The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing 2002 Gujarat riot cases, not to associate two senior Indian Police Service officers --Geeta Johri and Shivanand Jha -- in the investigations till further orders.
This direction was given by a bench comprising Justices D K Jain, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam while hearing an application moved by an NGO, Centre for Justice and Peace, making various allegations against SIT and its members and seeking stay of the trial in ten riots cases.
The court said it will hear on April 19 the question of passing interim direction for staying the trial in the ten cases. The apex court also fixed April 28 for considering whether there was a need to continue with the SIT headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation director R K Raghavan in the wake of allegations levelled against it and its members.
After the order was passed,