08-09-2005, 12:29 AM
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<b>Ranganath Misra Commission:</b> On April 26, 1985, six months after the 1984 carnage in which Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and elsewhere, then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed the Ranganath Misra Commission to inquire into "the allegations in regard to the incidents of organised vilence" in Delhi.
<b>Jain-Banerji Committee:</b> It was set up to find out why the police did not register cases and, if they were registered, why was it not done properly. In November 1987, the Delhi High Court stayed the functioning of the Jain-Banerjee Committee because of its very first recommendation to register a murder case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. In October 1989, the High Court quashed the notification appointing this committee.
<b>Kapoor-Mittal Committee:</b> It was asked to look into the role of the police during the carnage. The two members gave separate reports on March 1, 1990. Justice Dalip Kapur gave no finding on the ground that the Committee had not been empowered to summon police officials to hear their version. Kusum Lata Mittal identified 72 police officials, including six IPS officers, recommending various penalties against them.
<b>Ahuja Committee:</b> Its task was to compute the number of deaths in the carnage. The Committee found that <b>2,733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone</b>.
<b>Poti-Rosha Committee:</b> Delhi Administration, prompted by the VP Singh Government, on March 27, 1990 appointed this Committee without the legal defects of Jain-Banerjee Committee. In August-September 1990, this Committee submitted its recommendations, including the prosecution of Sajjan Kumar. When a CBI team went to arrest him, <b>Sajjan Kumar and his supporters locked up the officials and detained them till his lawyer, RK Anand (now a Congress MP), </b>obtained "anticipatory bail" from Delhi High Court.
<b>Jain-Aggarwal Committee:</b> Delhi Administration constituted a fresh committee in October-November 1990 to take over the work of the Poti-Rosha committee. Apart from recommending action against Congress leader HKL Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar, it submitted a report on how the police scuttled cases against culprits. Action was recommended against several police officers.
<b>Naroola Committee:</b> Then Chief Minister of Delhi Madan Lal Khurana appointed an Advisory Committee in 1994 under the chairmanship of Justice RS Naroola to review the status of the recommendations made by earlier committees. The Naroola Committee made a particular reference to the failure of the police to proceed against HKL Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar.
<b>Nanavati Commission:</b> The NDA Government headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee appointed a judicial inquiry under the chairmanship of Justice GT Nanavati in 2000.
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<b>Ranganath Misra Commission:</b> On April 26, 1985, six months after the 1984 carnage in which Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and elsewhere, then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed the Ranganath Misra Commission to inquire into "the allegations in regard to the incidents of organised vilence" in Delhi.
<b>Jain-Banerji Committee:</b> It was set up to find out why the police did not register cases and, if they were registered, why was it not done properly. In November 1987, the Delhi High Court stayed the functioning of the Jain-Banerjee Committee because of its very first recommendation to register a murder case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. In October 1989, the High Court quashed the notification appointing this committee.
<b>Kapoor-Mittal Committee:</b> It was asked to look into the role of the police during the carnage. The two members gave separate reports on March 1, 1990. Justice Dalip Kapur gave no finding on the ground that the Committee had not been empowered to summon police officials to hear their version. Kusum Lata Mittal identified 72 police officials, including six IPS officers, recommending various penalties against them.
<b>Ahuja Committee:</b> Its task was to compute the number of deaths in the carnage. The Committee found that <b>2,733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone</b>.
<b>Poti-Rosha Committee:</b> Delhi Administration, prompted by the VP Singh Government, on March 27, 1990 appointed this Committee without the legal defects of Jain-Banerjee Committee. In August-September 1990, this Committee submitted its recommendations, including the prosecution of Sajjan Kumar. When a CBI team went to arrest him, <b>Sajjan Kumar and his supporters locked up the officials and detained them till his lawyer, RK Anand (now a Congress MP), </b>obtained "anticipatory bail" from Delhi High Court.
<b>Jain-Aggarwal Committee:</b> Delhi Administration constituted a fresh committee in October-November 1990 to take over the work of the Poti-Rosha committee. Apart from recommending action against Congress leader HKL Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar, it submitted a report on how the police scuttled cases against culprits. Action was recommended against several police officers.
<b>Naroola Committee:</b> Then Chief Minister of Delhi Madan Lal Khurana appointed an Advisory Committee in 1994 under the chairmanship of Justice RS Naroola to review the status of the recommendations made by earlier committees. The Naroola Committee made a particular reference to the failure of the police to proceed against HKL Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar.
<b>Nanavati Commission:</b> The NDA Government headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee appointed a judicial inquiry under the chairmanship of Justice GT Nanavati in 2000.
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