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Can Sharjeel Imam be prosecuted in different states over single speech? SC asks
Can Sharjeel Imam be prosecuted in different states over single speech? SC asks
Published on Apr 29, 2025 04:11 PM IST
PTI |
Delhi HC refuses to stay city court order framing charges against Sharjeel Imam
The 37-year-old student leader was arrested in January 2020 for his alleged role in fanning communal tensions during the anti-CAA protests
Published on Mar 27, 2025 12:22 PM IST
Court frames charges against Sharjeel Imam in anti-CAA stir
Rejecting Imam’s defense that he neither participated in nor directly incited the rioters, the court ruled that his speeches were crafted to “evoke anger and hatred”
Published on Mar 11, 2025 05:36 AM IST
Arnabjit Sur
HC dismisses Sharjeel Imam's plea against release of film based on Delhi riots
Delhi High Court disposed of 4 petitions challenging the release of the movie 2020 Delhi, noting that it was premature for the court to examine the objections.
Updated on Feb 02, 2025 12:29 PM IST
ANI |
High court sends notice to Centre, CBFC on Delhi riots movie
The pleas against the movie’s release were filed by Sharjeel Imam and victims and accused of the riots including Tasleem Ahmed
Published on Jan 31, 2025 05:02 AM IST
Guilty or innocent? Wait continues for Sharjeel trial
In December 2019, Sharjeel Imam's speeches against the CAA led to protests and his arrest. Now, five years later, he remains imprisoned amid debates on justice.
Updated on Jan 28, 2025 06:04 AM IST
Delhi Police oppose Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in high court
According to Imam’s chargesheet, the Delhi police had claimed that the Shaheen Bagh protest site was the first one based on the “Chakka Jam model”
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 05:58 AM IST
Speeches of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel created fear: Delhi police to HC in 2020 riots' case
Speeches of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel created fear: Delhi police to HC in 2020 riots' case
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 06:46 PM IST
PTI |
2020 Delhi riots: No call for violence, no connection with 'co-conspirators', Sharjeel Imam tells HC
2020 Delhi riots: No call for violence, no connection with 'co-conspirators', Sharjeel Imam tells HC
Published on Dec 12, 2024 07:26 PM IST
PTI |
Delhi riots 2020: HC judge recuses self from UAPA bail plea of Sharjeel Imam
Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma recused himself on Thursday from hearing bail pleas in a UAPA case against Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam and others
Published on Jul 04, 2024 05:59 PM IST
PTI |
Sharjeel Imam gets bail in sedition case; to stay in jail in Delhi riots case
A bench of justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain allowed Imam’s plea challenging a city court’s February 17 order denying him bail
Updated on May 30, 2024 04:38 AM IST
Sharjeel Imam granted bail by Delhi high court in 2020 Delhi riots case
Sharjeel Imam will, however, continue to remain in jail since he is also an accused in the larger conspiracy case in relation to the Delhi riots of 2020.
Updated on May 29, 2024 12:50 PM IST
Delhi court rejects bail plea of Sharjeel Imam in sedition case
Imam had moved the court under section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), claiming that he had undergone one-half of the maximum period of imprisonment for the offences alleged against him and was entitled to bail
Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:43 PM IST
Distinguish Sharjeel role in Delhi riots: Court
The Delhi Police said Imam could not be compared to other accused since different roles were attributed to different accused in the case
Published on Jan 15, 2024 10:14 PM IST
Sharjeel Imam hearing: Delhi court issues summons to DCP
A Delhi court has issued summons to the deputy commissioner of police (crime) to appear before the court in the bail application of Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case. The court has listed the matter for December 9. The court observed that the absence of the special public prosecutor is causing witnesses to be discharged without examination. Sharjeel had sought bail under section 436A of CrPC in the case filed against him for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during the anti-CAA protests.
Updated on Dec 03, 2023 05:24 AM IST
Deepankar Malviya, New Delhi
Fresh Himanta Sarma vs Gaurav Gogoi? This time on ‘missing NE’ from India map
Himanta Biswa Sarma slammed Rahul Gandhi, claiming that the northeastern region was missing from a map of India shared by the Congress on social media.
Published on Sep 17, 2023 12:36 AM IST
Delhi riots: Court orders daily hearings in conspiracy case
The Delhi police alleged that the communal riots, which took place in 2020, was the result of a conspiracy
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 11:23 PM IST
Sharjeel, Safoora to face charges in Jamia clash case
The court said that prima facie, as seen in the video evidence, the accused were part of the first line of the mob and were raising slogans against the Delhi Police, adding that they consciously chose to be a part of the unlawful assembly.
Published on Mar 28, 2023 11:43 PM IST
Delhi HC sets aside discharge of Sharjeel Imam, 8 others in Jamia violence case
The Delhi high court has charged Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and others under rioting unlawful assembly and other offences.
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 11:47 PM IST
2019 Jamia violence: Verdict on discharge of Sharjeel Imam, others today
The Delhi HC will give its judgment on a police plea against the discharge of 11 people, including JNU student Sharjeel Imam, in connection to the 2019 violence at Jamia Milia Islamia.
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 04:36 AM IST
Delhi court discharges Sharjeel Imam, Asif Tanha in 2019 Jamia violence case
Several protesters and policemen sustained injuries during a protest against the new citizenship law near the Jamia Millia Islamia University campus on December 15, 2019.
Published on Feb 04, 2023 11:40 AM IST
Delhi HC to hear bail pleas by Sharjeel Imam on January 30
As per the prosecution, Imam allegedly made speeches at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13, 2019 and at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 16, 2019, where he threatened to cut off Assam and other states in the Northeast from the rest of India.
Updated on Jan 18, 2023 02:41 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Anti-CAA protests: Delhi court rejects interim bail of Sharjeel Imam
Sharjeel Imam is in judicial custody and has been booked for sedition, among other charges, for allegedly delivering provocative speeches at Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Milia Islamia in 2019-2020 during the anti- CAA/NRC protests.
Updated on Jul 23, 2022 06:08 PM IST
Reported by Richa Banka | Written by Aryan Prakash
Court seeks CCTV footage after Sharjeel Imam alleges assault inside jail cell
The court's order came after Imam alleged that he was assaulted and harassed on June 30 by eight to nine inmates.
Published on Jul 15, 2022 12:42 AM IST
Delhi court asks for CCTV footage after Sharjeel Imam claims assault in Tihar
Sharjeel Imam, through his lawyer Ahmad Ibrahim, has alleged that the assistant superintendent of Tihar Jail along with 8-9 convicts had entered his cell on June 30 in the garb of a search assaulted him and called him a terrorist and anti-national.
Published on Jul 14, 2022 03:31 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Sharjeel resisted search by convicts, jailors at Tihar last month: Officials
The report will be submitted before a city court on Thursday, which is hearing Imam’s plea that he was assaulted and abused, and his belongings were thrown around during the search.
Published on Jul 13, 2022 05:10 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Delhi HC asks Sharjeel Imam to approach trial court first for interim bail
Sharjeel Imam had sought his release citing a Supreme Court interim order of May 11, which directed that proceedings in all sedition cases across the country be kept in abeyance until an appropriate forum of the government re-examines the colonial-era penal law.
Updated on May 27, 2022 04:52 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Sharjeel Imam denied bail in Delhi riots case
Imam, along with several others, has been booked under the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in the conspiracy case of the February 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 400 injured.
Published on Apr 12, 2022 04:18 AM IST
Richa Banka, New Delhi
HC seeks cops’ response on Sharjeel Imam’s plea against UAPA, sedition charges
Imam, through his counsel, has moved the high court challenging an order of January 24 by which the trial court had dismissed his bail plea and also framed charges against him for his allegedly provocative speeches delivered during the anti-CAA protests
Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:05 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Delhi HC issues notice on Sharjeel Imam plea against 'framing of charges'
The former JNU student is accused of making alleged inflammatory speeches.
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 06:23 PM IST