In Photos: All the Times Umar Khalid's Plea Has Been Adjourned & the Reasons Why
Khalid's bail plea has been rejected twice by lower courts, while the hearing in the SC has seen 13 adjournments.
In Photos: All the Times Umar Khalid's Plea Has Been Adjourned & the Reasons Why
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The Supreme Court will hear JNU student leader and activist Umar Khalid’s bail application in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case on Wednesday, 14 February. A bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal are scheduled to hear the matter, LiveLaw has reported.
After being adjourned 13 times, Umar Khalid's bail hearing in the Supreme Court that was postponed on 7 February as Justice Bela M Trivedi was reportedly sitting on a Constitution Bench that week.
The former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student and activist was arrested on 13 September 2020 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Khalid's bail plea has been rejected twice by the lower courts, while the hearing in the apex court has been adjourned ten times in 2023 and three times in January 2024 alone.
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