Delhi High Court begins hearing petitions concerning Delhi Riots.

Cases listed for hearing before Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan.

#DelhiRiots @harsh_mander

Court starts taking stock of the status of pleadings in all petitions.

Petitioner in person Ajay Gautam says he has filed a rejoinder and an additional affidavit.

I wanted protesters to be removed from the roads. I also wanted NIA to investigate who is behind these anti national protests : Ajay Gautam

Delhi Police has acknowledged that there is a conspiracy and rioters are behind this: Gautam

#AntiCAAprotests

I want appropriate orders: Gautam

What appropriate orders. You are saying Delhi Police is investigating : Court

I am saying NIA or CBI.. Delhi Police has limited resources: Gautam

Next prayer is that anti India forces who are funding these protests and threatening the lives of the PM and HM should be identified.. they are planning to kill the Prime Minister and Home Minister. What kind of protest is this: Gautam

There is frustration because they lost the Ram Mandir case : Gautam

Please don't make political speeches : Justice Jalan

Extremely difficult in Art 226 matter, to ascertain anything. Appropriate forum is 156(3) CrPC. Assessment of facts is very difficult under Art 226 and all we would hear is political speeches: Senior Adv Kapil Sibal

Ajay Gautam becomes inaudible.

Court takes up Petitions by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

Counsel for Jamiat: Police has not replied to averments made by me. My allegation was that members of a certain community were not allowed to make FIR against specific persons, they were asked to make FIR against unknown persons.

Investigation should also seem to be fair..Members of a particularly are been targeted: Counsel for Jamiat

Jamiat had prayed for constitution of SIT which has no member from the Delhi Police.

I am not relying on myself but the findings of the Delhi Minorities Commision. They had recommended that there should be a 5-member committee to conduct probe. I want fair and impartial investigation: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

When these were the people who refused to help us or register FIR, how do expect fair investigation : Jamiat

9/10 persons accused are Muslims: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

Page 183 of their reply gives names of all those who are killed..40 are Muslims, 14 are Hindus.

Court unable to locate the detailed affidavit.

Is it preliminary affidavit? : Court

Yes : Adv Rajat Nair

The last lage is 130 : Court

We don't have any rejoinder filed any you. There are nine petitions, we need to streamline the documents: Justice Jalan

Please see that all replies are tagged with the petitions concerned : Court tells Respondent

Senior Adv Colin Gonsalves for one of the Petitioners says that pleadings in his matter are complete. We would cover 80% of the landscape: Gonsalves

But others should agree. We are going one by one : CJ Patel

Adv Mahmood Pracha for one of the petitioners says he is yet to receive any reply.

Delhi Police says reply has been served.

Adv Adit Pujari for Brinda Karat says all Petitions are not the same.

Petitions should be segregated on the basis of the prayers made in them: Pujari

Court adjourns hearing till next Monday.

Court grants time to Delhi Police to streamline the documents and affidavits.

Senior Adv Kapil Sibal urges the Court to allow his client to approach the Magistrate for appropriate relief.

@KapilSibal appears for Harsh Mander.

@harsh_mander

Adv Pujari for Brinda Karat says his case was originally before the trial court.

I don't want the petition to be pending. We will approach the Magistrate : Senior Adv Sibal

Should we say you want to withdraw? : Court

Yes: Senior Adv Sibal

Court allows @harsh_mander to withdraw his petition as not pressed.

Court adjourns hearing.