SC Judge Whose Jail-Not-Bail Ruling Anchored HC's Bail Denial for Umar Khalid

Fri, 19 September 2025

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Justice Aravind Kumar, whose 2024 Supreme Court ruling prioritised jail over bail under UAPA, India's anti-terrorism law -- despite preceding rulings emphasising the opposite, even in cases with grave allegations -- is now central to deciding the appeal of activist Umar Khalid, who has been in jail for more than five years in what the police call the Delhi riots 'conspiracy case'.

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