Overview
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and ASG S. V. Raju, appearing for Delhi Police before Justices Aravind Kumar and N. V. Anjaria, argued the riots were well designed and orchestrated, not a spontaneous clash.
- Prosecutors described the violence as an attack on national sovereignty and cited speeches, chats and statements they say show a coordinated plan.
- Raju said Umar Khalid cannot seek parity with 2021 bail orders for other accused, asserting those rulings rested on an incorrect view of the UAPA that the Supreme Court later disapproved.
- The state argued the accused have themselves contributed to trial delays and that prolonged incarceration alone should not constitute grounds for bail.
- The accused, including Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman and Mohd. Saleem Khan, remain in custody under UAPA, while the Delhi High Court separately asked police to file an investigation status update by November 21.