Commissions And Omissions

The Centre and the Delhi Administration — irrespective of politicalaffiliations— have made many attempts to identify and punish the guilty over the past12 years. Too many, it would seem, from a look at the number of inquiries andinvestigations ordered into the 1984 riots and the cases in court. In sum, there have beena series of commissions. And omissions:

• DCP Inquiry
• Srivastav Committee
• Dhillon Committee
• Ved Marwah Inquiry
• Ranganath Mishra Commission
• Jain-Bannerjee Panel
• Ahuja Committee
• Kapoor-Mittal Committee
• Poti-Rosha Panel
• Jain-Aggarwal Panel
• High Court Case
• Supreme Court Case
• CBI Inquiry
• Riot Cell, Delhi Police, Investigations
• Non-Governmental Advisory Committee to the Delhi Chief Minister