New Delhi: The Supreme Court today took a dim view of the Delhi Police’s failure to respond to the bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the controversial ‘larger conspiracy’ case of the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. All four have been in jail for upwards of five years at this point.

Additional solicitor general Suryaprakash V. Raju asked for time to file a counter affidavit, leading the bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria to say that the police had had enough time to reply and that in bail matters, especially, there is no situation where a counter appeal is filed.

“Last time, if you remember, we said in open court that we will hear the matter on [October] 27 and we will dispose it off. Frankly speaking, in bail matters there is no question of filing counter,” Justice Kumar said, according to a LiveLaw

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