A Delhi court had reserved its verdict on the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Umar Khalid in a Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act provisions. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat has fixed March 14 for pronouncement of the order.
Supreme Court two-judge bench has issued notice in a plea filed by a student of final year BA (History)(Hons) who was removed from the “Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University,” for allegedly attempting to organise protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA).
JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during the protests against CAA, told a Delhi court on Monday that he cannot be hammered with sedition as his speeches did not call for violence.
The plea has been filed by PFI general secretary Anis Ahmed, through Advocate A. Selvin Raja, challenging the MHA notification. The plea states that the Ministry of Home Affairs carefully attempted to achieve the object of CAA, 2019 indirectly and implement the same by mere issuance of an executive order
The Bench of Chief Justice Akil Kureshi was hearing the application of Arindam Bhattacharjee, who is accused to have instigated division among religious groups and creating an environment of misinformation.
The question of law of general importance is if any State Legislature can adopt ‘Resolution’ adversely criticizing a central Statute which addresses an entry in List I of the Seventh Schedule.
The judgement came in response to the plea filed by 12 activists against removal of protesters from Shaheen bagh in March in view of the coronavirus lockdown.