🚨Delhi Court expected to decide whether Umar Khalid will be granted bail in case(s) concerning Delhi Riots 2020 larger conspiracy at noon. #DelhiRiots#UmarKhalid
EXCLUSIVE: Delhi Court rejecting @UmarKhalidJNU's bail in #DelhiRiots larger conspiracy case finds that Khalid was a recurrent name from the beginning of the conspiracy through till the riots, was a member of various groups and participant of crucial meets.
Delhi Court notes @UmarKhalidJNU's reference to former US President Donald Trump's visit to India in his Amrawati speech on Feb 17, 2020, finds him instrumental in creation of Jamia Coordination Committee. #DelhiRiots
Delhi Court says that "From a broad reading of all the statements (of witnesses and protected witnesses) the role of accused @UmarKhalidJNU in the context of conspiracy and riots is apparent." #DelhiRiots
Court relies on protected witness GAMA's statement that he saw @UmarKhalidJNU giving provocative speeches in the protest sites. Devangana, Natasha, Tasleem and Gul were also present there and making provocative statements.
GAMA further stated that after violence began they sought shelter and were taken in by one Professor Apurvanand who lived near DU, and said that they were "to bring the govt to its knees," and "to make it a Hindu-Muslim issue". #DelhiRiots
Court also referred to protected witness DELTA'S statement talking about the Old Seelampur Central area protest site where again Gulfisha Fatima, Devangana, Natasha, Sohail, Tasleem and Khalid were there, provocative speeches were given, plan was made for road block with ladies.
DELTA also stated that at the same protest site, they had failed to block the road initially. Use of code words Iike "Eid par Nainital jana hai" (Road block karna hai), "aaj chand raat hai" were used. "Andolan khoon maangta hai", was also used in the speeches.
Roads were blocked on the pretext of candle marches, according to the order, and AAP's Tahir Hussain was found giving money on various protest sites, stating it would be used for riots. #DelhiRiots
The Court also referred to protected witness HELIUM's statement that Khalid and his father were found in Jantar Mantar in a protest. Khalid's father said he comes from Jahangirpuri, where "there are a lot of Bangladeshi" and to "education them" and "fight against CAA-NRC."
Delhi High Court to hear TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s plea challenging a Delhi Police FIR over her social media post allegedly criticising NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma.
Bench: Justice Ravinder Dudeja
Moitra had commented over Shram after a video was posted showing her at the site of a recent stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. In the video, an assistant was holding an umbrella over Sharma while it rained. To this, Journalist Nidhi Razdan reacted asking: “Why can’t she carry her own umbrella?”.
Criticizing Sharma’s presence at the stampede site, Moitra replied to Razdan's comment stating, "She is too busy holding up her boss's pyjamas."
Supreme Court hears petition challenging Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, which seeks to regulate temple management and development in Vrindavan.
SC: We will modify the part of order of our coordinate bench as much as it affects the petitioners, and we will allow you to approach the HC against the Ordinance.
SC: We will form a committee to head the management in the meantime and we will give some kind of authorisation to that committee..
#DelhiHighCourt to hear today UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari’s plea challenging a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender."
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna is hearing the matter.
Supreme Court to hear first, the issue of maintainability of petitions challenging its 2022 decision in Vijay Madanlal vs Union of India, wherein provisions of PMLA were upheld, on September 6.
Supreme Court today took up the batch of review petitions challenging its 2022 verdict.
ASG Raju: They cannot ask this court to sit in appeal.
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: We have given a set of issues..
Sibal: the other batch of matters that was heard by Justice Kaul should also come here..
Justice Kant: For that you have to mention before CJI.
🚨 Delhi High Court to shortly hear pleas seeking an urgent stay on the release of the film Udaipur Files, alleging that the film promotes communal hatred and violates certification norms under the Cinematograph Act, 1952.
The film, based on the 2022 murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal, is slated for release on July 11, 2025. Lal was brutally murdered by Mohammad Riyaz Attari and Ghaus Mohammad by slitting his throat.
Yesterday, the HC had directed the producers of the film to arrange a private screening of the movie and its trailer for all counsels, after the CBFC informed that it had mandated 40 to 50 cuts before granting certification