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TopicUmar Khalid

Topic: Umar Khalid

One Supreme Court, many voices: How UAPA bail debate has put spotlight on conflicting rulings

The UAPA bail controversy has underscored growing concerns about inconsistent rulings across benches and the need for clearer judicial discipline.

SC refers matter of bail in UAPA cases to larger bench amid difference of opinion on Umar Khalid bail

Justice Aravind Kumar-led bench says K.A. Najeeb judgment, which held that constitutional courts can grant bail to UAPA accused facing prolonged incarceration, is 'not charter or mathematical command'.

Umar Khalid cited mother’s surgery, uncle’s death to seek bail. Why Delhi court denied his request

Delhi court has denied interim bail to Umar Khalid for taking care of his mother after a surgery and attending post-death rituals for uncle.

SC critiques own order denying bail to Umar, Sharjeel—bail rule, jail exception even in UAPA cases

Bench of justices B.V. Nagarathna & Ujjal Bhuyan quoted 2021 KA Najeeb judgement in which 3-judge bench ruled the right to speedy trial under Article 21 would apply in UAPA cases as well.

Indian judiciary is letting citizens down. When liberty is in danger, judges are looking away

If you are charged with a crime for which there is not a single scrap of evidence the judge will still send you to jail.

Is freedom of speech a dangerous idea? JLF closing panel couldn’t find an answer

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.

‘Judges fear granting bail’—DY Chandrachud takes on Umar Khalid question at JLF

‘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.

‘Don’t pin all hopes on institutions’—at JLF 2026 debate of lawyers

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.

National security over liberty: How SC’s Umar-Sharjeel bail order runs counter to earlier rulings

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.

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India’s GDP beats estimates to grow at 7.7% in FY26, manufacturing & services sector drive growth

CEA Nageswaran cites broad-based recovery in consumption and investment even as RBI cuts FY27 growth forecast to 6.6% amid West Asia-related inflation risks

India plans 9 new conventional submarines instead of 6 as govt ramps up underwater capabilities

EXCLUSIVE | The Centre is focused on ramping up India’s underwater strength on priority amid rapid naval expansion by China and Pakistan.

Three destroyers of Brand India. It’s all in our cities

The central curse of our urban governance isn’t that more voters live in these slummified villages. It’s that the political class panders to them instead of improving their quality of life.