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Supreme Court to hear Umar Khalid’s bail petition after four weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted an appeal for bail filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Umar Khalid and agreed to examine after four weeks evidence he may produce in his favour against charges levelled against him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the…

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From judge’s recusal to lawyer’s unavailability: Umar Khalid’s bail plea hangs by thread

“This is a matter that may take one or two minutes,” a Supreme Court bench had remarked while adjourning a Delhi riots case on July 12. The “matter” in question was the bail plea of activist and former JNU scholar Umar Khalid — incarcerated since September 2020 under charges of…

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SC adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid's plea seeking bail in UAPA case

SC adjourns Umar Khalid's plea for bail in UAPA case for a week; HC had rejected it citing prima facie evidence of 'terrorist act'. Khalid seeks bail on grounds of no criminal role in riots & no 'conspiratorial connect' with other accused. Police allege 'calculated' speech.

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Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Umar Khalid’s bail plea for two weeks

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on a plea filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020.

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Delhi Riots: Supreme Court’s Justice Prashant Mishra recuses from hearing Umar Khalid’s bail plea

Supreme Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Wednesday recused from hearing the bail plea filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the North-East Delhi riots in February 2020. Read further on Dynamite news.

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Supreme Court judge recuses from hearing Umar Khalid’s plea

The Supreme Court adjourned the Umar Khalid bail hearing on a UAPA case as Justice P.K. Mishra recused himself.

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SC fixes Umar Khalid’s bail plea hearing on July 24

The Supreme Court said it would hear a plea by former JNU student Umar Khalid seeking bail in a UAPA case on July 24 related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020.

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Indian activist Umar Khalid gets a week’s bail — and a gag order

A court awarded Khalid a seven-day reprieve to attend his sister’s wedding, after more than two years in jail.

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Umar Khalid Granted Interim Bail, Except On Days Of Wedding Ceremonies Should Remain At Home: Court

A Delhi Court on Monday while granting interim bail to Umar Khalid imposed a condition that during this period he shall remain at his home except on the days of wedding functions. Read on for details:

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Of places and rulers, names and name changes

How the names of roads, cities and landmarks are changed provide clear clues to the governing ethos of the time — as for the new names, it’s not that easy to alter usage

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‘Media’s lies surpassed even those of cops’: Umar Khalid tears into coverage of his case

Responding to an open letter to him, jailed activist Umar Khalid has torn into media coverage of his bail proceedings, saying the “lies of the media have far surpassed even the lies of the police” and are “shaping the majoritarian collective conscience” even before “any court of law takes up…

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No criminal connect with Delhi riots, argues Umar Khalid; HC reserves order on bail plea

Accusing the prosecution of “making stuff up as it went along”, he argued that parts of the Delhi police charge sheet have no basis and the conspiracy alleged by the prosecution should be “towards violence in Delhi” and not “raising issues of injustice”.

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4 organisations join Noam Chomsky, Rajmohan Gandhi in demanding Umar Khalid's release from jail

Mr. Khalid was arrested on September 13, 2020 and has been in custody since then.

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Take down ‘sensationalist’ shows on Umar Khalid, regulator tells Zee, India TV, Aaj Tak

The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has objected to how some TV news channels have covered student leader Umar Khalid’s prosecution for alleged offences related to the 2020 Delhi communal carnage.

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Sedition law freeze | No respite for people booked under UAPA

Freeze on sedition has not transformed into bail for Kappan and Khalid as they face case under UAPA

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'Did Gandhiji ever employ such language?' Delhi HC says Umar Khalid's Amravati speech was 'obnoxious'

The Delhi High Court today observed that student activist Umar Khalid's speech in Amravati in February 2020 was "offensive" and "obnoxious".

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How the UAPA is wrecking lives

Under the draconian law, the court’s decision on bail, de facto, becomes the decision on the case

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 213: Umar Khalid’s bail, ‘harassment’ of TN’s non-Brahmin priests

This week, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Laasya Shekhar and Tanishka Sodhi.

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Mastermind of a ‘conspiracy’: Why Umar Khalid’s bail plea was dismissed after 8 months of hearings

In July 2021, former JNU student Umar Khalid filed a bail plea at a Delhi court after spending 10 months in jail. Khalid had been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged involvement in a “conspiracy” related to the 2020 Delhi riots.

Al Jazeera

India: Amnesty calls denial of bail to Muslim activist ‘big blow’

Rights group slams India’s repeated denial of bail to Umar Khalid who is accused of ‘conspiracy’ behind the Delhi riots.

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Chakka Jam envisaged as part of action plan, Delhi Court mentioned while dismissing Umar Khalid's bail plea

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said that there are two important factors that were highlighted by counsel and which needs a mention. Full story

The Hindu

Amnesty India calls for release of Umar Khalid in first statement since it closed offices in 2020

The denial of bail is a blow to those exercising their freedom of expression, says AII

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Delhi riots | Umar Khalid’s bail plea rejected

Umar Khalid is among the 18 accused in the UAPA case

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