Topic: Delhi riots
Witness accounts cooked up, case can’t be made on half-truths: Umar Khalid’s lawyer tells court
Arguing Umar Khalid's bail plea before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, advocate Trideep Pais read out 3 protected witnesses’ statements, claiming they were contradictory.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam denied bail by court in Delhi riots case
Denying bail to him, a Delhi court judge said Sharjeel Imam's 2019 speech was on communal lines and its content 'tend to have a debilitating effect on the peace and harmony'.
Why Umar Khalid’s Delhi riots trial hasn’t begun even a year after charge sheet was filed
Copies of charge sheet were provided to Umar Khalid in March, 6 months after it was filed. Since then, the case is stuck at the stage of scrutiny of documents.
Judge who slammed Delhi Police for ‘callous’ probe in Feb 2020 riot cases transferred
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav had repeatedly pulled up Delhi Police in Northeast Delhi riots cases. He will be replaced by special judge (CBI) Virender Bhatt.
Muslims have to constantly offer ‘proof of patriotism’. Delhi riots just amplified the extent
In an essay in 'Citizenship: Context and Challenges', Fatima Khan details the experience of covering the Delhi riots 2020 and its impact on Muslims in the city.
Delhi riots ‘didn’t take place in spur of the moment’, was ‘pre-planned conspiracy’, HC says
The court said destruction of the CCTV cameras confirms the existence of a pre-planned and premeditated conspiracy to disturb law and order in the city.
Delhi Police forms Special Investigating Cell to monitor probe into Northeast Delhi riots
Headed by Special Commissioner of Police, Central Zone, Rajesh Khurana, the SIC is expected to expedite and streamline investigation into cases related to Delhi riots.
Delhi Police forms special teams to supervise 2020 riots cases after repeated court strictures
A Delhi court, at different hearings, has pulled up the force for its 'lackadaisical attitude’ in investigating the 2020 riots cases, failure in ‘supervisory duties’, and evading responsibility.
Weak evidence, witnesses fail to identify accused in 6 out of 7 Delhi riots cases on trial
Prosecution evidence has concluded in only 1 out of 7 cases before the special court, related to the February 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.
Both Hindus & Muslims accused in Delhi riots case, court orders two separate trials
The court observes the case has an 'assortment of accused' from different religions, purportedly acting under two different conspiracies, says it is appropriate to separate the trial.
US summit of democracy is like ‘ashwamedha yagya’, India can offer alt vision to pause China
India might have been dubbed a ‘democratic backslider’, but it could offer a new vision of democracy based on Dharma and the Bhagavad Gita.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.