{
  "id": 9889571,
  "title": "SC allows Delhi riots accused to mark attendance to cops only on Saturday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/sc-allows-delhi-riots-accused-to-mark-attendance-to-cops-only-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T02:02:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-allows-delhi-riots-accused-to-mark-attendance-to-cops-only-on-saturday-101790359644216.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court has ruled that the accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, Meeran Haider, can only attend a police station on Saturdays for their attendance, as opposed to twice a week. Haider's lawyer, Siddharth Agarwal, had requested the court to relax three other conditions in addition to this one. However, the bench rejected this suggestion, stating that the conditions must be broader and not confined to the present case. Haider was granted permission to appear before the Crime Branch police station on Saturdays between 10 am and 12 noon, exempting him from appearing on two Saturdays - October 17 and 24, due to his marriage in that week. The trial in the case, involving UAPA charges, is ongoing.",
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has partially relaxed a bail condition for Meeran Haider, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots. According to The Hindu, he had been required to mark his attendance at a Delhi police station twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.\n\nThe court has reduced this to once a week, on Saturdays. The Hindu also reported that Haider's counsel had argued that the original condition was causing him hardship. The relaxation comes ahead of Haider's scheduled wedding on October 17.\n\nThe court has also exempted Haider from appearing at the police station on his wedding day and October 24. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju made a comment that Haider could get married at the police station, which his counsel objected to.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}