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Commentary/Dilip D'Souza

The Inquiry

The terms of reference of the commission were amended by the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government to include the March 12, 1993, serial bombings case by government notifications dated May 24, 1995 and July 21, 1995.

First sitting to record
evidence					April 27, 1993

Number of working days till 
January  23, 1996				372

Witnesses examined till 
January  23, 1996				402

Public witnesses				240

Police witnesses				160

Government officials				2

Police stations examined			23

Police stations remaining to
be examined					3

Police stations dropped				41

Number of affidavits filed 
before commission				2,125

Number of affidavits 
pertaining to bomb blasts			6

Public affidavits				1571

Police affidavits				549

Government officials'
affidavits					2
(All figures above are from the commission office).


Amount spent till
January 1996					Rs 17 million
(Quoted by the chief minister when terminating the inquiry in
January)

Adjournments asked 
for by Shiv Sena				25
(Quoted by Niloufer Bhagwat, advocate appearing before the commission).
The Srikrishna inquiry resumed on June 24, 1996. It is open to the public between 11 am and 2 pm, and 2.45 pm and 4.45 pm, Monday to Friday, at:

Room 13, ground floor,
Bombay high court, Maharshi Karve Marg,
off Flora Fountain, behind Hong Kong Bank.

Dilip D'Souza
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