Consider Sharjeel Imam’s Plea to Expedite Bail Hearing, SC Tells Delhi High Court
Apurva Vishwanath and Ananthakrishnan G | 30 October 2024 | The Indian Express
THE SUPREME Court on Friday asked the Delhi High Court to consider expediting the hearing in JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots. The bail plea has been pending since April 2022.
Imam’s lawyers told the bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma, which was hearing his writ petition, that they are not seeking bail but only a direction to the High Court to grant a hearing…