-28T17:32:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T12:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54841"},"modified":"2018-11-28T17:32:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T12:02:27","slug":"1984-anti-sikh-riots-hc-upholds-conviction-of-80-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1984-anti-sikh-riots-hc-upholds-conviction-of-80-people","title":{"rendered":"1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: HC upholds conviction of 80 people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"54842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1984-anti-sikh-riots-hc-upholds-conviction-of-80-people\/remote-6\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/remote-1.jpg?fit=920%2C690&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"920,690\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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