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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eight people were arrested based on 12 complaints filed by shopkeepers who alleged that their shops were looted and vandalised during the communal violence in northeast Delhi.
BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.
The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.
Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.
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