Sharjeel Imam
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Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam denied bail again as Delhi HC rejects pleas in riots conspiracy case
Delhi | Sep 30, 2026, 12:34 PM IST"In view of the previous order of the Supreme Court, we cannot grant bail yet," the high court said. This is the third time the High Court has rejected the bail plea of Khalid and Imam.
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Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam's bail pleas rejected in Delhi riots larger conspiracy case
India | Jul 04, 2026, 05:16 PM ISTA Karkardooma Court has rejected bail pleas of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The duo had moved the sessions court after a Supreme Court bench ruled that "bail is the rule" even under UAPA cases.
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Delhi riots conspiracy case: Sharjeel Imam granted 10-day interim bail
Delhi | Mar 09, 2026, 04:39 PM ISTA Delhi court has granted 10-day interim bail to activist Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. The relief was given so he can attend his brother’s wedding.
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JNU slogan controversy: Delhi Police registers FIR over derogatory remarks after viral video
India | Jan 07, 2026, 10:49 PM ISTAfter examining the complaint and available material, the police sought legal opinion before proceeding with the registration of the case. Based on the assessment, the FIR has been registered under Section 352 for making provocative statements and Section 353 for acts related to disturbing peace.
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OPINION | JNU: Urban Naxals’ challenge to Constitution, SC
India | Jan 07, 2026, 04:10 PM ISTThose who chanted these slogans belong to those organisations which had coined “Bharat Tere Tukde Honge” slogan. The president, vice president and general secretary of JNU students’ union were among those who chanted these slogans.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, January 6, 2026
India | Apr 07, 2026, 12:40 PM ISTOn January 5, some students raised derogatory slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah outside the Sabarmati Hostel at Jawaharlal Nehru University during a protest. The demonstration followed the Supreme Court denying bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
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JNU on anti-PM Modi slogans: 'University can't be hate labs, those involved to face expulsion'
India | Jan 06, 2026, 11:48 PM ISTJNU controversy: A group of students raised inflammatory slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah during a protest on campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
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Objectionable slogans raised against PM Modi, Shah at JNU after SC denies bail to Umar, Sharjeel
India | Jan 06, 2026, 10:46 AM ISThe Supreme Court has denied bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, saying there was a prima facie case against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case; 5 others get relief
India | Jan 05, 2026, 11:43 AM ISTUmar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others were booked under UAPA and provisions of IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. The violence erupted during the protests against the CAA and NRC.
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CAA protests fuelled for regime change, deliberately planned during Trump's visit: Delhi Police
India | Nov 20, 2025, 03:57 PM ISTA group of activists, including Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Rehman, remain in custody after being charged under the UAPA and sections of the IPC. Investigators claim the five played a key role in planning the violence that shook Delhi in 2020.
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Sharjeel Imam withdraws interim bail plea seeking to contest Bihar elections
India | Oct 14, 2025, 05:09 PM ISTStudent activist Sharjeel Imam, a permanent resident of Jehanabad district in Bihar, was arrested on August 25, 2020, when he was a final-year PhD student in JNU, and had been incarcerated since then.
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Jailed Sharjeel Imam seeks interim bail in Delhi riots case to contest Bihar elections
India | Oct 13, 2025, 07:38 PM ISTJailed activist Sharjeel Imam has moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail to contest the Bihar Assembly elections from Bahadurganj. He faces charges in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case and has been in continuous judicial custody for over five years.
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SC issues notice to Delhi Police after HC denies bail to Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid in UAPA case
India | Sep 22, 2025, 04:27 PM ISTThe petitioners– Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Shifa Ur Rehman– had challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision denying them bail in an alleged larger conspiracy case during 2020 north-east Delhi riots.
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Sharjeel Imam moves Supreme Court after Delhi HC denies bail in Delhi riots 'larger conspiracy' case
India | Sep 06, 2025, 11:15 PM ISTIn its order, the Delhi High Court said the roles of Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid in the 'larger conspiracy' appeared "prima facie grave", and they delivered hate speeches to "instigate mass mobilization of members of the Muslim community."
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2020 Delhi riots: Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam denied bail by HC in 'larger conspiracy' case
India | Sep 02, 2025, 04:11 PM ISTKhalid, Imam and others were booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and provisions of IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured. The violence erupted during the protests against the CAA and NRC.
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Delhi court frames charges against Sharjeel Imam, says 'kingpins of conspiracy to incite violence'
Delhi | Mar 10, 2025, 08:59 PM ISTIt must be noted that the case stems from 2019-2020 protests at Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament on December 11, 2019.
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Delhi riots case: High Court dismisses Sharjeel Imam's plea seeking urgent hearing of bail petition
Delhi | Sep 04, 2024, 02:07 PM ISTDelhi riots case 2020: The plea was listed today before the division bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait. It states that he had challenged the trial court order dismissing his bail plea.
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Delhi riots: Sharjeel Imam granted bail in sedition case
India | May 29, 2024, 01:36 PM ISTStudent activist Sharjeel Imam has earlier argued that there was no call for any violence whatsoever by him in his allegedly inflammatory speeches as his method of disruption was "entirely Gandhian".
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Jamia Millia Islamia violence case: Sharjeel Imam, others used as 'scapegoats', alleges Chidambaram
India | Feb 05, 2023, 04:43 PM ISTJamia Millia Islamia violence case: "The SC must put an end to this daily abuse of the law. The sooner the better. Bless the trial courts that push back against the abuse of the law and uphold liberty," said Chidambaram.
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Sharjeel Imam gets bail in sedition case, to remain in custody in other cases
India | Sep 30, 2022, 01:41 PM ISTSedition case: On July 23, Additional sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma court dismissed the interim bail plea of Imam, who is in judicial custody under sedition charges, among others.