Crown gets more time to decide on Air India appeal
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 | 4:41 PM ET
CBC News
Related
Internal Links
Justice Risa Levine of the B.C. Court of Appeal gave the Crown until May 13 to make the decision.
In granting the 30-day extension on Wednesday, Justice Levine said the complexity of the case and the amount of material involved justified a delay.
Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri were found not guilty on March 16 of murder and conspiracy charges in the two-decade-old bombing.
Bombings kill 331
Air India Flight 182 blew up on June 23, 1985, off the Irish coast en route from Toronto to Mumbai. All 329 people on board died.
Less than an hour later, two baggage handlers at Tokyo's Narita Airport died when a suitcase exploded as it was being transferred from a flight that originated in Vancouver.
A third man, Inderjit Singh Reyat, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case and is now serving a five-year sentence.
On Tuesday, the House of Commons voted in favour of a non-binding motion for a public inquiry into the Air India case.
Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan says she will appoint an adviser to assess the situation before deciding whether she will order an inquiry.
Share Tools
Top News Headlines
- Everest victim's husband says family not seeking government help
- The husband of a Toronto woman who died trying to climb Mt. Everest on Saturday says his family is not seeking government help to cover the cost of bringing his wife's body home. more »
- Employment Insurance review boards to be scrapped
- The federal government is scrapping two review boards used by people appealing decisions made about their employment insurance. more »
- Teens share bullying tales in confession booth
- Raw stories about bullying emerged when a video booth was set up inside a Quebec high school. more »
- Serial carjacker gets life term for fatal crash
- An Ontario judge was moved to tears while delivering a life prison sentence to a serial carjacker who killed a woman and injured five others after driving a stolen van into her car during a 2010 police chase. more »
Latest Canada News Headlines
- Aylmer triple stabbing leads to first-degree murder charges
- The estranged partner of a young mother who was stabbed to death along with her parents at their home in Aylmer, Que., has been charged with first-degree murder Friday. more »
- Forest fires still burning near Timmins, Ont.
- A new forest fire is burning north of Highway 101 near Timmins, Ont., creating a new challenge for firefighters who have been working to contain another fire in the area. more »
- RCMP to close labs in Halifax, Winnipeg, Regina
- The RCMP is closing forensic laboratories in Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina and consolidating them with three others in a move the force says will lead to faster, more efficient service. more »
- Small plane crashes on lake near Cochrane, Ont.
- The Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team to investigate after an Air Cochrane plane crashed on Lillabelle Lake just north of Cochrane, Ont. Friday afternoon. more »
The National
The Current
- What does it take to get fired at the RCMP? May. 25, 2012 5:02 PM After a senior Mountie was demoted for disgraceful conduct including sex with subordinates, exposing himself and drinking on the job, some former employees wonder what you have to do to get fired.
- Aylmer triple stabbing leads to first-degree murder charges
- Everest victim's husband says family not seeking government help
- Reclaiming the dead on Mt. Everest
- Employment Insurance review boards to be scrapped
- Teens share bullying tales in confession booth
- Canada ending 'Buffalo shuffle' for visas, closing consulate
- Brave cat makes epic leap of faith
- What a Greek euro exit could mean for Canada
- Double-lung recipient dances on Ellen show
