NEW DELHI: Student activist Umar Khalid has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of a verdict that denied him bail while observing that there were reasonable grounds to believe the allegations levelled against him in connection with the conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria was requested…
Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Monday dismissed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud’s remarks on 2020 Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid’s prolonged incarceration without trial as “fancy words,” prompting BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla to accuse her of questioning the judges’ integrity.Also Read | ‘Grant bail in…
AI-generated image used for representation (Source: ChatGPT) Umar still in “qaid,” and there is no different picture for Sharjeel Imam. A long spell behind bars, even before the formal beginning of the trial, cannot simply be a “trump card” or a “gateway to bail” in cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Supreme Court…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday reacted sharply to the letter sent by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani to jailed student activist Umar Khalid, saying “personal prejudices does not behove those in office.” Hitting out at Mamdani, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We expect public representatives to be respectful of the…
Umar Khalid with Banjyosna Lahiri. NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court verdict on Monday denying him bail, Umar Khalid said that jail was his life now. His partner Banjyosna Lahiri said that he was happy and relieved for the co-accused who were granted bail, even as he remarked that prison has now become his life….
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to deny bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 north-east Delhi riots case.Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla hailed the verdict as “Satyameva Jayate” and demanded that the Congress must apologize for “defending” the accused….
NEW DELHI: A court on Thursday granted 15 days’ interim bail to northeast Delhi riots conspiracy accused Umar Khalid, allowing him to attend his sister’s wedding later this month. Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai noted that Khalid had already spent five years and three months in custody since his arrest in Sept 2020 and that…
The Supreme Court questioned Delhi Police on invoking stringent UAPA provisions against riot accused for speeches, seeking justification for linking terror acts to their words. Justices sought clarity on how Section 15, pertaining to terrorist acts, applies when arms weren’t directly used by the accused, who have been jailed for over five years. NEW DELHI:…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday opposed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the Supreme Court in the UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 Delhi riots, claiming they conspired to strike at the country’s sovereignty and integrity through a “regime change operation” disguised…
Former JNU student and activist Umar Khalid addresses during a protest against the proposed fee hike in Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, on November 23, 2019. (Times Content Photo/ TOI Archives) NEW DELHI: Amnesty International and six other global human rights organisations released a joint statement on Friday calling on the central govt to…