new Delhi. The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the Centre, Delhi Government and Delhi Police on a plea seeking recovery of damages from those who destroyed public properties during the riots in the national capital in February 2020. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla, while issuing notices in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), listed the matter for further hearing on September 21.
However, the bench asked for the removal of various political parties as respondents in the case.
In the PIL, petitioner advocate Hinoo Mahajan and law student Amandeep Singh Gehlot said that they had personally visited various places in Delhi where the riots took place. The petitioners argued that they were shocked and saddened to see the damage caused to public properties.
Advocate Yudhveer Singh Chauhan appeared for the petitioners.
It is desirable to issue orders or directions so as to establish an independent mechanism for investigation and action in the matter in view of the damages caused during the riots, the petition said.
Riots broke out in Northeast Delhi in February 2020 after clashes between anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) and pro-CAA protesters. The devastation, which coincided with the first visit of the then US President Donald Trump to India, claimed more than 50 lives and left over 700 injured.
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