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  Delhi riots conspiracy case: Sharjeel Imam granted 10-day interim bail

  Delhi | March 09, 2026 16:39 IST

  A 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 | January 07, 2026 22:49 IST

  After 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 | January 07, 2026 16:10 IST

  Those 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 | January 06, 2026 21:15 IST

  On January 5, derogatory slogans were raised against PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah by some students outside the Sabarmati Hostel in JNU in a protest after the SC denied 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 | January 06, 2026 23:48 IST

  JNU 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 | January 06, 2026 10:46 IST

  he 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 | January 05, 2026 11:43 IST

  Umar 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 | November 20, 2025 15:57 IST

  A 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 | October 14, 2025 17:09 IST

  Student 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 | October 13, 2025 19:38 IST

  Jailed 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 | September 22, 2025 16:27 IST

  The 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 | September 06, 2025 23:15 IST

  In 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 | September 02, 2025 16:11 IST

  Khalid, 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 | March 10, 2025 20:59 IST

  It 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 | September 04, 2024 14:07 IST

  Delhi 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 13:36 IST

  Student 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 | February 05, 2023 16:43 IST

  Jamia 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 | September 30, 2022 13:41 IST

  Sedition 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.

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  Delhi riots: High Court to hear bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid together on May 6

  India | April 29, 2022 13:16 IST

  Hearing pleas, a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul, Rajnish Bhatnagar noted that a matter challenging constitutional validity of offence of Sedition under Section 124A of IPC is pending for hearing before SC on May 5.

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  Delhi Court frames sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam

  India | March 16, 2022 7:07 IST

  The Court had passed the direction for framing of charges on Jan 24, 2022. Court had dismissed the regular bail plea of Sharjeel. The court has listed the case for further hearing on Mar 26, 2022.