The Patiala House Court granted interim protection from arrest to T-shirt designer Umesh Chandra Padala in a case linked to protests during the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, directing Delhi Police to give seven days’ notice before arrest.
A Delhi court granted bail to nine Indian Youth Congress activists arrested during the India AI Impact Summit protest, calling their act “political dissent” and not organised crime. The Court stressed that pre-trial detention without necessity violates Article 21 and that bail remains the rule, not jail.
A Delhi Sessions Court has stayed the Magistrate’s early morning order granting bail to IYC President Uday Bhanu Chib in the India AI Impact Summit protest case. Police had challenged the 3:30 AM bail order after alleging security breach and raising of “anti-national” slogans during the shirtless protest.
The Delhi High Court rejected Jasir Bilal Wali’s request to meet his lawyer at NIA headquarters, stating that no special procedure can be created without proper trial court orders. The Court stressed that oral claims of rejection cannot replace written proof and sent the matter back to the Sessions Court for a lawful decision.