Delhi High Court Rejects Independent-Probe Pleas in 2020 Delhi Riots Cases

The Delhi High Court rejected petitions seeking an independent investigation into the 2020 Delhi riots and said the record did not justify concluding that the Delhi Police's entire investigative machinery was institutionally incapable of a fair probe.

Background and legal issue

The Division Bench also declined requests for FIRs against several politicians over alleged hate speech, criticising selective approaches in the petitions The Court did not hold that every police action during the riots was lawful or that individual allegations against personnel were necessarily false Its conclusion addressed the material placed before it and the requested system-wide transfer of investigation

Reasoning and significance

The petitions were consequently dismissed on those grounds.

The legal effect is confined to the operative ruling or procedural development. Allegations and party submissions are not treated as established facts unless the court expressly decided them.