Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.
Davinder Singh had a robust record in anti-militancy operations and had honoured with the gallantry award in 2017. Most recently, he was seen in government-released pictures, receiving foreign diplomates at Srinagar Airport.
Kumar's plea, filed through advocate Tarannum Cheema, is listed for hearing on Wednesday before Justice Siddharth Mridul.
Separatist groups had maintained silence on the evolving political situation in the Valley ever since the Centre abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.
Hurriyat Conference and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called for a shutdown to press for their demand that Guru's mortal remains be returned for burial in Kashmir.
Addressing reporters, Khoda said now that links Singh's links with terrorist groups have emerged and been established, his past has to be investigated.
Lawyers have protested against the FIR, alleging that it is an open threat to them.
Ghalib Guru passed with distinction, scoring 88% marks, according to officials.
The former President also spoke about abolishing the capital punishemnt, insisting that it was for the lawmakers to amend the law and abolish capital...
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'Starting with Kasab, now with Afzal Guru, the country is going to witness a spate of executions. We give a call to the nation to break this spiral of...
Academics, writers, filmmakers write to the President protesting the execution of Afzal Guru
We feel that in the land of Buddha and Gandhi, death penalty has no place.
In their competitive pre-poll mode, the government and the BJP seem to have overlooked the mitigating factors about Afzal Guru to establish their strong...
It was not just 73 URLs relating to stories about IIPM that the DoT wanted blocked. But also others about Afzal Guru
Burying truths and hanging a man does not substitute for providing justice, and certainly does not increase the safety of this country.
India is not a weak state. This is not about Politics but Justice. Justice must not only be strong but also seen to be strong.
'The entire State of Jammu & Kashmir including the territory under illegal occupation of Pakistan is and shall always be an integral part of India'
'... then there is something seriously wrong in the manner in which we are managing our external affairs,' said the leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha.
The long-held impression that death penalty is necessary inthe rarest of rare cases to deter others from carrying out dastardly crimes has no provable basis.
So ask all the the mainstream parties in J&K, barring the BJP, pleading for a Presidential pardon for the convict in Parliament Attack case, as Black...
With sources indicating that Mohammad Afzal Guru's hanging will now be at least put off beyond October 20, the controversy heats up — former Congress deputy...
'The fight for Mohammad Afzal's life is a fight for all that is good and meaningful in Indian democracy; the cry for revenge and his death represents the...
