A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan questioned the tendency of authorities to issue orders imposing restrictions under Section 144 CrPC to curb public demonstrations.
Special Judge Vishal Gogne convicted the two accused out of six accused persons for the offences of rioting, unlawful assembly and assaulting public servants.
A Delhi Court has recently convicted gangster Salman Tyagi and his four men in a 12-year-old case of rioting and attempting to murder. One of the accused has been acquitted.
An Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PTI founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and 94 others in connection with last week's violent protests in the federal capital. Imran, currently incarcerated at Adiala Jail, faces multiple cases, including charges
Delhi's Karkardooma Court recently framed charges against 26 accused persons including Mohd. Saleem Khan, Saleem Malik, Athar Khan in a case of alleged conspiracy, rioting, unlawful assembly, assaulting public servant on duty allegedly by mob causing the murder of Delhi Police Head Constable
Former MCD councillor Tahir Hussain, accused in the larger conspiracy case pertaining to the February 2020 north-east Delhi riots, argued in court on Monday that other riots cases for which cognizance was taken of for the offence of rioting can't be called a result of larger conspiracy under
The FIR was filed under Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997, additionally with sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of a common object), 124-A (s
The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, deferred the hearing of a plea filed by Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who is challenging a recent trial court order that framed charges against him related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The charges include murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, and promoting
Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday acquitted former Congress MLA Asif Mohd Khan and six others accused in the 2010 case of rioting and damage to public property.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court has acquitted 10 accused in the case of rioting, giving them benefit of doubt. This case pertains to an FIR registered at Gokulpuri in 2020.
The Rouse Avenue court on Friday put Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on trial in the Pul Bangash rioting and Sikh killings case. The court has listed for the recording of prosecution evidence after formally framing charges against Tytler.