New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, along with FIRs against politicians for alleged hate speeches and action against police personnel accused of misconduct.

A bench of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain also dismissed petitions on the December 2019 violence at Jamia Millia Islamia, where police were accused of excesses during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. "For the reasons mentioned in the judgments, both the petitions (batch) are dismissed," the bench said. The detailed judgments are to be uploaded shortly.

In the riots cases, Shaikh Mujtaba sought FIRs against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag T...