Topic: Anti-Muslim Pogrom Delhi 2020

Authorities in India have adopted laws and policies that systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to three Muslim youths arrested for killing Shahid Alam who had sustained gunshot injury on 24 February 2020 during the anti-Muslim pogrom in northeast Delhi and said that "it is hard to believe a communal riot used to cause death of person of their own coommunity."

A Delhi court Friday directed the Tihar Jail superintendent to appear before it on a plea moved by Jawaharlal Nehru University research scholar and Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita seeking permission to send notes to her counsel, which she made from the charge sheet filed against her in a north-east Delhi violence case, in a sealed cover from the jail.

Lawyer Bahadur Abbas Naqvi, an aide of advocate Mehmood Pracha, said lawyers plan to take out a march from the the High Court to Supreme Court on January 22 to hand over a petition by over 1200 lawyers to Chief Justice of India S A Bobde against Delhi Police searches at Pracha’s office,

After 15 hours of uncertainty, at around 3 AM on Friday, police climbed down the stairs C-66, Delhi pogrom victims' lawyer, Mehmood Pracha's office in East Nizamuddin, violating the search warrant guideline which restricts raid to be conducted only during day hours.

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Thursday raided the office of lawyer Mehmood Pracha, who is representing many accused in the northeast Delhi riot cases.