Delhi High Court Adjourns Hearing On Umar Khalid's Bail Plea
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Karkardooma Court had denied bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid in March 2022.
The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on the bail plea of Umar Khalid in the North East Delhi violence case due to the non-availability of his counsel. His counsel senior advocate Trideep Pais has contracted COVID-19.
In April, Umar Khalid challenged the denial of bail in the larger conspiracy of North East Delhi riots 2020. The division bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul adjourned the hearing for two weeks. Now the matter will be heard on July 27. This matter was to be heard at 2:15 pm today.
Karkardooma Court had denied bail to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Umar Khalid in March 2022. He was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by Delhi Police and was arrested on September 13, 2020.
On the last hearing on May 30, while hearing the argument on Umar Khalid's bail plea, the bench said the Amaravati speech was in bad taste, but that doesn't make the speech terrorist activity. "We understand that extremely well. We will give the opportunity to prosecution," the court said.
