India, July 29 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a petition filed by student activist Asif Iqbal Tanha, challenging a court's order that framed charges against him in the 2019 Jamia violence case. The case stems from the 2019-2020 protests at Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh that erupted after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in Parliament on December 11, 2019.

On March 7, additional sessions judge Vishal Singh, hearing the case at Saket Court, framed charges against Tanha under several provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sections 109 (abetment), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 143, 147, 148, 149 (unlawful assembly and rioting), 186, 353, 332, 333 (obstructing and...