April 22, 2019 5:16 pm
The court's order came while hearing a protest petition filed by Najeeb Ahmed's mother, Fatima Nafees, against the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report in the case
October 08, 2018 9:46 pm
Delhi HC allowed CBI to file a closure report in the matter, bringing an end to the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Ahmed. However, Ahmed's mother alleged that CBI wanted to file the closure report due to "political compulsions".
October 08, 2018 2:40 pm
The bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel allowed Najeeb Ahmed's mother Fatima Nafees to move the trial court for a status report and to raise grievances before it when the report is being filed.
September 04, 2018 10:12 pm
Colin Gonsalves, the counsel of Ahmed's mother, opposed the CBI's submission and said that the CBI is protecting the accused, allegedly belonging from ABVP, by not interrogating them.
July 12, 2018 7:38 pm
The CBI told the Delhi HC that till date its probe has not found any evidence to show any crime was committed, nor did it find any material to arrest or take coercive action against nine students who are suspected by Ahmed's family of being behind his disappearance.
February 27, 2018 9:19 pm
The CBI also placed on record its status report in a sealed cover indicating the steps taken by it so far and the counsel for Ahmed's mother was allowed to read only certain portions of it.
February 27, 2018 2:14 am
Najeeb went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members the night before in Mahi-Mandavi Hostel of JNU.
November 14, 2017 6:30 pm
The CBI had earlier faced flak from the high court for its "complete lack of interest" and not showing any result in its probe into the disappearance of Najeeb, five months after being handed over the investigation.
October 16, 2017 1:54 pm
A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Chander Shekhar observed that there was "no result either ways. No result even on paper".
October 15, 2017 3:42 pm
After over a month had passed since Najeeb Ahmed went missing, his mother, Fatima Nafees, moved the Delhi High Court, seeking directions to the police to trace her son.