The Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi Police on Monday for not filing its reply to the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and three others accused in the larger conspiracy case in relation to the 2020 North East Delhi riots.

"In all bail matters, there is no question of filing reply," the Supreme Court 's bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria remarked, as per Bar and Bench.

During the hearing on Monday, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju reportedly sought two more weeks to respond to the appeals filed by the accused.

The Supreme Court said it had given the Delhi Police enough time to reply to the pleas and had earlier made it clear that the matter will be disposed of on October 27.

"We made it clear. You [ASG SV Raju] may be appearing

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