The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to Delhi police seeking its response to the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Meeran Haider, and Gulfisha Fatima, who had been arrested under the ‘controversial’ Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) as the prime accused in the 2020 Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy case.’

A judicial bench that consisted of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria on September 22nd sought some answers from Delhi Police regarding developments in the case and posted the issue for hearing on October 7.

What did Khalid’s lawyer plead?

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented the petitioners who were initially put in detention around the peak of the Delhi riots case, pleaded with the justices to review the matter as the student activists ha

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