2020 Delhi riots: Court pulls up police for citing G20 summit for delay in filing chargesheet

Sessions judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing a case filed on a woman’s complaint who said that her house had been vandalised by a mob.

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· Sep 14, 2023 · 02:54 pm

Umar Khalid’s bail plea adjourned by Supreme Court for sixth time

The activist has been in jail for over two years in the case pertaining to the violence in Delhi in February 2020.

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· Sep 12, 2023 · 04:33 pm

Delhi Police has been caught fabricating evidence for 2020 riots cases – but faces no consequences

The Delhi Police has been pulled up regularly by courts for booking mostly Muslims for the 2020 riots using false evidence.

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· Sep 12, 2023 · 06:30 am

Delhi riots: Police ‘befooled court’, adopted ‘double standards’ in two cases, says judge

In a separate case last week, Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala had pulled up the police for making ‘artificial statements’.

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· Aug 28, 2023 · 12:55 pm

Delhi riots: Court acquits Muslim man, says police made ‘artificial statements’ against him

This is the second time in a month that the court pulled up the Delhi Police over its investigation in a case related to the 2020 violence.

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· Aug 25, 2023 · 03:38 pm

Delhi riots: Tahir Hussain gets bail in five cases

The former Aam Aadmi Party councillor will, however, remain in jail due to other first information reports against him.

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· Jul 12, 2023 · 02:05 pm

Delhi riots: Court frames charges against six for murdering man as ‘revenge against Muslims’

The man, Shahbaz, was burned alive by a mob on February 25, 2020.

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· Jul 10, 2023 · 01:19 pm

Delhi violence: SC upholds bail for three student activists

The three accused persons – Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha – got bail from the High Court on June 15, 2021.

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· May 02, 2023 · 03:47 pm

Three years on, the shadow of Delhi riots looms over children – and their friendships

The divide between Hindus and Muslims shows up in classrooms and playgrounds in Northeast Delhi, at times turning friends away from each other.

Zafar Aafaq

· Feb 26, 2023 · 09:00 am

Delhi court acquits four men in 2020 riots case, says charges not proven beyond doubt

The four men were accused of rioting, vandalism, arson and theft at shops in Bhagirathi Vihar in the national capital.

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· Feb 25, 2023 · 01:44 pm

Restrain NGOs, ‘vested interests’ from releasing reports on Delhi riots, Centre urges HC

The home ministry claimed that most such reports portray ‘real accused as victims of the crimes and real victims the accused of crimes’.

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· Feb 01, 2023 · 12:54 pm

Delhi violence: Don’t believe in unnecessarily keeping people behind bars, says Supreme Court

The court made the statement while hearing the police’s appeals against bails granted to activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha.

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· Jan 18, 2023 · 12:16 pm