Delhi violence: Kapil Mishra's video screened at HC; hearing adjourned till 2:30 pm

On Wednesday, a Delhi HC bench comprising Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh journed pleas seeking formation of SIT to probe communal violence in national capital till 2.30 pm. When  police officer present in SC claimed that he h t seen videos of BJP leers making incendiary statements, Justice Muralidhar played video featuring BJP leer Kapil Mishra. police officer n identified sub-inspector who was spotted standing near Mishra.

reafter, Justice Muralidhar gave transcript of Mishra’s speech to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who demanded more time to go through it. At this juncture, he directed Solicitor General to “vise Police Commissioner” in this regard.  petition filed by Harsh Mander alleges that perpetrators of violence were linked to politicians such as Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur who me provocative statements. 

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Arguments over urgency

Initially, Solicitor General urged for matter to be listed on Thursday before Chief Justice’s court as he termed it "t urgent". On this point, Justice Muralidhar retorted that lodging FIR against culprits was an urgent matter. He stressed that Mehta needed to convince court on matter of urgency. 

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Violence in Delhi

Violence has broken out in several areas in rast Delhi such as Maujpur in clashes over CAA. Amid rampant violence, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting on prevailing law and order situation in national capital at on on Tuesday. Lieutenant Goverr Anil Baijal, Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leer Subhash Chopra, BJP leer Maj Tiwari, and or officials participated in meeting.

Subsequently, borders of Delhi were sealed. ditionally, Home Ministry deputed SN Shrivastava as  Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Law and Order).  NSA’s visit to rth-east Delhi on Tuesday night came after marathon meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah from 7 to 10 pm. Shrivastava also took part in deliberations.  death toll in violence has risen to 20 while 189 people have been reported to have sustained injuries in clashes. NSA has been put in charge of quelling violence and will be briefing Cabinet and PM on Wednesday.

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