The Delhi High Court has dismissed the appeals of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam against the refusal of bail in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, holding that it cannot modify the conditions the Supreme Court imposed on them in Gulfisha Fatima.
A Delhi court has granted Sharjeel Imam interim bail from October 4 to 10 to attend his cousin’s wedding, in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots larger-conspiracy case under the UAPA. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts passed the order. Imam’s regular bail plea, along with that of Umar Khalid, is listed before the Delhi High Court on September 30. The allegations in the case are untested.
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Jagtar Singh Johal in a batch of NIA cases under the UAPA, setting aside the trial court’s refusals. Noting that he has spent over eight years in custody with 123 witnesses still to be examined and no prospect of the trial concluding soon, the Court held that the constitutional right to a speedy trial can justify bail even under the UAPA’s stringent regime. The allegations are untested; the grant is subject to stringent conditions.
The Delhi High Court has held that an order of a Special Court under Section 25(6) of the UAPA, confirming the attachment of property, is not an interlocutory order but finally adjudicates the party’s rights on attachment, so an appeal against it lies to the High Court under Section 21 of the NIA Act. Rejecting the NIA’s preliminary objection, the Court held the appeal maintainable and listed it for final hearing.
With 40 of 120 witnesses examined and the appellant in custody since December 2018, the Delhi High Court granted bail in an NIA case, holding that a High Court must decide on the law as it stands even though the interplay between Article 21 and Section 43D(5) of the UAPA has been referred to a larger Bench.
Advocate Vrinda Grover has said that “Free Umar Khalid” is a valid statement for anyone who understands the Constitution and believes in Indian democracy, arguing that the student activist has spent six years in pre-trial custody under the UAPA in the 2020 Delhi riots case, and pointing to a conflict between Supreme Court benches on […]
