Tag: Sharjeel Imam

Jamia violence: HC to pronounce order on Delhi Police plea against discharge of 11 accused today

Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its order on the police's revision plea against a trial court's order discharging 11 accused, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar and Asif Iqbal Tanha in the 2019 Jamia violence case.

March 28, 2023

Delhi court discharges Sharjeel Imam in 2019 Jamia violence case

The violence had erupted after a clash between Police and people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

February 4, 2023

Sharjeel Imam alleges assault inside jail, moves court for protection

Imam's plea said though he requested the Assistant Superintendent to prevent the convicts from assaulting him, however, hie plea was not heeded.

July 5, 2022

Approach lower court for bail in sedition case: Delhi HC to Sharjeel Imam

During the course of the hearing, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Amit Prasad opposed the maintainability of the interim bail application citing a 2014 apex court verdict.

May 26, 2022

Delhi riots conspiracy case: HC asks Sharjeel Imam to place case documents

Sharjeel Imam had approached the Delhi High Court challenging the April 11 trial court order which refused him bail in the larger conspiracy case.

May 6, 2022

Sharjeel Imam moves HC seeking relief in trial court order

Activist Sharjeel Imam has approached the Delhi High Court, challenging the trial court order which refused him bail in a larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.

April 29, 2022

Activist Sharjeel Imam bail plea rejected by Delhi court

Citing a quote by Swami Vivekananda, Judge Aggarwal said: "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think; Words are secondary; Thoughts live; they travel far."

October 22, 2021

HC dismisses Sharjeel plea, says lockdown disrupted pace of probe

The high court noted that the report submitted by the Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) mentioned that due to the global COVID-19 pandemic a lockdown was imposed due to which the pace of the investigation was seriously disrupted.

July 10, 2020

SC seeks Delhi govt’s reply on Sharjeel Imam’s plea for clubbing of FIRs, probe by single agency

Sharjeel's counsil senior advocate Siddharth Dave, sought clubbing of FIRs against him and cited relief given by the top court in the matter of Arnab Goswami. "Give me relief like Arnab Goswami", submitted his lawyer.

May 1, 2020

Delhi Police files supplementary chargesheet against Sharjeel Imam in seditious speech case

Imam was arrested from Jehanabad in Bihar on January 28, days after he managed to outwit the Delhi Police which had launched a massive manhunt to nab him.

April 18, 2020

JNU student Sharjeel Imam sent to judicial custoday, police names him ‘instigator’ in Jamia violence

Sharjeel was slapped with a sedition case by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police last month, after his alleged speeches went viral on the social media wherein he was heard speaking about Assam’s possible secession from the country in the wake of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

February 18, 2020

TISS student approaches HC after booked under sedition in Mumbai for allegedly supporting Sharjeel Imam

Urvashi Chudawala and around 50 others were also booked under sections 124 (A) (sedition), 153 (B) (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) and 34 (Common Intention) of the Indian penal code, said Pranay Ashok, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

February 7, 2020

No pre-arrest bail for TISS student who ‘shouted slogan’ in support of Sharjeel Imam

The prosecution, while opposing relief for her, had claimed that Urvashi Chudawala was 'supporting a person who is officially enemy of the state'.

February 6, 2020

51 people booked under sedition in Mumbai for allegedly supporting Sharjeel Imam

The development comes a day after a lower court in Delhi extended sedition-accused Sharjeel Imam's police remand by three days.

February 4, 2020

JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s police custody extends by three days

Imam's five days police custody ended today and he was produced at Delhi Patiala House Court's Chief Judicial Magistrate Purushottam Pathak's residence amid high security.

February 3, 2020

Sharjeel Imam must be shot dead in public: BJP MLA Sangeet Som

Controversial legislator Som from Sardhana is known for making fiery statements and inviting controversies. He is also an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case of 2013.

January 31, 2020

JNU student Sharjeel Imam, booked for sedition over inflammatory speech, arrested in Bihar

In a video that went viral on January 25, Sharjeel Imam is seen talking about splitting the northeast from India to block the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

January 28, 2020