US EditionSupreme Court to Hear Bail Pleas in 2020 Riots Case
The Supreme Court will review denied bail pleas under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, involving activists alleged to have conspired in the 2020 Delhi riots that caused 53 deaths.
- On September 12, 2025, the Supreme Court of India will hear bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid challenging the Delhi High Court's denial in the UAPA case, with Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria also hearing petitions from Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider.
- The February 2020 protests against the CAA and NRC led to riots that Delhi Police allege were part of a premeditated conspiracy, invoking the UAPA against several activists.
- The Delhi High Court found prima facie evidence of inflammatory speeches on February 24, 2020, linking Imam and Khalid to the conspiracy.
- The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing and a Justice Kumar-led Bench directed the petitions be listed for September 19, 2025.
- Among 18 people booked under UAPA, six are out on bail, and the rest have spent over five years in jail, prompting rights and parity concerns, defense lawyers say.
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Umar Khalid’s 5 year imprisonment without trial a derailment of justice
As Amnesty International and six other international human rights organizations released a joint statement calling on the Government of India to immediately release human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid, ahead of the five-year anniversary of his continued unjust detention without trial, Amnesty India’s chair of the board, Aakar Patel said: “The Government of India must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defende…
SC to hear bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha on Sep 12
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on September 12 bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima after failing to get the reprieve from the high court in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in the national capital. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria is likely to hear the bail pleas of the activists, who have challenged the September 2 Delhi High Cou…
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