The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s plea challenging his conviction and life sentence in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case after the Diwali recess.

The court’s Diwali vacation begins on October 20 and judicial work resumes on October 27 . A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi asked the counsels representing the parties to specifically outline the allegations, witness testimonies, and the findings of both the trial court and the Delhi High Court.

“When the reversal was made, what persuaded the high court to make a reversal?” the bench queried, referring to the Delhi High Court’s 2018 verdict overturning the trial court’s 2010 acquittal of Kumar.

Senior advocate R.S. Cheema appeared for the CBI , while senior advocate

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