GS-4CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. NATIONAL SECURITY, UAPA BAIL JURISPRUDENCE
Bail After Five Years Undecided: What Parvez's Case Says About UAPA and Article 21
The order matters because it tests, in a live case, how far courts will go in weighing UAPA's stringent bail bar against Article 21's right to a speedy trial when pretrial custody stretches past four years without a verdict. The Delhi High Court refused to stay a trial court order granting bail to Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez and journalist Irfan Mehraj in a UAPA case, though it imposed stricter conditions. For UPSC…
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