Supreme Court adjourns Umar Khalid’s bail plea to January 31
Thomas Abraham | 24 January 2024 | Hindustan Times
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on the bail plea of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid by a week. Khalid, a former scholar of JNU, was arrested by the Delhi Police on September 13, 2020. A bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Ujjal Bhuyan adjourned the matter to January 31 as they were available only till lunch. Senior advocate CU Singh who appeared for Khalid told the Court that he was willing to go ahead with the case. The bench, however, was getting up as the two judges had special bench matters listed after lunch. The matter had last come up for hearing on January 10 when it got adjourned as senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Khalid and additional solicitor general (ASG) SV Raju appearing for Delhi Police made a joint request for adjournment due to their prior engagement as counsels in other matters.