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Delhi court reserves order on Umar Khalid's interim bail plea till 12 December
Umar Khalid has moved the plea seeking two-week interim bail for his sister's wedding
2020 Delhi riots: Delhi High Court refuses bail to Umar Khalid in UAPA case
"We do not find any merit in the bail appeal. The bail appeal is dismissed," a bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar said while pronouncing the order
Head-on | Does India treat its minorities fairly? Why the global narrative subverts the facts
Britain’s parliament begins sessions with Christian prayers. In contrast, India’s Parliament does not cater to the majority with Hindu prayers
Is AAP an alternative to BJP? Arvind Kejriwal needs a reality check, not hype and hyperbole
There is always a thin line between the making and the unmaking of a revolution and as AAP stands today, it seems the unmaking has begun
Delhi riots not organic but planned by PFI & SDPI, special public prosecutor tells HC
The submission was made by the police while opposing the bail plea of former Jawaharlal Nehru University student Umar Khalid in connection with an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the Delhi riots in February 2020
Delhi Riots 2020: HC adjourns hearing till 27 July on bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Shifa-ur-Rehman and several others have been booked under the UAPA and provisions of the IPC in the case for allegedly being the ‘masterminds’ of the February 2020 riots, which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured
Delhi riots 2020: High Court to hear bail plea by Umar Khalid on 19 May
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and several others have been booked under the anti-terror law in the UAPA case for being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots
Delhi HC defers hearing on Umar Khalid bail in UAPA case, seeks police stand on Sharjeel Imam's plea
The court further observed that Imam, also a former JNU student, and Khalid were stated to be co-conspirators in the case and it would thus hear both the two bail applications together.
Umar Khalid’s Amravati speech was 'offensive and obnoxious', says Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court asked whether the right to free speech extends to making “obnoxious statements” and whether it does not attract the provisions of 153A and 153B of the Indian Penal Code.
2020 Delhi riots: Court denies bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid
During the arguments, the accused told the court that the prosecution lacked the evidence to prove its case against him.
Delhi riots: Police opposes Umar Khalid's bail plea, tells court 'idea was to destabilize democracy'
Khalid and several others have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), a stringent anti-terror law, and are accused of being the 'masterminds' of the riots which had left 53 people dead and over 700 injured in 2020
'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
JNU sedition case: Court orders Delhi Police to give chargesheet copies to Kanhaiya Kumar, nine others
Along with Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and seven others were present in court in pursuance to summons issued by the court after taking cognisance of the chargesheet
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
Delhi govt issues work-from-home orders for 50% of its staff working for non-essential services
The government also advised private establishments to follow the practice as far as possible amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the National Capital
Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid tells court there is 'vicious' media campaign against him
During the hearing on Saturday, Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad, appearing for the police, denied all the allegations raised by the former JNU student leader
Delhi Police says riots during Donald Trump's visit to India an international embarrassment
The chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police claimed that the objective of all the conspirators was to uproot a lawfully elected government by sheer use of 'engineered and visceral' communal violence
Delhi riots: Police files supplementary chargesheet against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case
The 930-page supplementary chargesheet was filed against Khalid, Imam and one Faizan Khan under sections 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for terrorist act) and 18 (conspiracy) of the UAPA