Tag: Delhi riots

Cops raid Delhi Riots lawyer Mehmood Pracha’s office; Supreme Court Bar Association condemns ‘assault’

Source:-https://www.freepressjournal.in The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Monday expressed shock and deep concern on “the arbitrary, illegal and brazen exercise of brute power by the police” against lawyers, including the search conducted at the premises of an advocate representing some of the accused in the north-east Delhi riots cases. The SCBA also condemned the

Delhi riots: Govt sanctions sedition charges against Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, others

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Delhi government on Wednesday gave its sanction to the police to charge 18 people accused in the Delhi riots case — including former JNU students Sharjeel Imam, Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, former JNU student Umar Khalid, and local politicians Tahir Hussain and Ishrat Jahan — under sections of the Indian Penal Code that