The court has issued a notice on his petition, initiating a debate on the legality of multiple criminal proceedings for the same alleged speech.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader also mentioned other students such as Umar Khalid, Khalid Saifi, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha and Shifa Ur Rahman who are currently in jail
Imam, who was arrested in February 2020, was on Saturday discharged along with 10 others in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case, with the court saying they were made "scapegoats" by police.
Earlier on February 4, the trial court had discharged 11 people in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case. The court had held that they were made 'scapegoats' by police and that dissent has to be encouraged and not stifled.
The 11 people were discharged on February 4 by the trial court, which said they were made "scapegoats" by police and that dissent has to be encouraged, not stifled.
A Delhi court here on Saturday discharged 11 people, including student activists Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha, who participated in anti-CAA protests, in the 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case. The court said the 11 discharged...
The Delhi High Court is set to deliver its verdict on a plea by the Delhi Police challenging a trial court's order discharging JNU student Sharjeel Imam and student activists Asif Iqbal Tanha and Safoora Zargar in a 2019...
Noting that the accused were merely present at the protest site and there was no incriminating evidence against them, the court said dissent is an extension of the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression,...
Activist Sharjeel Imam will continue to be in jail as he is also accused in the larger conspiracy case related to 2020 Delhi Riots case.
Imam has said the trial court “failed to recognize” that pursuant to the directions of the top court, the basis for dismissal of his earlier bail plea, the...
A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar deferred the hearing after Imam's counsel sought an adjournment in the matter and directed the...
Besides Umar Khalid, activists Khalid Saifi, Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, Safoora Zargar, and ex-AAP leader Tahir Hussain, etc are also booked under...
Imam, however, will stay in custody as there are several other cases pending against him.
Lady Justice needs to take off her blindfold and see the injustice all around in her name
Delhi Riots 2020: Sharjeel Imam’s has alleged that the Assistant Superintendent of Jail recently had entered his cell along with eight-ten people in the garb...
Delhi Riots 2020: Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Shifa-ur-Rehman, and several others have been booked under UAPA and provisions of IPC for allegedly being the...
The Delhi High Court sought the opinion of the Delhi police regarding the bail appeal submitted by Shifa-ur-Rehman booked under a UAPA case that linked him to...
Sharjeel Imam's plea for release has been scheduled for hearing on July 26th. The JNU student was booked section 124A(sedition) of the IPC.
The police have claimed that a large number of students, ex-students, and other members of a particular community participated in the anti-CAA (Citizenship...
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar asked the counsel appearing for Imam to place before it the documents concerning another FIR,...
