Delhi Riots Case

Anti-CAA protests: Sharjeel Imam denies inciting violence with speech, says 'cannot be hammered' with sedition

During the hearing, advocate Tanveer Ahmed Mir, representing Imam, apprised Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, that no part of his speech called for any kind of violence to be initiated

Delhi riots: Court calls probe 'callous and farcical', imposes Rs 25,000 fine on police

Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav directed that the amount of fine be recovered from the SHO of Bhajanpura police station and his supervising officers, saying they 'miserably failed' in their statutory duties

Delhi HC critical of police for slapping UAPA against Pinjra Tod activists: All you need to know about the law

The Delhi High Court granted bail to JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita and Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were arrested under UAPA

'State anxious to suppress dissent': Delhi HC grants bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita in UAPA case

The court directed Narwal, Kalita and Tanha to surrender their passports and not to offer any inducement to prosecution witnesses

'Complete lack of supervision by senior officers': Delhi court raps police's handling of Delhi riots' investigation

Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on 24 February, 2020, after clashes between supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and protesters spiralled out of control

Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid granted bail; ex-JNU student 'cannot be incarcerated for infinity,' says court

In the order, the court added that there was no proof either through independent public witness or police witness of Khalid being present at the scene of crime on the date of incident

'Effort to silence my voice': Advocate Mehmood Pracha claims Delhi Police raided his office again

Earlier, the Delhi Police Special Cell in December 2020 had raided the premises of Pracha in a case related to the alleged use of forged documents as genuine in judicial records in a northeast Delhi riots case

Delhi riots: Sessions court dismisses bail pleas of Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal in UAPA case

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said that in a case of a conspiracy of such a large scale, not having a video was not so vital as generally conspiracy, by its very nature, is hatched in secrecy, and not having videos of such a conspiracy was obvious rather than doubtful

Delhi riots: Presumption of undertrial's innocence should not be destroyed by media trial, says court

The court was hearing a plea filed by Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid, who said the media reports have quoted from his alleged disclosure statement to show that he has confessed to his involvement in the riots and it was prejudicing his right to a fair trial

Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid claims chargesheet leaked to media, says 'vicious campaign' run against him

Khalid said that his lawyers hadn't received a copy of chargesheet till 4 Jan, but that the media had reported on Delhi Police's charge of conspiracy against him in the last week of December 2020