The Delhi High Court Today (May 27) expressed frustration over the never-ending arguments in Delhi Riots bail hearings. The judges urged quicker progress, as cases remain pending for over three years.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today showed its frustration over the very long arguments going on in the bail matters related to the 2020 Delhi Riots.
The Court, especially the Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur, spoke openly about the continuous delays happening in these hearings.
“Every date, we only say one thing – please end, please end, please end, and that’s what we can keep saying.”
This comment came when the lawyer for accused Gulfisha Fatima told the court that her bail request has been pending for three years.
This is a special Bench that has been formed to hear these cases because the hearings had already started when both the judges were sitting together in a Division Bench. But now, they sit in separate Benches, so they specially meet to finish these part-heard matters.
The Court has already spoken earlier about being unhappy with the long and stretched-out arguments in these matters.
Currently, there are eight bail applications still pending before the same Bench. These are filed by:
- Umar Khalid
- Sharjeel Imam
- Gulfisha Fatima
- Saleem Khan
- Shifa-ur-Rehman
- Athar Khan
- Meeran Haider
- Khalid Saifi
On the hearing day, the High Court was listening to Advocate Sushil Bajaj, who is the lawyer for Gulfisha Fatima. He said that the witnesses giving statements against Fatima were actually trying to save themselves by putting blame on her.
He told the Court that their statements were self-serving, and they were made just to get themselves out of trouble. He also said that Fatima should be treated in the same way as Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, who have already got bail in the same case.
Bajaj argued that the role shown for Fatima in the case is much smaller than the roles of Kalita and Narwal, so she too should get bail.
He also mentioned that although the police say Fatima asked women protesters to collect sticks, red chilli powder, and bottles, there has been no recovery of such items by the police.
The Court has now fixed the next date for hearing on July 1.
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