SC Grants Delhi Police 2 More Weeks for Reply in 2020 Riots Bail Plea

• Supreme Court extends deadline for Delhi Police to respond to bail pleas of Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi.
• Ahmed and Saifi are accused in the February 2020 Delhi riots 'larger conspiracy' case.
• A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale granted the extension after a request from Delhi Police counsel.
• The top court had issued notice on their plea challenging a Delhi High Court order from September 2023.
• The High Court had dismissed Ahmed's bail plea, stating 'delay in trial' cannot be the sole ground for bail.