According to earlier statements made by the police, there is currently no proof that political figures either instigated or took part in the disturbances.
On Monday, the Delhi High Court will hear several petitions about the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi, including those requesting FIRs against various political figures for allegedly making hate remarks.
A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh will hear the case.
Along with action for the allegedly hateful remarks, petitions filed in response to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 have also asked for other relief, such as the creation of a SIT, filing of formal complaints against police officers allegedly involved in the violence, and disclosure of those who have been detained and arrested.
According to earlier statements made by the police, there is currently no proof that political figures either instigated or took part in the disturbances.
The court granted many amendment requests on July 13 to include political heavyweights as parties to the proceedings demanding a FIR and an investigation into them for allegedly giving hate speeches that sparked the violence.
On two impleadment applications in the case, the court had previously sent notices to Anurag Thakur (BJP), Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (Congress), Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (AAP), and others.
Shaikh Mujtaba Farooq, a petitioner, submitted one impleadment application to obtain a hate speech FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma, and Abhay Verma.
The petitioner Lawyers Voice filed the other application in which it requested the filing of hate speech FIRs against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as well as against Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, former AIMIM MLA Warris Pathan, Mehmood Pracha, Harsh Mander.
The Gandhis have responded by claiming that it is against the "right to free expression" and the "principles of democracy" to ban a citizen from legitimately opposing any bill or law passed by Parliament.
The Gandhis claim in two different affidavits that there was no need to order the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), that the basis for ordering the filing of a FIR against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi is unfounded, and that this court's involvement in passing any order is not required.
According to them, the petitioner "has cleverly omitted out a series of speeches made by members of the ruling party, coming squarely within the reach of the sections under which the present writ is seeking action against the respondents, exposing the coloured nature of the exercise."
Prior to date, there has been no proof that police officers were involved in the violence or that political figures initiated or took part in the violence, according to the police, who have already established three special investigation teams (SITs) under the criminal branch.
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