Jnu Sedition

Sharjeel Imam moves Delhi court claiming threat to life in prison

Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, an accused in a case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, on Monday moved a Delhi Court claiming a threat to his life. The application, which is likely to come up for hearing before Special Judge Amitabh Rawat, alleged that the Assistant Superintendent of Jail recently had entered his cell along with eight-ten people in the garb of a search, assaulted him and called him a terrorist and anti-national. Imam is accused of making inflammatory speeches against the government on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC), particularly at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019, which allegedly led to violence in the area outside the university. Imam, also facing sedition charges for his alleged inflammatory speeches, is in judicial custody since January 2020. Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against Imam in the case, in which it alleged that he gave speeches inciting hatred, ..

Sharjeel Imam moves HC for interim bail citing SC order on sedition

Sharjeel Imam, who is arrested in a case related to alleged inflammatory speeches made by him during the protests against CAA and NRC in 2019, has approached the Delhi HC seeking interim bail

Delhi govt gives permission to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in JNU sedition row

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier said he would ask for an early decision on the matter

Court grants two months to police to get sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya

The court passed the directions after the police submitted that it was yet to receive the sanctions

AAP govt, Delhi Police engage in blame game over JNU sedition case

A senior Delhi Police official said prosecution sanction is required at the stage of taking cognisance