The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 20, 2025) is hearing the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others accused in the Northeast Delhi riots of 2020.
In the previous hearing on Tuesday (November 18, 2025), Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted in the Supreme Court that the communal violence witnessed in Delhi in February 2020 must not be viewed as a “spontaneous” aftermath of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
The court was hearing the police’s response to bail pleas filed by former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and his co-accused Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rahman, Mohd. Saleem Khan and Gulfisha Fatima in the Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case. They are facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for conspiring to instigate communal riots and armed rebellion. Khalid has been incarcerated for five years now.
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