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Supreme Court asks Delhi HC to speed up hearing bail plea of Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam

Imam's counsel, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, told the top court that the bail plea was pending since 2022.

4 yrs after Delhi riots, why ‘larger conspiracy’ case against Umar Khalid & others is still in limbo

Delhi Police FIR says riots were 'conspiracy hatched by Umar Khalid & his associates'. In Part 5 of ThePrint's series on 2020 northeast Delhi riots, we look at what's delaying trial.

Who killed Mehtab, Jakir, Ashfaq & Jameel — 4 yrs since Delhi riots, acquittals & unsolved murders

After 4 Muslim men were found dead, Delhi cops arrested 5, including 4 Hindus & a Muslim, for the murders. Their stories are Part 4 of ThePrint's series on 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

A burnt shop & ‘blunder’: How Akram Malik was charged, then acquitted in a Delhi riots case

In January, Akram was acquitted in a case stemming from an arson attack during 2020 Delhi riots. His story is Part 2 of ThePrint's series on arrests, acquittals & discharges in Delhi riots.

Judge transferred, HC to hear Delhi riots bail pleas from scratch after months of hearings

A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul had heard the cases over the last year & even reserved orders. But Justice Mridul’s transfer has meant they will have to be reheard from January. 

Nehru once wandered around Delhi like a man in shock- horrors of Partition moved him

In ‘Shadows at Noon’, Joya Chatterji tells the subcontinent's story — from the British Raj through Independence and Partition to the forging of modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

‘No overt act or participation’ — why court discharged Sharjeel Imam, 10 others in 2019 Jamia case

Saket District Court Saturday discharged Imam, Safoora Zargar and others in anti-CAA protest-linked case. Court noted dissent needs to be encouraged, though its display should be peaceful.

SC irked at police seeking adjournment over bail pleas of 3 student activists in Delhi riots case

A bench of Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka observed that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta may be busy in several matters, but arrangements have to be made for the matter could be heard.

From Romeo & Juliet to Noble Gases, the ‘secret identities’ of witnesses in 2020 Delhi riots case

Witnesses have been granted protection under Section 44 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, which states their identity may be kept secret if court feels there's threat to their life.

Were 2020 CAA-NRC protests & riots a ‘terrorist act’? Depends on which Delhi HC bench you ask

Differences arose in bail orders of Pinjra Tod activists and a Jamia student and of ex-JNUSU leader Umar Khalid. The disagreement stems from their definition of 'terrorist act'.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.