India, Oct. 5 -- The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed petitions seeking first information reports (FIR) against various political leaders, including Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma, for alleged hate speeches during the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)-National Register of Citizens (NRC) protests that purportedly incited the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, which claimed over 50 lives.

A bench of justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain also rejected the petitions seeking Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the 2019 violence which broke out in the Jamia Milia Islamia university.

"For the reasons detailed in the judgement, the petitions (batch) are dismissed," the court said while pronouncing the verdict.

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