The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Delhi Police to submit the latest status of cases related to incidents of violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus in December 2019 during the students’ protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.
A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said that the police should inform him about the status of the ongoing cases in the trial court, including the number of chargesheets filed, charges framed, trial commenced and The number of witnesses was examined. .
As the counsel for Delhi Police sought time to gather information, the HC posted the matter for further hearing on December 23.
The HC was hearing a batch of petitions filed by lawyers, Jamia students and residents of South Delhi’s Okhla, seeking setting up of a judicial commission to probe the Jamia violence and registration of FIRs against erring police officials Was.
The Delhi Police had earlier defended its decision to enter the university campus during the violence in December, saying it was done to control the “violent form of unlawful assembly”.
The petitioners had contended that there was a need for a SIT that was independent of the police and the central government, which by its conduct showed that their investigation into the violence was “not independent”.
He also argued for a fact-finding committee, stating that the Supreme Court had also suggested the same and setting up such a body was “the best way to soothe or heal the wounds of students”. Will happen”.
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