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Topic: Delhi riots

Delhi court to hear February 2020 riots accused Umar Khalid’s bail plea on 27 July

Umar Khalid along with several others has been booked under UAPA and is accused of being one of the 'masterminds' of the riots in Northwest Delhi in February 2020.

Loopholes in probe, FIRs wrongly clubbed — why court fined Delhi Police in Feb 2020 riots case

Police were pulled up for not maintaining a proper case diary and for filing witness statements across different booklets. Complaints of separate offences that required two different FIRs were clubbed as one.

Delhi riots accused Tasleem Ahmed to undergo treatment in govt hospital following court order

A Delhi court allowed Ahmed, who was arrested under UAPA, to get surgery in a hospital after he stated before the court that he was at risk of contracting a serious infection.

Why the Facebook summons case drew SC attention back to a case pending for 16 yrs now

The 2003-5 case, N. Ravi vs. Legislative Assembly and the Facebook vs Delhi Assembly cases deal with the issue of parliamentary/legislative powers and privileges and what constitutes its breach.

Ishrat Jahan seeks bail in Delhi riots case, asks if having political affiliation is wrong

Ex-Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan, arrested under UAPA ,said there is no evidence against her in the northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case.

‘Vast powers must come with responsibility’: SC on Facebook’s role as social media platform

In an 188-page judgment that refused to quash summons to Facebook by a Delhi panel on riots, Supreme Court said Facebook has to be held accountable even as an intermediary.

Won’t quash summons to Facebook in riots case, but Delhi panel can’t probe law & order issue: SC

The Supreme Court bench says Peace and Harmony Committee cannot 'don the role of a prosecuting agency' and delve into law & order issue as the 2 are prohibited domains.

WhatsApp, Facebook posts get it wrong. Man in this video not a Delhi riots accused

The Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages claimed the arrested man in the video is Siraj Mohd Anwar, a 'mobster' from Delhi.

‘Feels unreal to see sky’: Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, Asif Tanha leave Tihar on bail

Pinjra Tod activists Narwal and Kalita, & Asif Iqbal Tanha — accused in Delhi riots case — walked out of Tihar 48 hrs after Delhi HC granted bail. Delhi Police had appealed against the order.

Delhi HC bail order to riots accused not based on evidence, but social media: Police file appeal

In Supreme Court appeal, Delhi Police demands HC bail order be stayed, says judgment reads down UAPA provisions and jeopardises similar trials.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.