Half the battle won Lawyers hail judgment speak of impact

Delhi | Wednesday | 16th June, 2021

Summary:

As of today, former JNU student Umar Khalid remains imprisoned only for the UAPA case which is FIR 59/20. United Against Hate (UAH) founder Khalid Saifi is also stuck in the UAPA FIR after being granted bail in both Jagatpuri FIR and the FIR pertaining to the Khajuri Khas violence. MBA graduate and anti-CAA activist Gulfisha Fatima was co-accused with Kalita and Narwal in one of the Jafrabad FIRs where she was later granted bail but remains imprisoned in the UAPA case. Meanwhile, advocate Sarim Naved, said that even on his reading of the chargesheet, the accusations seemed "flimsy" right from the start. Senior advocate MR Shamshad too pointed to the court's observation on the evidence against the accused not attracting the terror law..