Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) that the communal violence witnessed in Delhi in February 2020 must not be viewed as a “spontaneous” aftermath of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Appearing before a Bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar, Mr. Mehta said the court should not buy into the “false narrative” being weaved in the media and other outlets in the public domain.

Delhi riots case hearing on November 18, 2025

He said the Delhi riot was nothing less than an “attack on the sovereignty of the nation”. The version of spontaneity being peddled was a “myth”.

“I would like the myth to be busted. This was not a spontaneous riot but well-designed, well-crafted, orchestrated, preplanned, choreographed riots, and t

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