Hearing on Umar Khalid's bail plea in UAPA case adjourned to Jan 24 by SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 24 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.

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Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal deferred the matter after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for Khalid, sought adjournment saying he was busy in a Constitution bench matter.

Sibal said even Additional Solicitor General S V Raju was not available