The Delhi High Court on Friday listed the batch of matters seeking action against the Delhi Police for its alleged role in the December 2019 violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) before a Division Bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul..Jamia was engulfed in the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in late 2019, when Delhi Police officers allegedly entered the University campus and library without permission and thrashed the students.Apart from seeking an independent probe into allegations of police brutality, the petitioners have also sought compensation for those who had suffered serious injuries as a result..The pleas came up for hearing today before the bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The Bench was told that the Supreme Court had passed an order on October 19 requesting the High Court to decide the matters soon because they have been pending since 2019..Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Rajat Nair, appearing for the State, also informed the Court that these matters are inextricably linked to the batch of matters related to the hate speeches delivered in Delhi during the CAA/NRC protests which allegedly led to the riots of February 2020.These matters are already pending before the Division Bench II (Justice Mridul’s court) and therefore it should be transferred there as well, Nair said.He further said that earlier, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aman Lekhi was arguing the matter, but since he has now demitted office, it has been assigned to ASG SV Raju..The Bench sent the matter to the Bench headed by Justice Mridul with a request to decide it at an early date, as requested by the apex court.The cases will now be heard on November 29 along with the batch of petitions dealing with hate speech.
The Delhi High Court on Friday listed the batch of matters seeking action against the Delhi Police for its alleged role in the December 2019 violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) before a Division Bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul..Jamia was engulfed in the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in late 2019, when Delhi Police officers allegedly entered the University campus and library without permission and thrashed the students.Apart from seeking an independent probe into allegations of police brutality, the petitioners have also sought compensation for those who had suffered serious injuries as a result..The pleas came up for hearing today before the bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad. The Bench was told that the Supreme Court had passed an order on October 19 requesting the High Court to decide the matters soon because they have been pending since 2019..Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Rajat Nair, appearing for the State, also informed the Court that these matters are inextricably linked to the batch of matters related to the hate speeches delivered in Delhi during the CAA/NRC protests which allegedly led to the riots of February 2020.These matters are already pending before the Division Bench II (Justice Mridul’s court) and therefore it should be transferred there as well, Nair said.He further said that earlier, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aman Lekhi was arguing the matter, but since he has now demitted office, it has been assigned to ASG SV Raju..The Bench sent the matter to the Bench headed by Justice Mridul with a request to decide it at an early date, as requested by the apex court.The cases will now be heard on November 29 along with the batch of petitions dealing with hate speech.