Why A 3.5-Year-Old Poorly Investigated Case Against Students Of Delhi’s Jamia University Is Going To Trial

A violent protest in New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University almost four years ago, on 13 December 2019, started a two-month agitation against India’s contentious new citizenship law. Eight months after a district court judge discharged students of Jamia for lack of evidence and six months after the Delhi High Court reversed the order, the trial is proceeding with one hearing a month. After reporting the infirmities earlier this year, we review why a case lacking evidence after 3.5 years of investigation is being prosecuted.