DELHI RIOTS
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02 Jun, 2024, 09.30 AM ISTDelhi HC grants Sharjeel Imam bail in 2020 riots case The Delhi High Court granted bail to student activist Sharjeel Imam in a 2020 communal riots case. The HC overturned a trial court order. Imam was booked for sedition and unlawful activity for speeches threatening to cut off Assam and the North East...
29 May, 2024, 12.32 PM IST2020 Delhi riots: No bail for Umar Khalid Additional Sessions Judge in Karkardooma Court, Sameer Bajpai rejected the second regular bail plea filed by Khalid. The second bail plea was filed by Khalid after he withdrew his plea seeking bail from the Supreme Court. He has challenged the Delhi...
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2020 Delhi riots: Court dismisses Umar Khalid's bail plea The bail request of Umar Khalid, a former JNU student accused of being part of a bigger plan that led to the 2020 communal riots in northeast Delhi, was denied by a Delhi court on Tuesday. Under the strict Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)...
28 May, 2024, 03.11 PM ISTINDIA bloc fueled separatism in Punjab and caused Sikh genocide in Delhi: PM Modi Addressing a public rally in Gurdaspur, PM Narendra Modi says, "Punjab knows the true faces of the INDI alliance. Punjab has suffered the most at the hands of this INDI alliance...They gave wind to separatism in Punjab and caused a genocide of Sikhs...
24 May, 2024, 06.00 PM ISTNorth East Delhi Lok Sabha Polls: Local issues in spotlight as BJP's Manoj Tiwari takes on INDIA bloc's Kanhaiya Kumar North East Delhi constituency, which has the maximum concentration of Muslim voters in Delhi at 20.7%, is divided along communal lines. The epicentre of the Delhi riots of 2020 which claimed 53 lives and left 583 injured, North East Delhi is witness...
23 May, 2024, 05.28 PM ISTINDIA bloc extremely 'communal, casteist and nepotistic': PM Modi at Delhi rally In a scathing attack on the INDIA bloc, Modi accused the parties of being "extremely communal", "extremely casteist" and "extremely nepotistic". In an apparent attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, he said in Delhi, a game of 'kattar bhrastachar...
22 May, 2024, 08.29 PM ISTDelhi High Court judge recuses himself from hearing plea alleging BBC documentary of casting slur on India Delhi High Court judge Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani recused himself from hearing an NGO's plea against the BBC for its documentary "India: The Modi Question" that allegedly defames Prime Minister Modi and the Indian judiciary. The plea sought Rs 10...
17 May, 2024, 05.18 PM IST2020 riots: HC asks ED to file submissions backing claim of Tahir Hussain's plea for nixing PMLA case not maintainable The Delhi High Court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to submit written arguments supporting its claim that Tahir Hussain's plea to quash a money laundering case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots was not maintainable. Justice Swarana...
15 Apr, 2024, 04.12 PM ISTUmar Khalid amplified false narrative via actors, politicians' social media posts: Delhi Police Umar Khalid, a former JNU student accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, faces intensified scrutiny as Delhi Police revealed his alleged manipulation of social media and connections with celebrities, amidst arguments opposing his bail request in cour...
10 Apr, 2024, 01.18 PM IST2020 Delhi riots: Delhi Court rejects AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's bail A court in Delhi rejected the regular bail plea of former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. The court stated that the allegations against Hussain are prima facie true and that there ...
30 Mar, 2024, 07.52 PM IST1984 anti-Sikh riots case: SC seeks CBI's reply on furlough plea of ex-councillor Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced the BJP's southern electoral campaign with political engagements across three states on Friday, a day prior to the Lok Sabha election announcement, aiming to enhance the party's performance in the region's five...
15 Mar, 2024, 04.56 PM ISTSeven accused of Delhi riots in 2020 acquitted The acquitted are Shakil, Habib Raza, Mohd Yamin, Usman, Shahid, Mohd Furkan and Mohd Irshad. The court dubbed the testimony of a police constable as unreliable and said that even the identity of the mob behind the incidents was not established as t...
01 Mar, 2024, 12.36 AM ISTUAPA case: Ex-JNU student Umar Khalid withdraws bail plea from SC Former JNU student Umar Khalid withdrew his bail plea from the Supreme Court in a case related to the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. The case, lodged under the anti-terror law UAPA, accused Khalid of conspiracy. Khalid, challenging the Delh...
14 Feb, 2024, 12.00 PM ISTDelhi riots: HC asks police to present chart distinguishing Sharjeel Imam's case from Asif Tanha, others Delhi High Court asks police to distinguish the role of student activist Sharjeel Imam from co-accused Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the UAPA case related to the 2020 communal riots. Imam seeks bail based on parity, as si...
15 Jan, 2024, 05.17 PM ISTHearing on Umar Khalid's bail plea in UAPA case adjourned to Jan 24 by Supreme Court The apex court then said in its order, "Request is made on behalf of petitioner. Request is made by learned senior counsel Kapil Sibal for accommodation as he is in a Constitution bench. Request is also made on behalf of ASG that he is busy today. L...
10 Jan, 2024, 12.00 PM IST1984 anti-Sikh riots: Eyewitnesses saw Jagdish Tytler incite mob, CBI tells court Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand forwarded the case to the district judge so the matter could be committed to a sessions judge, noting that Tytler was accused of murder (punishable under sections 302 of IPC), an offence "ex...
10 Jan, 2024, 09.56 AM ISTSC ruling cancelling remission granted to Bilkis case convicts path-breaking: Trial court Judge The 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Salvi were granted remission by the Gujarat government, leading to their premature release from a jail in the adjoining state on August 15, 2022. This decision was challenged in the apex c...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.51 AM ISTBilkis Bano case: Highlights of SC judgement in 2002 Gujarat riots case The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated Gujarat government's order granting relief to 11 convicts of Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The court said that the orders were "stereotyped" and passed without application of mind.
08 Jan, 2024, 05.35 PM IST2020 Delhi riots: Court convicts man of rioting, arson and robbery offences In connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, a court convicted individuals for various offenses including arson, robbery, and rioting, citing substantial evidence. Noor Mohammad was found guilty of participating in a mob that vandalized proper...
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