Saturday, December 2, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Chandigarh, December 1 In a decision of far-reaching consequence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today found BJP MP and former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu guilty of having caused the death of a 65-year-old Patiala resident, Mr Gurnam Singh, in 1988.

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‘I have always stood for principles’ Navjot Singh Sidhu gestures during a press conference to announce his resignation from the Lok Sabha in New Delhi on Friday. — Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal

What the court said Gurnam died due to haemorrhage, not cardiac arrest. Difficult to believe that a person who is known to everyone and of international fame would be falsely implicated in a crime committed on a busy road as people watched. Case of both respondents falls within purview of Section 304 Part II.

Resignation not in order
New Delhi, December 1
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has not accepted BJP member and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation from the Lower House as it was not in order.

Not exactly on the back foot
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Chandigarh, December 1
Today's judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicting BJP MP and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which carries a maximum punishment of 10 years, is a severe setback to the high-profile cricketer-turned-politician-cum-television star.