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The three activists told the Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) that the Delhi Police’s claim of a coordinated “regime change operation” behind the 2020 Delhi riots finds no mention in the chargesheet

Updated – December 03, 2025 10:38 am IST

The Supreme Court Bench is expected to continue hearing the rejoinder submissions on behalf of the accused in the 202 Delhi riots case. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) will continue its hearing of the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid and others accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case. The Bench is expected to continue hearing the rejoinder submissions on behalf of the accused.

In its hearing on Tuesday (December 2), activists Gulfisha Fatima, Umar Khalid, and Sharjeel Imam told told the Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria that the Delhi Police’s claim of a coordinated “regime change operation” behind the February 2020 Delhi riots finds no mention in the chargesheet, even though it is now being projected as a central plank of the prosecution’s case.

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The three accused, along with Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmed, have assailed the Delhi High Court’s September 2 order denying them bail. The High Court had described their roles as “grave” and said that the evidence on record suggested a coordinated plan behind the riots, which left 53 people dead and hundreds injured in the national capital.

December 03, 2025 10:38

Delhi riots case hearing: rejoinder arguments on behalf of Gulfisha Fatima, who has already spent nearly six years in custody

Commencing his rejoinder arguments on behalf of Ms. Fatima, senior advocate A.M. Singhvi submitted that his client had already spent nearly six years in custody, and described such prolonged pre-trial detention as “astonishing and unprecedented”. “Where have you alleged regime change as the heart of your chargesheet?” he asked, adding that the prosecution’s assertion of a pan-India conspiracy “to separate Assam from India” was equally unfounded.

Mr. Singhvi further stressed that Ms. Fatima is the only woman still in custody in the case, and questioned what “public interest” her continued incarceration served. “By keeping her in jail and objecting so vociferously to bail, which public interest are you serving? … How can she flee in the eyes of the Supreme Court and the whole world? What will she do?” he asked.
December 03, 2025 10:25

No ‘regime change’ claim in charge sheet, activists tell Supreme Court

Delhi riots case: No ‘regime change’ claim in charge sheet, activists tell Supreme Court

Delhi riots accused argue in Supreme Court that the alleged ‘regime change operation’ is absent from the chargesheet.
December 03, 2025 10:24

Delhi riots case hearing LIVE: SC to resume hearing rejoinder submissions on behalf of accused

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) will continue its hearing of the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid and others accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case. The Bench is expected to continue hearing the rejoinder submissions on behalf of the accused.