'Bail Is Rule Even In UAPA': Supreme Court Critiques Own Umar Khalid Order

Monday, 18 May 2026Newsdesk

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said an earlier judgment rejecting bail to Khalid and Imam appeared to dilute the binding precedent laid down by a larger bench in the landmark Union of India vs KA Najeeb case.

New Delhi 18 May 2026

As per news report of NDTV,The Supreme Court on Monday strongly reaffirmed that "bail is the rule and jail the exception" even in cases under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), while expressing serious reservations about its recent verdict denying bail to former JNU student leaders Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Source - NDTV