Del HC | [Delhi Riots] [Midnight Hearing] Delhi Police directed to ensure safe passage for injured victims & immediate emergency treatment at govt. hospitals<\/a><\/p>\n
\n[Source: ANI]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As reported by ANI, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has appointed SG Tushar Mehta, Addl. solicitor General\u00a0 MK Acharya and two other Advocates <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[39689,39756,39764,39765,39793],"class_list":["post-226300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-delhi-police","tag-delhi-riots","tag-delhi-violence","tag-north-east-delhi","tag-sg-tushar-mehta"],"yoast_head":"\n
[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As reported by ANI, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has appointed SG Tushar Mehta, Addl. solicitor General\u00a0 MK Acharya and two other Advocates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-27T11:43:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/\",\"name\":\"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-27T11:43:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police","og_description":"As reported by ANI, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has appointed SG Tushar Mehta, Addl. solicitor General\u00a0 MK Acharya and two other Advocates","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2020-02-27T11:43:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1329,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/","name":"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-27T11:43:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/27\/delhi-violence-solicitor-general-tushar-mehta-appointed-to-represent-delhi-police\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Delhi Violence] Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appointed to represent Delhi Police"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":226517,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/03\/04\/delhi-violence-sc-directs-delhi-high-court-to-take-up-the-plea-seeking-action-against-bjp-leaders-over-alleged-hate-speeches\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":0},"title":"Delhi violence| SC directs Delhi High Court to take up the plea seeking action against BJP leaders over alleged hate speeches","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"March 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJ SA Bobde has directed Delhi High Court to hear on Friday the PIL filed by Delhi violence survivors seeking registration of FIR against political leaders over their hate speeches, which allegedly led to the riots in the national capital. The Court also directed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":231268,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/23\/breaking-delhi-hc-grants-bail-to-activist-safoora-zargar\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":1},"title":"[BREAKING] Delhi HC | Safoora Zargar released on humanitarian grounds; bail granted","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"June 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: Rajiv Shakhder, J. while addressing the bail application of Safoora Zargar granted the same while laying down certain conditions. Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, made the following statement: \u201cWithout in any manner conceding to the factual assertions and legal submission made by the petitioner and without in any\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":225077,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/03\/nirbhaya-gang-rape-murder-case-convicts-are-playing-with-the-judiciary-sg-tushar-mehta\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":2},"title":"Nirbhaya Gang-Rape & Murder Case | Convicts are playing with the Judiciary: SG Tushar Mehta","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Update on the Case: Delhi High Court commenced proceedings in regard to hearing a challenge placed by the Centre after the 4 convicts execution was \"stayed\" by Delhi's Patiala House Court. Centre had challenged the stay on the execution of the convicts, which was scheduled for 01-02-2020. As reported by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":348054,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/16\/centre-appoints-sg-tushar-mehta-led-prosecution-in-26-11-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":3},"title":"Centre appoints SG Tushar Mehta led Prosecution team in 26\/11 Trial","author":"Editor","date":"May 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"S.V. Raju, Additional Solicitor General; Dayan Krishnan, Senior Advocate; and Narender Mann, Advocate will be part of the team representing NIA.","rel":"","context":"In "Legislation Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Legislation Updates","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/legislationupdates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"26\/11 Mumbai Trial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shared-image-40.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shared-image-40.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shared-image-40.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shared-image-40.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226437,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/03\/02\/delhi-violence-sc-to-hear-plea-seeking-action-against-bjp-leaders-kapil-mishra-anurag-thakur-etc-for-alleged-hate-speech\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":4},"title":"Delhi Violence| SC to hear plea seeking action against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, etc. for alleged hate speech","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"March 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A bench headed by CJ SA Bobde has agreed to hear on March 4 a plea seeking immediate registration of FIR against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and others for their alleged \"hate speech\", that allegedly led to the violence in North-East Delhi. The petition was filed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":226884,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/03\/12\/in-lok-sabha-recent-riots-in-certain-parts-of-delhi-was-a-well-thought-out-conspiracy\/","url_meta":{"origin":226300,"position":5},"title":"In Lok Sabha | Recent riots in certain parts of Delhi was a well thought-out conspiracy","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking on the recent law and order situation in some parts of Delhi while replying to a discussion under Rule 193 in Lok Sabha, Shri Shah expressed grief over the violence and paid homage to those who lost their lives in the riots. He further expressed his support to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}