A three-judge Supreme Court bench reserved its verdict on the review plea of Mukesh, a convict in the Nirbhaya case against President Kovind's rejection of his mercy petition. Arguing for Mukesh, advocates Anjana Prakash and Rebecca John said presidential power was prone to human fallibility, and that pardon was not an act of grace but part of the Constitutional scheme. They alleged that Mukesh had been kept in solitary confinement even before his mercy plea was rejected, which was in alleged violation of norms. Anjana Prakash also stated that Mukesh had been sexually abused in jail. Arguing for the govt, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted an affidavit on the documents that were sent to the President, stressing that the jurisdiction of the court was very limited in the matter. He also mentioned that the allegations of abuse cannot be a ground for granting mercy. Along with Mukesh, the three other convicts in the Nirbhaya case are scheduled to hang on February 1 at 6 am.

A three-judge Supreme Court bench reserved its verdict on the review plea of Mukesh, a convict in the Nirbhaya case against President Kovind's rejection of his mercy petition. Arguing for Mukesh, advocates Anjana Prakash and Rebecca John said presidential power was prone to human fallibility, and that pardon was not an act of grace but part of the Constitutional scheme. They alleged that Mukesh had been kept in solitary confinement even before his mercy plea was rejected, which was in alleged violation of norms. Anjana Prakash also stated that Mukesh had been sexually abused in jail. Arguing for the govt, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted an affidavit on the documents that were sent to the President, stressing that the jurisdiction of the court was very limited in the matter. He also mentioned that the allegations of abuse cannot be a ground for granting mercy. Along with Mukesh, the three other convicts in the Nirbhaya case are scheduled to hang on February 1 at 6 am.

As communal violence continues&nbsp;to unfold on the streets of northeast Delhi for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to the residents of national capital to maintain peace and brotherhood. In a series of tweets, the prime minister wrote that he held&nbsp;extensive review on the situation prevailing in various parts of Delhi, adding, police and other agencies are working on the ground to ensure peace and normalcy. He said peace and harmony are central to our ethos. 25 people have been killed in the violence&nbsp;that first unfolded on Sunday.

UN chief Antonio Guterres is closely following the situation in New Delhi and stresses that demonstrators should be allowed to protest peacefully, and security forces should show restraint, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at the daily press briefing.&nbsp; Communal violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act in northeast Delhi has killed over 20 people, including a police constable, and left over 250 people injured till Wednesday as police struggled to check the rioters who ran amok on streets, burning and looting shops, pelting stones and thrashing people.&nbsp;

Samajwadi Party MP Mohammad Azam Khan, his wife Tanzeen Fatima and son Abdullah Azam were sent to seven days judicial custody after they surrendered in Rampur district court on Wednesday. The Khan family had been ignoring summons by the courts in various cases and as a result warrants were issued against them. Besides other charges, Khan has been booked for land grabbing, encroachment, book theft, power theft, statue theft, buffalo theft, goat theft while his son was booked for forgery in birth date documents.&nbsp;The next hearing of the case will be on March 2.&nbsp;

Pulling up the Delhi police, Delhi High Court Justice S Muralidhar said he was 'amazed' to learn that a senior police official had not even watched footage of a recent hate speech by the BJP leader Kapil Mishra. The video was then played inside the courtroom in the presence of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, several lawyers and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. Justice Muralidhar asked the police commissioner, why wasn't the lodging of FIRs against the culprits considered an urgent matter by his men. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for Delhi Police, wanted asked the matter to be postponed. The court was hearing a plea filed by retired bureaucrat Harsh Mander on violence in which 20 people have been killed. The petitioner has sought judicial enquiry into the incidents of violence, FIR against the culprits, deployment of army and compensation for the victims.

The violence over the amended citizenship act in Delhi drew sharp reactions from US lawmakers, as it coincided with the 2-day visit of President Donald Trump. US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tweeted, the 'deadly surge of religious intolerance in India is horrifying'. She added democracies should not tolerate division and discrimination or promote laws that undermine religious freedom. Congressman Alan Lowenthal also called the violence a tragic failure of moral leadership. Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Elizabeth Warren said, it's important to strengthen relationships with democratic partners like India, but at the same time, the US govt must speak the truth about religious freedom, adding that violence against peaceful protesters is never acceptable."

The death toll in the wave of violence that broke out and spread in areas of Northeast Delhi rose to over 20 today, with five more people succumbing to their injuries. There are reports of fresh violence and stone-pelting at Brahmpuri-Mustafabad in Northeast Delhi, according to several media outlets. The fresh violence comes even as Amit Shah held three meetings in the last 24 hours.

The Supreme Court termed incidents of violence in Delhi unfortunate, but refused to entertain pleas on them. During the hearing of Shaheen Bagh case in Supreme Court, the bench, while speaking on the ongoing violence in Northeast Delhi, said, "The problem is the lack of professionalism of police, and their lack of independence. If the police acts completely in accordance with the law, many of these problems would not take place." The Supreme Court said that "if someone makes an inflammatory remark, police will swing into action but not otherwise. The matter has now been adjourned to March&nbsp;23.

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Commissioner of Delhi Police, on plea seeking judicial enquiry, deployment of army, and compensation for the victims of violence. The Delhi HC said, the police need not wait for court's direction and it should take action on its own against those inciting violence in northeast Delhi. The court will take up the petition by the NGO Human Rights Law Network later today. The Court told the Delhi police to make sure a senior level police officer is present at the hearing.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal&nbsp;in a tweet said, that police was not able to control the ongoing violence in Northeast Delhi, or instill confidence in the people. He said the Army should be called in, and curfew should be imposed in all the affected areas.

In a press briefing, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi held Home Minister Amit&nbsp;Shah responsible for the violence in Delhi.&nbsp;She also hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal&nbsp;for not taking appropriate action against those behind violence.&nbsp;
"Looking at the current situation of the ongoing violence in Delhi, it is clear that Home Minister Amit Shah is responsible for it, and should resign", she said. She further questioned both the Home Minister and the Chief Minister where they have been since Sunday and what they have been doing. The interim president of Congress also expressed her shock at the silence of the top leadership.&nbsp;
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Reports say a 26-year-old Intelligence Bureau employee was killed by a stone-pelting mob in Delhi's Chandbagh&nbsp;area. His body was then reportedly dumped in a nearby drain.&nbsp;The employee has been identified as Ankit Sharma, he&nbsp;had joined the Intelligence Bureau in 2017, and was working as a driver. His rank was 'security assistant'. Over 20 people have been killed in the ongoing violence in Northeast Delhi which started on Sunday evening.

Head constable Ratan Lal, who died during clashes in North East Delhi on Monday, has been accorded martyr status. The Centre has reportedly given Rs 1 crore as compensation to the family of the slain cop. Delhi Police head constable Ratan Lal, died during the clashes in northeast Delhi's Gokalpuri on Monday. His autopsy report has confirmed he died of bullet injuries, and not from stone-pelting as earlier reports indicated. According to the autopsy report, a bullet was found stuck in his body. It entered his body through the left shoulder, went up to the right shoulder, killing him.

The Supreme Court sent a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir administration, seeking its response on a plea challenging former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's detention under the Public Safety Act. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also asked Iltija Mufti, daughter of the PDP chief, to give an undertaking stating that she has not filed any other petition before other judicial forum, including the high court, challenging the detention of her mother. Iltija had filed a habeas corpus petition in the apex court challenging the government's order issued on February 5 for invoking the Public Safety Act against Mehbooba Mufti to keep her in detention. The bench has now posted the plea for hearing on March 18.

As the national capital simmers due to multiple fatalities, amid clashes over the amended citizenship law,&nbsp;a report by India Today says, that acid was thrown at paramilitary forces,&nbsp;from top of houses in Karwal Nagar.&nbsp;The troops had been deployed in northeast Delhi to control the violent situation. In view of the continuous violence in various parts of the city, a shoot-at-sight order has been issued in the affected areas of Delhi.

The Delhi Police used water cannons to disperse a crowd outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence late on Tuesday night, after hundreds of students gathered there raising slogans, asking Kejriwal to come out and talk to them. The Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia and the Jamia Coordination Committee on Wednesday organised the demonstration outside the CM's house, seeking action against those responsible for violence in the capital. The police also detained many students who refused to leave after cops used water cannons.

As tensions rise in parts of Northeast Delhi, IPS officer SN Shrivastava has been appointed the new Delhi Police Special Commissioner (law and order) Shrivastava, is tipped to take over as the new Delhi Police chief after incumbent Amulya Patnaik's extended tenure ends on February 29. The IPS officer has been repatriated from the Central Reserve Police Force by a Home Ministry order, which said he is being appointed to the Delhi police post with 'immediate effect'

US president Donald Trump has said that he spoke to Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;about the religious freedom amid ongoing violence over the amended citizenship act.&nbsp;&nbsp;The US president said he didn't speak to Prime Minister over the unfolding riots in Delhi.&nbsp;

The women protesters staging a sit-in at Jafrabad in north-east Delhi against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens called off their protest after elders of the community requested them. A police team led by Northeast Deputy Commissioner of Police Atul Thakur held talks with senior community members in the Jafrabad area. After the talks, elder members of the community convinced the women protesters to call off their protest from Jafrabad metro station and shift to Seelampur.&nbsp;But soon after the women left the protesting site, the police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse a crowd.&nbsp; &nbsp;

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with top police personnel at the office of DCP Northeast, late on tuesday night. Doval's meeting with the cops was followed by a visit to violence hit areas of Seelampur, Jaffrabad, Maujpur and Gokulpuri Chowk to review the situation. Violence in the Northeast part of the capital has claimed 13 lives and left close to 200 people injured over a period of three days.

Bihar Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution, that it will not implement the National Register of Citizens in the state. Also voicing his dissatisfaction with the exercise of collecting data for the National Population Register, Nitish Kumar said he had written to the Centre asking them to drop 'contentious clauses' and conduct the NPR in it's 2010 form. In voicing his dissatisfaction with the NPR exercise, Kumar said even he does not know when his mother was born, News18 reported. Bihar follows many states such as Punjab, Rajasthan, and Kerala in rejecting the cotentious&nbsp;NRC.

The Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court will hear a bunch of pleas&nbsp;relating to the north-east Delhi violence on Wednesday. The first plea was mentioned in SC on behalf of former Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah and others who sought direction to the police to lodge FIRs in the ongoing violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act. The petitioners have sought adequate security to the women dissenters in&nbsp;Shaheen&nbsp;Bagh and other places and have accused controversial BJP leader Kapil Mishra of instigating violence in Jafaranbad.&nbsp; A similar plea filed by rights activist Harsh Mander and others was mentioned before the high court which seeks registration of FIRs and arrest of persons involved in the unfolding violence. The petition before the high court specifically seeks action against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra for allegedly making hate speeches and inciting violence.&nbsp;

Nirbhaya Case: SC reserves verdict on rapist Mukesh's plea

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