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Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Citing Paucity Of Time https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-umar-khalid-delhi-riots-larger-conspiracy-bail-239980 Sheryl Sebastian 12 Oct 2023 Umar Khalid Bail : "Can Demonstrate In 20 Mins That There's No Case", Sibal Says; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Citing Paucity Of Time
On the last occasion, the bench, while deferring the hearing, granted leave and asked Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal to point out whether the ingredients of the offences under Chapters IV and VI of the UAPA could be discerned, with reference to the evidence on record. The court said that it would have to examine each document in order to assess whether the charges levelled against the terror accused were sustainable.
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directing ED to inform grounds of arrest in writing to the accused , cannot be said to be squarely applicable to a case arising under UAPA. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela held that under UAPA, the grounds of arrest need to be informed to the arrestee within 24 hours of such arrest, however furnishing of such grounds in written are not mandated under the enactment.
Thus, the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in Pankaj Bansal (supra) while relying upon V. Senthil Balaji (supra) which was purely in relation to the provisions of PMLA cannot, by any stretch of imagination, be made applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the cases arising under UAPA,”
