Concerned citizens urge CJI to uphold liberty of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam

Health By The Hindu • September 30, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC

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Concerned citizens urge CJI to uphold liberty of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam

The signatories, who wrote to CJI on the eve of India’s 80th Independence day, invoked the Supreme Court’s 2021 judgment in K.A. Najeeb, which held that prolonged incarceration can violate an accused person’s fundamental right to a speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitutio...

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File picture of Umar Khalid. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

A group of concerned citizens, including writers, academics, filmmakers, activists and public figures, has written an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, urging him to intervene in the continued incarceration of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.

The two, accused in a larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, have been in custody for nearly six years.

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