Hearing on Umar Khalid's bail plea in UAPA case adjourned till Jan 10

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 10 the hearing on the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over his alleged involvement in the conspiracy behind the northeast Delhi riots of February 2020.

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma deferred the matter as senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for



Khalid and Additional Solicitor General S V Raju were not available.

"Joint request is made on behalf of the appellant and the Union of India due to the non-availability of the senior advocates who are going to argue the matter. List the matter on January 10. In the meantime, pleadings be completed in the matters," the bench said.