Delhi Riots Case: Aam Aadmi Party’s former councilor Tahir Hussain gets a setback from the Supreme Court, criminal proceedings will not be stopped in Delhi riots case

Delhi Riots Case 2020: The Supreme Court has refused to stay the criminal proceedings against the then Aam Aadmi Party councilor Tahir Hussain in connection with the North Delhi riots in the year 2020. . In the year 2020, when the then US President Donald Trump was on a tour of India, violence erupted over the Delhi riots.

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 14) dismissed a petition challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against former AAP councilor Tahir Hussain in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots case. was. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar said, “There is no reason to interfere at this stage when the matter is going on in the High Court.”

Supreme Court denies criminal proceedings

Earlier on September 16, the High Court had refused to stay criminal proceedings against Hussain in respect of three FIRs related to his involvement in the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi. With regard to similar petitions filed next week, the High Court issued a notice, giving time to the defense counsel to file his reply and directing the matter to be heard along with other petitions on January 25, 2023.

Money laundering cases have connection with Delhi riots: Supreme Court

On Monday, senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy, appearing for the petitioner, asked whether the High Court can resolve the matter more expeditiously, to which the bench replied no, thank you. In a separate case, a Delhi court earlier this month filed a money laundering case under Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The court also observed that this money laundering case of Tahir is linked to the riots in northeast Delhi in the year 2020.