The bail application of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid was rejected by a Delhi court on Thursday in a case registered against him in connection with the riots that took place during February, 2020 in the North-East area of the national capital.
A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Sharjeel Imam.
The Delhi High Court division bench issued notice on a plea seeking directions to the JNU to reconsider the decision to allocate all Ph.D. to Junior Research Fellowship category candidates while hearing the PIL filed by the Student Federation of India, JNU Unit by Advocate Ashok Agarwal & Kumar Utkarsh.
The direction was given by Justice Prathiba M Singh, on a plea by the Students Union and the Teachers Union at JNU, as well as two professors who teach at the University.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University will today file a status report with regard to a petition filed by its students and faculty, seeking direction from the Delhi High Court, to create a Covid Care Facility in the campus, while stating that right to life and health is under severe jeopardy.