<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the city police on a plea by activist Sharjeel Imam challenging a trial court’s order to frame charges against him in the 2019 Jamia violence case.</p>.<p>Justice Sanjeev Narula also refused to stay the trial court proceedings in the case at this stage.</p>.<p>The court issued notice to the police on the main petition as well as on the stay application and listed the matter for further hearing on April 24.</p>.Jamia Millia Islamia hikes fees by up to 41 per cent across courses for 2025-26.<p>Imam has challenged the trial court’s March 7 order in which it had said that he was not only an instigator but also one of the "kingpins of a larger conspiracy to incite violence" and had ordered to frame charge against him in the case.</p>.<p>The trial court had observed that Imam's speech of December 13, 2019 near Jamia Millia Islamia University was a "venomous", "pitted one religion against another" and was "indeed a hate speech".</p>.<p>The court was hearing the case against Imam and others against whom a case was registered at the New Friends Colony Police Station under various provisions of the IPC, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (PDPP) and Arms Act.</p>.<p>Delhi Police's Crime Branch is investigating the matter.</p>.<p>The trial court also ordered framing charges under various IPC and PDPP Act provisions against Anal Hussain, Anwar, Yunus and Jumman, saying it was established by a police witness and their mobile phone records that they were part of the riotous mob.</p>.<p>The case stems from 2019-2020 protests at Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh following passage of Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament on December 11, 2019. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of the city police on a plea by activist Sharjeel Imam challenging a trial court’s order to frame charges against him in the 2019 Jamia violence case.</p>.<p>Justice Sanjeev Narula also refused to stay the trial court proceedings in the case at this stage.</p>.<p>The court issued notice to the police on the main petition as well as on the stay application and listed the matter for further hearing on April 24.</p>.Jamia Millia Islamia hikes fees by up to 41 per cent across courses for 2025-26.<p>Imam has challenged the trial court’s March 7 order in which it had said that he was not only an instigator but also one of the "kingpins of a larger conspiracy to incite violence" and had ordered to frame charge against him in the case.</p>.<p>The trial court had observed that Imam's speech of December 13, 2019 near Jamia Millia Islamia University was a "venomous", "pitted one religion against another" and was "indeed a hate speech".</p>.<p>The court was hearing the case against Imam and others against whom a case was registered at the New Friends Colony Police Station under various provisions of the IPC, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act (PDPP) and Arms Act.</p>.<p>Delhi Police's Crime Branch is investigating the matter.</p>.<p>The trial court also ordered framing charges under various IPC and PDPP Act provisions against Anal Hussain, Anwar, Yunus and Jumman, saying it was established by a police witness and their mobile phone records that they were part of the riotous mob.</p>.<p>The case stems from 2019-2020 protests at Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh following passage of Citizenship Amendment Act in Parliament on December 11, 2019. </p>