Umar Khalid Bail Remarks Trigger Chandrachud Debate
Article Today, Jaipur: Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday reiterated that granting bail is the rule and its denial only an exception. Referring to the prolonged incarceration of Umar Khalid, he said keeping an accused in prison for years without trial amounted to punishment without conviction. Such detention, he stressed, runs…