The Delhi police on Saturday picked up Professor S A R Geelani in the wake of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru at Tihar Jail. Geelani had been arrested in connection to the Parliament attack but he was later acquitted by the court.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has accorded sanction to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and a former professor in Kashmir under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010, Raj Niwas officials said on Friday.
'Ram Singh was under suicide watch and such prisoners are never left alone. It is impossible for him to have committed suicide,' Professor S A R Geelani, who spent several years in Tihar Jail, tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
Alleged Samjhauta express bomber Rajendra Chaudhary has 'confessed' that it was he who fired at S A R Geelani, who was acquitted in the Parliament attack case in 2001. But Geelani alleges that Chaudhary was just a pawn and says that the system was behind it, since there were many others who were unhappy with his acquittal. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Professor S A R Geelani, who was arrested in connection with the Parliament attack case but later acquitted by the court, shares his shock with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa over Afzal Guru's hanging
The reference to CRPP as a Maoist front organisation came in a written reply in Rajya Sabha by Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Home Affairs.
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the city government seeking its response as to why criminal case should not be registered against hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and Delhi University professor S A R Geelani for allegedly making anti-India speeches.
SAR Geelani, the Delhi University lecturer who was acquitted in the Parliament attack case and has been closely associated with the Kashmir issue, told Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa that the Ekta Yatra is an indication that the BJP does not want to win over the hearts of the people in Kashmir, but wants to rule over them.
S A R Geelani, the Delhi University lecturer who was acquitted in the Parliament attack case four years ago, has embarked upon an India-wide tour to portray the real picture of the ongoing crisis in Kashmir. He talks to rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa
Will the acquital of S A R Geelani and Navjot Sandhu alias Afsan Guru help solve the Kashmir problem?
Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani was aquitted by the Supreme Court in the Parliament attack case.
The reward, announced by Police Commissioner K K Paul, comes into force with immediate effect and will hold good for another year.
Among the petitions dismissed by the Supreme Court, one was by Delhi police.
Most of the shops, business establishments, petrol pumps and offices were shut in and around the Lal Chowk city centre and in many areas elsewhere in the city, while government offices witnessed thin attendance, officials said.
The police have filed an appeal against the acquittal of S A R Geelani and Afsan Guru for their role in the attack on Parliament.
Sardar Singh, whose son head constable Om Prakash died in the December 13, 2001 attack, lamented that calls for clemency to Afzal, who is facing execution in connection with the case, were encouraging terror in the country.
Geelani's statement was recorded at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he is recuperating.
The Delhi police has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the acquittal of Delhi University lecturer S A R Geelani in the Parliament attack case
He was among those convicted for his role in the December 13 attack on Parliament.
The police have filed an appeal against the acquittal of S A R Geelani and Afsan Guru for their role in the attack on Parliament
Geelani, who was released from Tihar Jail this morning after remaining imprisoned for nearly 23 months, went straight to lawyer Ram Jethmalani's residence to thank him for arguing his case.
The SC had asked Delhi police commissioner to depute security personnel either from the force under him or from the Rajasthan police as Geelani said he had no faith in the city police.
A bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice H K Sema issued the order on Afzal's petition and tagged it along\n\nwith the petitions filed by the Delhi police and another accused, Shaukat Hussain Guru.
The court also issued notice to the Delhi government on a seperate application by Geelani seeking directions to the jail authorities to supply him reading and writing material and access to jail library.
The former Union law minister said he is bound by the law to defend any accused who approaches him.
'Death penalty is a violation of the right to life and the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment,' it said.
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