{"id":7581,"date":"2026-04-13T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/after-a-firm-no-umar-khalid-pushes-for-an-open-court-hearing-in-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:18:00","slug":"after-a-firm-no-umar-khalid-pushes-for-an-open-court-hearing-in-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7581","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAfter a Firm No, Umar Khalid Pushes for an Open Court Hearing in Supreme Court\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">A new development has taken place in Umar Khalid&rsquo;s effort to get bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. The Supreme Court has listed his review petition against its January 5 order for hearing on Wednesday, April 15.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">In January, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, had rejected the bail pleas of Umar Khalid and co-accused Sharjeel Imam. The court held that the material on record showed a prima facie case against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>Background of the Case:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The case arises from the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots , which took place during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">On September 2, 2025, the Delhi High Court refused to grant bail to Umar Khalid and others. The Court said that &ldquo;violence in the name of protest is not free speech.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">After this, the accused approached the Supreme Court by filing Special Leave Petitions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The Supreme Court reserved its judgment on December 10, 2025, and later delivered its decision on January 5, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>Supreme Court&rsquo;s January Ruling:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">In its January ruling, the Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria refused to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, observing that the material on record revealed a prima facie case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The judgment stated that the accused had played a &ldquo;central and formative role&rdquo; in the alleged conspiracy. It said the conspiracy involved planning, mobilisation, and strategic direction, going beyond isolated or local acts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">However, the Court granted bail to some other co-accused, including Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa Ur Rehman, Mohd. Saleem Khan, and Shadab Ahmed. This showed that the Court considered the individual roles of each accused separately in the larger case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><strong>Bail Restriction Order:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The order also placed a procedural restriction. Both Khalid and Imam were barred from filing fresh bail pleas until either the examination of protected witnesses is completed or one year has elapsed from the date of the decision.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">On 13th April 2026, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khalid, mentioned the review petition before the Supreme Court. He informed the Bench that : <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212529\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><em>&ldquo;I wanted to make a mention&hellip; it is listed on Wednesday. My request is, if your Lordships could consider hearing it in open court,&rdquo; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">In response , Justice Kumar said :<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><em>&quot;We will look into the paper, and if required, we will call it.&quot;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>Case details <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">: UMAR KHALID v STATE OF NCT Delhi (Review Petition \/2026)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><br \/>\n \n <br \/>\n \n <br \/>\n \n <br \/>\n \n &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new development has taken place in Umar Khalid&rsquo;s effort to get bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. The Supreme Court has listed his review petition against its January 5 order for hearing on Wednesday, April 15. In January, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, had rejected the bail pleas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":9988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supreme-court"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cAfter a Firm No, Umar Khalid Pushes for an Open Court Hearing in Supreme Court\u201d - Lawful Talks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cAfter a Firm No, Umar Khalid Pushes for an Open Court Hearing in Supreme Court\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new development has taken place in Umar Khalid&rsquo;s effort to get bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. 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