{"id":55525,"date":"2019-03-01T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T08:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55525"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T08:31:38","slug":"1984-anti-sikh-riots-justice-sanjiv-khanna-recuses-from-hearing-sajjan-kumars-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1984-anti-sikh-riots-justice-sanjiv-khanna-recuses-from-hearing-sajjan-kumars-appeal","title":{"rendered":"1984 anti-Sikh riots: Justice Sanjiv Khanna recuses from hearing Sajjan Kumar&#8217;s appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"169\" data-attachment-id=\"55526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/1984-anti-sikh-riots-justice-sanjiv-khanna-recuses-from-hearing-sajjan-kumars-appeal\/attachment\/1984\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?fit=299%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,169\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1984\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?fit=299%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?resize=299%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/1984.jpg?resize=150%2C85&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>The matter came up for hearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.<br \/>\nSupreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing the appeal of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the\u00a0Delhi High Court verdict sentencing him to life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.<\/p>\n<p>The matter came up for hearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old Kumar\u00a0surrendered before a trial court in Delhi on December 31, 2018\u00a0to serve the sentence in pursuance of the High Court\u2019s December 17 judgment awarding him life imprisonment for the \u201cremainder of his natural life\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The case in which Kumar was convicted and sentenced relates to the killing of five Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment\u2019s Raj Nagar Part-I area of southwest Delhi on November 1-2, 1984, and burning down of a gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part-II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The matter came up for hearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. 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