Delhi Riots Lawyer

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a Delhi Police plea against the High Court decision to grant bail for activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were arrested in May last year over alleged links to the Delhi riots.

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the operation of search warrants issued against advocate Mehmood Pracha, who is representing some of the accused in the cases related to the riots that took place in the national capital last year.

Advocate Mehmood Pracha has alleged that the Delhi Police raided his office in southeast Delhi's Nizamuddin area on Tuesday.

A Court here on Sunday directed Delhi Police to preserve the entire video footage of the search conducted in lawyer Mehmood Pracha's house in connection with a case related to North-East Delhi violence.

A court on Friday sought a status report from Delhi police in relation to the search conducted by it at the office premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha, a lawyer representing some of the accused in the north-east Delhi riots cases.

The office of a lawyer in Delhi who allegedly tutored people to give false statements in cases linked to the riots over the amended citizenship law in the national capital in February was raided by the Delhi Police on Thursday.

Fifteen people have been named by the police in a vast chargesheet filed over the Delhi riots that raged through the capital city in February this year, leaving more than 50 people dead and property worth crores damaged.

After the Delhi police alleged that a lawyer had forged documents and instigated a man to depose falsely in a case related to the communal violence in north-east Delhi in February this year, a city court on Saturday directed it to further investigate the matter.

The level of central political intervention in Delhi to shape the judicial process in the communal violence cases is being stepped up. The Lieutenant Governor's swift cancellation of the Delhi government's order regarding the panel of prosecution lawyers on behalf of the Delhi Police is one such step.

The Arvind Kejriwal government was vetoed by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal today on the panel of lawyers to represent the Delhi Police in cases linked to the February riots in the capital.

Arvind Kejriwal's government today rejected a panel of lawyers recommended by the Delhi Police to represent it in cases linked to the February riots in the capital, setting up a new point of confrontation with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi were to be on the six-member pan...

The "rioting" must stop and there should be peace, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Monday to a request to take note of police action on students at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening during protests against the citizenship law.

Senior lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader from Punjab, HS Phoolka, who has been representing victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in courts for the last three decades, has resigned from the party today.

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking time till January 31 to surrender. The 73-year-old has told the court that he has three children and eight grandchildren and needs to settle matters related to his property.

Human rights activist and advocate HS Phoolka on Wednesday welcomed Delhi High Court upholding the trial court verdict convicting 89 people of rioting and burning houses during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the city, saying the decision was a message to the country that law catches up with everyone.

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a Delhi Police plea against the High Court decision to grant bail for activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who were arrested in May last year over alleged links to the Delhi riots.

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed the operation of search warrants issued against advocate Mehmood Pracha, who is representing some of the accused in the cases related to the riots that took place in the national capital last year.

Advocate Mehmood Pracha has alleged that the Delhi Police raided his office in southeast Delhi's Nizamuddin area on Tuesday.

A Court here on Sunday directed Delhi Police to preserve the entire video footage of the search conducted in lawyer Mehmood Pracha's house in connection with a case related to North-East Delhi violence.

A court on Friday sought a status report from Delhi police in relation to the search conducted by it at the office premises of advocate Mehmood Pracha, a lawyer representing some of the accused in the north-east Delhi riots cases.

The office of a lawyer in Delhi who allegedly tutored people to give false statements in cases linked to the riots over the amended citizenship law in the national capital in February was raided by the Delhi Police on Thursday.

Fifteen people have been named by the police in a vast chargesheet filed over the Delhi riots that raged through the capital city in February this year, leaving more than 50 people dead and property worth crores damaged.

After the Delhi police alleged that a lawyer had forged documents and instigated a man to depose falsely in a case related to the communal violence in north-east Delhi in February this year, a city court on Saturday directed it to further investigate the matter.

The level of central political intervention in Delhi to shape the judicial process in the communal violence cases is being stepped up. The Lieutenant Governor's swift cancellation of the Delhi government's order regarding the panel of prosecution lawyers on behalf of the Delhi Police is one such step.

The Arvind Kejriwal government was vetoed by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal today on the panel of lawyers to represent the Delhi Police in cases linked to the February riots in the capital.

Arvind Kejriwal's government today rejected a panel of lawyers recommended by the Delhi Police to represent it in cases linked to the February riots in the capital, setting up a new point of confrontation with Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi were to be on the six-member pan...

The "rioting" must stop and there should be peace, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Monday to a request to take note of police action on students at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening during protests against the citizenship law.

Senior lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader from Punjab, HS Phoolka, who has been representing victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in courts for the last three decades, has resigned from the party today.

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking time till January 31 to surrender. The 73-year-old has told the court that he has three children and eight grandchildren and needs to settle matters related to his property.

Human rights activist and advocate HS Phoolka on Wednesday welcomed Delhi High Court upholding the trial court verdict convicting 89 people of rioting and burning houses during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the city, saying the decision was a message to the country that law catches up with everyone.