Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court to hear petitions by Harsh Mander and others on March 12

Following the Supreme Court's directive, the Delhi High Court today listed all the matters pertaining to the Delhi Riots for hearing on March 12..A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed all the respondents to file their responses in the petitions and the impleadment applications..While hearing the appeal preferred by activist Harsh Mander against the April 13 date given by the Delhi High Court in his petition, the Supreme Court had opined that the long adjournment in the case was unjustified and listed the matter for hearing on March 6..[Breaking] Delhi Riots: Supreme Court says long adjournment unjustified, asks Delhi HC to take up the matter on Friday, March 6.Consequently, the matter came up for hearing today..Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya as well as counsel for Mander, Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves sought a short date..Apart from listing Mander's petition for registration of hate speech FIRs against Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra, the Court also listed for hearing the petition by Rahul Roy, which seeks several reliefs for the victims of the riots..The petition for registration of FIR against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, AAP leader Manish Sisodia, MLA Amanatullah Khan, AIMIM leaders Waris Pathan and Akbaruddin Owaisi, and Advocate Mehmood Pracha will also be taken up on March 12..Additionally, Brinda Karat's petition seeking a direction to the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to register hate speech FIRs against Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma will also be taken up on March 12..The Court today also sought the Centre and Delhi Police's response in Brinda Karat's plea seeking a direction to the publisht the list of persons arrested in connection with the riots. .Apart from seeking criminal action against the BJP leaders for inciting violence through their speeches, Mander has also prayed for constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) consisting of officers from outside Delhi to look into the violence..Delhi Riots: Delhi HC to hear tomorrow Harsh Mander plea seeking FIR against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Sahib Singh