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Delhi riots ‘conspiracy’ case: SC raps police while hearing bail pleas of Umar Khalid, others; next hearing on Friday
October 27, 2025 5:07 pm
The Delhi High Court had rejected the bail pleas of nine accused in the case, including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying the 2020 riots were the result of a “premeditated, well-orchestrated conspiracy”.
2020 riots: Delhi HC junks police plea to recall witness in arson case involving ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain
October 13, 2025 3:26 pm
The police petition said the witness had not supported the prosecution during deposition, and sought that he be recalled and declared a hostile witness.
Delhi riots case: Wasn't even present in meeting where entire 'conspiracy' was discussed, Umar Khalid tells court
October 09, 2025 2:35 am
"This is one of the main incidents that I have been roped in for... My only submission is that the main meeting in which I have supposedly conspired, I haven't been present in," said senior advocate Trideep Pais on behalf of Khalid.
Only woman still behind bars in 2020 Delhi riots case: The story of Gulfisha Fatima, MBA graduate accused in ‘larger conspiracy’ case
September 23, 2025 11:18 pm
Gulfisha and four others have challenged the rejection of their bail plea by Delhi HC on September 2. The SC will hear the matter on October 7
In Devangana Kalita plea, Delhi HC allows case diaries linked to anti-CAA stir to be preserved, turns down appeal for reconstruction
September 23, 2025 2:47 am
The HC had first directed the preservation of the case diaries in an order dated December 2, 2024, after Kalita accused the police of antedating statements in their case diaries
‘Trial in 2020 Delhi riots case still not held’: Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav join protest at Jantar Mantar
September 20, 2025 6:12 am
Supreme Court adjourns bail hearing to next weeK
2020 Delhi riots case: Supreme Court adjourns bail plea of Umar Khalid, others till September 22
September 19, 2025 5:30 pm
The Delhi High Court had earlier rejected the bail pleas of nine accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, saying the riots were a ‘premeditated, well-orchestrated conspiracy’.
In 17 of 93 acquittals in Delhi riots cases, courts red-flag ‘fabricated’ evidence, pull up police
September 30, 2025 11:17 pm
Judges find artificial witnesses in 12 cases; ‘serious trampling’ of rights
Denying bail to Umar Khalid and others, Delhi HC deviates from SC’s bail jurisprudence
September 04, 2025 11:15 am
The SC has previously held that the state could not oppose bail on the grounds of a crime’s seriousness if it could not guarantee a speedy trial, ‘irrespective of the nature of the crime’
Delhi riots: Why UAPA accused, including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, have been denied bail
September 04, 2025 12:57 pm
The accused have been charged under various provisions of the law, including one that prescribes the death penalty for committing a “terrorist act”. They have spent more than five years in jail, and the trial is yet to begin.
DELHI RIOTS 2020 PHOTOS
One year of Delhi riots: Violence that shook the National Capital in 2020
February 25, 2021 12:12 pm
Communal violence had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 last year after clashes between citizenship law supporters and protesters spiralled, leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.
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