Umar Khalid's Bail Hearing Adjourned Again In Delhi High Court. Here's Why

The matters were listed today for fresh hearing before a new bench comprising of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur after a judge from previous bench had recused from hearing his plea

Umar Khalid approached high court after his bail plea was rejected by trial court.

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The Delhi High Court on Monday again adjourned hearing bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other accused persons in connection with the larger conspiracy UAPA case related to the North-East Delhi riotsof 2020.

The matters were listed today for fresh hearing before a new bench comprising of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. 

The court was to hear today bail pleas by other co-accused Mohd. Saleem Khan, Shifa ur Rehman, Shadab Ahmed, Athar Khan, Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima. The plea by the Delhi Police against bail granted to accused Ishrat Jahan was also listed today.

However, the hearing was adjourned as the bench did not sit today. The court master gave date of November 25 for next hearing in the matter. Now, all the plea will likely be taken up on November 25.

In July 2024, Umar Khalid's bail matter was listed for hearing before a division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma. After the Justice Sharma recused himself from hearing the matter, the case was sent for re-listeding on different date in front of a different bench.

Earlier, Justice Sharma recused from hearing bail petitions of co-accused in the same case, as he appeared for various UAPA cases for NIA as Special Public Prosecutor when he served as a lawyer.

Khalid approached Delhi high court after his bail plea was rejected by trial court. He had moved trial court after withdrawing plea from the Supreme Court after facing several adjournmnets and a recusal from a top court judge as well.