Justice still eludes 1984 riot victims
Twenty-eight years after the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage, cases of rioting are still awaiting a final verdict. The riots had broken out in the wake of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards. The riot victims are still trudging along the judicial process. Stating that delay defeats justice, senior advocate HS Phoolka, counsel for the 1984 riot victims, said: “Punishment acts as a deterrent. The guilty should be punished. Now at this stage, complete justice is not possible.”