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Delhi High Court Dismisses Pleas for SIT Probe into 2020 Riots, 2019 Jamia Violence
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CNBC TV18•05-10-2026, 12:01
Delhi High Court Dismisses Pleas for SIT Probe into 2020 Riots, 2019 Jamia Violence
- •The Delhi High Court dismissed petitions seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the 2020 Delhi riots and 2019 Jamia Millia Islamia violence.
- •A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain pronounced the verdict, stating all petitions were dismissed.
- •The batch of petitions was divided into two parts, addressing the northeast Delhi riots and the Jamia Millia riots separately.
- •The court had reserved its verdict on these petitions on July 24, with a detailed judgment still awaited.
- •Petitions sought an SIT, commission of inquiry, or fact-finding committee, medical treatment, compensation, and FIRs against alleged erring police officers and political leaders for hate speeches.
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A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain dismissed the batch of petitions seeking an independent SIT probe, stating the reasons within their judgment.
The petitions requested an SIT, commission of inquiry, or fact-finding committee, along with medical treatment, compensation, and FIRs against erring police officers and political leaders accused of hate speech.
Communal clashes broke out in northeast Delhi on February 24, 2020, amidst citizenship law protests, resulting in at least 53 deaths and approximately 700 injuries.
