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Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam challenge Delhi HC's bail refusal in Supreme Court
5 outlets reported this over 11 hours. First seen by Huduku: Times of India, 5 Nov, 6:27 pm.
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- Times of India: Bennett, Coleman & Co. LtdFounded 1838
- Hindustan Times: HT Media LtdFounded 1924
- Deccan Herald: The Printers (Mysore) Pvt LtdFounded 1948
- The New Indian Express: no owner named on Huduku’s list
- The Indian Express: The Indian Express Private LimitedFounded 1932
When the reports appeared?
6 reports from 5 outlets over 11 hours.
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Hindustan Times and Deccan Herald used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.?
- Delhi riots case: Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam challenge Delhi HC's bail refusal in Supreme Court
Words only this outlet used: refusal.
- Hindustan Times ≈ same wordingUmar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam move Supreme Court for bail in 2020 Delhi riots case
- Deccan Herald ≈ same wordingUmar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam move Supreme Court for bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case
- 2020 Delhi riots UAPA case: Sharjeel Imam challenges HC order in SC
Words only this outlet used: UAPA, order, SC.
- Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam move Supreme Court in 2020 riots case
- The Indian Express Cities2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid move Supreme Court seeking bail
Words only this outlet used: larger, seeking.
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Who follows this
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- Supreme Court Observer ↗ Reports, case pages and analysis on the Supreme Court, by the Legal Observer Trust, with offices in Bengaluru and New Delhi. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- The Leaflet ↗ Legal and public policy news and opinion; owned by AGIJ Promotion of Nineteenonea Media Pvt Ltd, Mumbai (About page). (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- DAKSH ↗ Bengaluru civil society group founded in 2008: research on courts and tribunals, and a High Court data portal. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Indian Kanoon ↗ Search engine for Indian laws and judgments, run by IKanoon Software Development Pvt Ltd; free search, paid extras. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- LiveLaw: Karnataka High Court ↗ LiveLaw's page of Karnataka High Court reports; LiveLaw is published by Live Law Media Pvt Ltd, Kochi. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Bar & Bench (Kannada) ↗ Kannada edition of Bar & Bench: legal news from the courts, published by SAB Media Software Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Bar & Bench ↗ Legal news on courts, law firms and law schools, published by SAB Media Software Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
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- National Judicial Data Grid (district courts) ↗ National Judicial Data Grid: pending and disposed cases in district courts, by state, district and year, with age of cases. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- eCourts services ↗ e-Committee of the Supreme Court: case status, court orders and cause lists for district courts and High Courts, in Kannada too. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
Religion and communal violence
6 of 6 headlines here use ‘riots’.
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- SabrangIndia — Communalism ↗ News site launched 26 Nov 2015 by Communalism Combat's founders; co-editors Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand. English and Hindi. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Citizens for Justice and Peace — Hate Hatao ↗ Campaign page of Citizens for Justice and Peace, a human rights group: hate speech logged, repeat offenders named, its complaints. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Maktoob ↗ English news site; its About page says it tracks "the everyday realities of minorities in India". Ground reports and opinion. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- India Hate Lab — Reports ↗ Project of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (Washington, D.C.): reports on hate speech against India's religious minorities. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Hindutva Watch ↗ Says it monitors reports of attacks on minorities. Most recent posts quote other outlets' reports, with links; the site doesn't name who runs it. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Eedina — ಕೋಮುವಾದ (communalism) tag ↗ Kannada news site (M2M Media Network LLP, Bengaluru). Its pieces tagged communalism, communal hatred and communal riots. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
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