In a session titled 'The Measure of Justice' at JLF 2026, lawyers Ashwani Kumar and Vrinda Grover and US judge Ketu Shah discussed the Indian constitutional, moral and legal crises.
Citing their role in 'larger conspiracy' behind the 2020 riots, the court denied Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam bail despite years of incarceration, taking a position that contrasts with several of its earlier rulings.
Meanwhile, JNU security head on behalf of university administration filed a police complaint at Vasant Kunj police station regarding the protest that took place Monday.
SC has granted bail to 5 other accused. It said Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam can renew their applications only after a year or upon completion of examination of protected witnesses.
SC’s explanation of 'terror' assumes significance in view of the argument advanced by Umar-Sharjeel's counsels that refusing the duo bail conflated dissent & protest with terrorist activity.
While Amit Malviya termed ruling a reaffirmation of ‘judicial independence’, spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala targeted Congress, saying it ‘glorified Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam’.
The bench of Justices Aravind Kumar & N. V. Anjaria, however, grants bail with 12 conditions to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa ur Rehman, Mohammad Saleem Khan & Shadab Ahmed.
New Delhi: Five years ago, the national capital witnessed one of the deadliest Hindu-Muslim riots in post-Partition history. For three days, northeast Delhi burned...
A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur had reserved its verdict on 9 July after hearing the batch of petitions, which had been pending in HC since 2022.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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