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Topic: Umar Khalid

Delhi riots larger conspiracy case: Umar Khalid granted interim bail to attend sister’s wedding

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai granted interim bail to Umar Khalid from December 16 to December 29. He has been in custody since September 13, 2020.

SC refuses 2 weeks for Delhi Police response to bail for 2020 riots conspiracy accused, gives 3 days

‘We have given you enough time’, the Supreme Court bench said, adding that accused had already been in jail for 5 years.

SC defers bail hearing of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam to October end in 2020 riots case

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria deferred the matter after additional Solicitor General asked for more time to file response to plea.

Delhi riots conspiracy case trial is caught in a loop—500+ dates, 160+ adjournments and counting

New Delhi: Five years ago, the national capital witnessed one of the deadliest Hindu-Muslim riots in post-Partition history. For three days, northeast Delhi burned...

Umar Khalid moves SC against Delhi HC verdict denying bail in 2020 Delhi riots case

The former JNU scholar was refused bail in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 communal riots.

Umar Khalid is not an exception. The leopards will eat your face too

India is hardly alone in this. Across the world, those who cheer authoritarian overreach discover that the bulldozer eventually comes for them, too.

Why Delhi HC rejected bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & 7 others in 2020 riots case

A hurried trial would be detrimental to the rights of both the appellants and the state, the bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur said.

Delhi HC rejects bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & 7 others in 2020 Delhi riots case

A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur had reserved its verdict on 9 July after hearing the batch of petitions, which had been pending in HC since 2022.

Umar Khalid gets 7-day interim bail in Delhi riots ‘larger conspiracy’ case to attend family wedding

The former JNU research scholar has been in jail since September 2020. He has been ordered to surrender to Tihar Jail superintendent on the evening of 3 January.

On Camera

Manufacturing dissent: Why the TISS reset was necessary

A recent ground report in The Print documented anxieties about repression within sections of TISS academia. What they experience as persecution is withdrawal of exceptional insulation.

Looking to 2026, India to bet on diversification of energy basket—not disengagement from Russia crude

US sanctions reshuffle India’s crude procurement, pushing refiners towards new intermediaries, the Middle East and Americas.

2025 was Indian Army’s year. New battalions & platoons, embracing next-gen warfare

Amidst a doctrinal shift towards joint theaterisation and greater synergy between the various wings of the forces, the Indian Army in 2025 moved further on its path to Vision@2047.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.