Kamal Nath said Sonia Gandhi spoke with him again after she received the letter and told him that 'well if this is your reason, fine'.
Special judge Vikas Dhull also imposed certain conditions on Tytler, including that he will not tamper with evidence or leave the country without its permission.
The court had on Wednesday held that the previous SIT had not carried out further probe into these 186 cases in which closure reports were filed
"Sorry. We are not inclined. Dismissed," a bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said.
Singh said the Centre will provide whatever assistance required but the state governments should take stringent steps to curb such incidents.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing Kumar, said that his client be granted bail as if something happens to him in jail then his life imprisonment would become death penalty for him.
The riots that killed more than 3,000 people were in retaliation against the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
Delhi MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa said Kamal Nath had allegedly given shelter to five people who were accused in one of the seven cases.
Prime Minister apologises for 1984 anti-Sikh riots
'Prime Minister Modi doesn't talk to me. He meets and says in monosyllables'
Senior lawyer H S Phoolka on Tuesday said he has decided to join the Aam Aadmi Party.
Jagdish Kaur and Narpreet Kaur, whose families were devastated in the riots which claimed over 3,000 lives, said although 34 years is a long time, they were determined to "unmask the accused" and their fight for justice will go on.
The appeal filed by Jagdish Kaur and Nirpreet Kaur, who had lost their close relatives in the carnage following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, has sought setting aside of the trial court's April 30 judgment. They have in their plea filed through advocate Kamna Vohra contended that the verdict was "erroneous" as the trial court had failed to appreciate that there was ample legally admissible evidence against Kumar to show he had allegedly "engineered" the murders of five Sikh persons in Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment
Kumar, who was directed by the high court on Monday to surrender before authorities by December 31, sought more time saying he has to settle family affairs.
The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the two persons, who were sentenced to three years in jail for rioting in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on the plea of victims' families challenging the trial court verdict acquitting them of murder charges.
A Delhi court on Friday fixed April 22 for hearing the CBI's closure report in a case against Jagdish Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
A meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the package.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a status report within two weeks on the Special Investigation Team probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi.
A United States judge has dismissed a court complaint against Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath for his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, saying the court has no jurisdiction over the Indian leader in the case.
A Special Investigation Team is likely to be set up by the government next week for a fresh investigation into the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases.
Scores of Sikh protesters led by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee on Monday held a protest outside Rahul Gandhi's residence, demanding revelation of names of Congressmen who were allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
A 29-year-old anti-Sikh riots case came back to haunt senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler with a Delhi court on Wednesday setting aside the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him and ordering reopening of investigation into the killing of three persons.
Several Sikh groups on Thursday staged a protest outside the Congress's headquarters in Delhi and demanded that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi reveal the names of party members who were involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
An excerpt from journalist Jarnail Singh's book I Accuse The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984.
Former Congress Member of Parliament Sajjan Kumar was on Wednesday chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a Delhi court in two separate cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The agency filed its investigation report in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja. The cases in which the chargesheets were filed against Kumar and others were registered in two police stations -- Sultanpuri and Delhi Cantonment.
A Delhi court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to three of the five convicts in a 29-year-old case relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh and KAC Chairman Bhai Mokham Singh were among those taken into preventive custody by the Amritsar police on Wednesday morning.
In a moving photo documentary, the children of the 1984 riots reveal personal tales bound together by the common themes of violence, loss and the death of their childhood.
Appealing to the kin of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to give it a chance to heal their wounds, the centre on Friday said the recommendations of the Nanavati commission would be implemented as soon as possible.
Five months after the Central Bureau of Investigation re-opened a murder case in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Metropolitan Magistrate court has dismissed the agency's application for original records of the case.
The term of the one-man inquiry commission had ended on January 31. Justice Nanavati had said he would submit his report to Patil.
There were recommendations for a Rs 1,200-crore package for the victims, but the government has announced Rs 715 crore in total for thousands of the affected people.
Two widows are threatening to immolate on February 16 to protest government inaction in providing relief.
The cases in which the chargesheets were filed against Kumar and others were registered in police stations -- Sultanpuri and Delhi Cantt-- following the killing of seven and five persons respectively in the riots that broke out after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case was on Saturday challenged in the Delhi high court by members of the victims' family who contended that the trial court failed to appreciate the large number of legally admissible evidence in its verdict.
The Delhi high court on Monday directed the lower court to complete the trial of all pending cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, including those against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, within six months. "We direct that the trial will be conducted as expeditiously as possible and will be completed within six months," a bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah said.
A Delhi court on Friday deferred the pronouncement of verdict in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case till September 30 relating to the lynching of a man outside his house by a mob led by three accused in New Delhi.
