A Supreme Court vacation bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and Justice Aniruddha Bose said that the matter involves "issues which need further consideration by a bench of sufficient strength" and referred it to a larger bench for consideration next week.
Amit Shah said that the facial identification technique does not discriminate between communities and religions, "We entered Voter ID data and other information available with the government to identify people who were involved in the riots."
PFI Delhi President Parvez Ahmed was reportedly in regular touch with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh and several Congress leaders including Udit Raj.
On March 12, 1993, the city of Mumbai was thundered with a string of 12 ravaging bomb blasts that had left hundreds of people dead and more than 1400 people injured.