At the closing debate of JLF, Pavan K Varma posed a question that had the crowd in an uproar. ‘Would you want to be in jail without bail,’ he said, referring to Umar Khalid.
‘If an expeditious trial is not possible, then bail should be the rule and not the exception,’ ex-CJI DY Chandrachud told Vir Sanghvi at a Jaipur Literature Festival session on Sunday.
In a session titled 'The Measure of Justice' at JLF 2026, lawyers Ashwani Kumar and Vrinda Grover and US judge Ketu Shah discussed the Indian constitutional, moral and legal crises.
Citing their role in 'larger conspiracy' behind the 2020 riots, the court denied Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam bail despite years of incarceration, taking a position that contrasts with several of its earlier rulings.
Meanwhile, JNU security head on behalf of university administration filed a police complaint at Vasant Kunj police station regarding the protest that took place Monday.
SC has granted bail to 5 other accused. It said Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam can renew their applications only after a year or upon completion of examination of protected witnesses.
SC’s explanation of 'terror' assumes significance in view of the argument advanced by Umar-Sharjeel's counsels that refusing the duo bail conflated dissent & protest with terrorist activity.
Other than the Left, there was no official statement from any other opposition party, even as some leaders including from Congress flayed SC order in their individual capacities.
While Amit Malviya termed ruling a reaffirmation of ‘judicial independence’, spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala targeted Congress, saying it ‘glorified Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam’.
Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
Judges can work only within the laws that the politicians, with the support (and often cheerful clapping) of ignorant junta, make and give them. As per my understanding, under the law in which umar is held and the PMLA act, if strictly applied, it is next to impossible to get bail unless the gov decides to let the convict get bail. So, the right question to ask is why the public support such laws (and even ask for more tough laws, even when they have zero idea abt the existing laws), and why the SC does not strike down such laws as they go against the fundamental rights. by exploring and adopting suitable techniques.
Chandracut will go down in history as the most curropt and incompetent judge EVER.He is such a waste of oxygen.Totally spineless and morally curropt.
Judges can work only within the laws that the politicians, with the support (and often cheerful clapping) of ignorant junta, make and give them. As per my understanding, under the law in which umar is held and the PMLA act, if strictly applied, it is next to impossible to get bail unless the gov decides to let the convict get bail. So, the right question to ask is why the public support such laws (and even ask for more tough laws, even when they have zero idea abt the existing laws), and why the SC does not strike down such laws as they go against the fundamental rights. by exploring and adopting suitable techniques.
We are well on our way to become a banana republic.