PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday strongly criticised the Supreme Court’s decision denying bail to the key activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. “The scales of justice are breaking under the burden of injustice”, she remarked.
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PDP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday strongly criticised the Supreme Court’s decision denying bail to the key activist Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. “The scales of justice are breaking under the burden of injustice”, she remarked.
Reacting sharply to the verdict, Mehbooba Mufti said the ruling exposed glaring double standards in the justice system. “What a travesty of justice. On one hand, Gurmeet Singh, convicted for rape and murder, continues to receive parole after parole. On the other hand, Umar Khalid, merely an accused yet to face trial, has been languishing in jail for over five years & repeatedly denied bail by no less than the Supreme Court of India today,” she wrote on X.
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She further remarked, “The scales of justice are breaking under the burden of injustice”.
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PDP leader Iltija Mufti also echoed a similar reaction.
Reacting to the Supreme Court verdict, former DGP of J&K, SP Vaid, wrote on X, “Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, booked under the UAPA in connection with the 2020 Delhi riots, must face the full wrath of the Indian justice system. No bail, no mercy. Terrorists, rioters, and separatists should be dealt with in exactly the same manner. In the 2020 Delhi riots, 53 people were killed and over 700 injured. The prosecution has pointed to Sharjeel Imam and his remarks about calling for Assam to be cut off from the rest of India”.
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