New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi High Court order permitting Delhi riots accused Devangana Kalita to inspect unrelied electronic evidence kept in the police malkhana before the stage of framing of charges in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the interim order while hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Delhi Police challenging the Delhi High Court’s …
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) A Delhi court has allowed jailed student activist Umar Khalid to have two e-mulakats (video meetings) every week with his mother and other family members, observing that he had been availing the facility for the last six years without violating any prison rules. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order while disposing of an application moved by Khalid, an accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi r…
Ballari, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residence of Abdul Nazeer in Karnataka’s Ballari as part of a multi-state operation linked to an alleged terror conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The raids were conducted at Abdul Nazeer’s residence in the Kaul Bazar area of Ballari. NIA officials questioned his parents and other family members regarding his associates and friend circle. The inves…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the regular bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, holding that it was bound by the Supreme Court’s earlier order declining them bail and that their fresh applications were not maintainable. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Court rejected the applications filed by Khalid and Imam under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha San…
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP), SP Vaid, on Saturday criticised the Union Territory government for approving a book that “glorifies extremists and separatist leaders” while welcoming the Centre’s designation of 23 individuals as terrorists under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).Earlier on Saturday, the Union Home Minister’s Office said: “Out of the 23 terrorists announced today, 17 are Pakistani nationals and six ar…
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Counter Intelligence wing Kashmir (CIK) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday carried out simultaneous raids across the Valley connected to the ongoing investigation into a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.In a coordinated operation, CIK teams swooped down on locations in Srinagar, Ganderbal, and Anantnag districts. The searches are linked to FIR No. 07/2023, registered at the CIK’s Police Station JIC in Srinagar under various Sections of the Indian P…
Nagpur, June 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday took a firm stand against the alleged intimidating statements made by the rebel Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Patil, who joined the Shinde faction recently, over bomb threat and murder claims.Reacting swiftly to Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s letter to the Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti demanding Patil’s arrest under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) over bomb threat and murde…
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) In a dramatic escalation of the ongoing political warfare within the Shiv Sena factions, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut, in a letter to Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, has demanded the immediate arrest of rebel MP Sanjay Dina Patil under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The letter, dated June 24, follows a series of explosive remarks allegedly made by Patil after he and five other MPs defected to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv S…
Ranchi, June 18 (IANS) The incident of petrol bomb attack on the Jharkhand unit office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Ranchi took a dramatic turn on Thursday after the main accused escaped from police custody and was later re-arrested following an encounter in which he sustained injuries, officials said. According to the police, the accused identified as Saif, was arrested in connection with the petrol bomb attack — had been lodged in the lock-up at Kotwali police station. He manag…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a bail plea filed by former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 riots.A division bench of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhu Jain also sought a reply to his request for condonation of the 67‑day delay in filing an appeal against the order of a Karkardooma court dismissing his bail plea in the case registered under the Unlawful A…