The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure over the Delhi Police’s failure to file its response to bail pleas of student activist Umar Khalid and five others arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.

A Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria, which had on September 22 issued notice to the Delhi Police on the bail pleas, turned down Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju’s request to grant two weeks to file counter-affidavits to the petitions filed by Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Gulfisha Fatima, Shifa Ur-Rehman and Md Saleem Khan.

“We have given you enough time. You may be appearing for the first time. Last time, we issued a notice and said in the open court that w

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