Rush Hour: Umar Khalid gets three-day bail, two Indians die while descending Everest and more
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The Delhi High Court granted a three-day interim bail to activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. A division bench ordered Khalid to be released from June 1 to June 3.
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He had sought interim bail for 15 days to attend the Chehlum ritual marking 40 days since his uncle’s death, and to take care of his mother, who is scheduled to undergo surgery on June 2. A Delhi court had on Tuesday rejected his plea, after which he approached the High Court. Read on.
The Delhi High Court sought the response of journalist Saurav Das and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai on a criminal contempt of court petition filed against them for allegedly running a coordinated online campaign to target Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. However, the bench did not issue notices to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, who are also named in the matter, considering that they are already facing suo motu contempt proceedings.
Das said that he stands by his reporting, adding that it was based entirely on documentary material including responses to Right to Information applications by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the judge’s own judicial orders, publicly available records and statements made by a Supreme Court...