New Delhi, March 30
A Delhi court today sought a response from the CBI for transferring 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases involving Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to some other court in the city.

District Judge GP Mittal asked the investigating agency to respond to the plea of a co-accused of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases raising objections to the trial court which is hearing the case and asked it to file its reply by April 1.

The trial court had on March 27 rejected the plea of transferring the case and sent the case files to the district judge to seek proper allocation for hearing.

“The grounds taken in the application that the present court is not competent to try the case is without any force as every Additional Sessions Judge is competent to try every sessions trial pertaining to the area in the territorial jurisdiction of Delhi,” special CBI judge PS Teji had said.

The court, however, had sent the case files to the District Judge, Tis Hazari court, for the proper allocation of the matter.

Disallowing the plea of Khushal Singh, the court said, “The argument advanced that the court does not have jurisdiction is without any basis and not acceptable”.

“It is further pertinent to mention that the court is fully competent to try the present sessions,” it had said.

Singh pleaded before the Karkardooma court to transfer the matters to other judge having territorial jurisdiction to try them.

He argued it did not have jurisdiction to try the cases as the offences were alleged to have been committed at Sultanpuri and Delhi Cantonment area.

He said Delhi had been divided into nine judicial districts and the matter should be heard by a court either at Rohini or at Tees Hazari district courts. — PTI