Umar Khalid’s plea challenging UAPA provisions: SC issues notice to Centre
1 November 2023 | The Indian Express
The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the Centre’s reply on UAPA accused Umar Khalid’s plea challenging some of the provisions of the anti-terror law.
Issuing notice, a bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi also decided to hear his bail plea in connection with the February 2020 Northeast Delhi communal riots along with his petition challenging the UAPA provisions as “they have overlapping implications”.
Khalid had approached the SC after the Delhi High Court in October last year upheld a trial court order denying him bail in the case.
On Tuesday, the SC pointed out that there were also a few other petitions too on the subject and fixed November 22 for hearing them all.