: Delhi violence: HC lifts stay on UAPA trial, lower court asks Tihar Jail to ensure safety of accused #IndiaNEWS The Delhi High Court on Wednesday vacated its earlier stay order on the trial under the

Delhi violence: HC lifts stay on UAPA trial, lower court asks Tihar Jail to ensure safety of accused #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday vacated its earlier stay order on the trial under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a case related to violence in northeast Delhi in February last year, Bar and Bench reported. The decision came after the Delhi government submitted to the court that the accused in the case can collect hard copies of the chargesheet on March 25, according to Live Law. The High Court had in November stayed the proceedings in the case after the Delhi Police had filed an appeal against a trial court order directing the supply of hard copy of the chargesheets to the accused.The decision effectively means that several accused in the case, including former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid, Pinjra Tod activists Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, JNU student Sharjeel Imam and former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain, will now undergo trial under the UAPA.In January, a trial court in Delhi had expressed its displeasure on the fact that the accused were not given a uniform time slot for reading the chargesheet, despite such orders. On more than one occasion, courts have also expressed concern over leaking of the content of chargesheet, leading to “media trial???, even as the accused were not provided with copies of the same.Meanwhile, after the Delhi High Court cleared the...Read more

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