Delhi violence: Court says media's duty to report properly on Umar Khalid's confessional statements
Updated Jan 24, 2021 · 05:41 pm File photo of activist Umar Khalid. | Sonu Mehta/HT A Delhi court on Friday criticised the media for publishing alleged confessional statements of activist Umar Khalid in a case related to the violence in the national Capital in February 2020, without clarifying that his statements were not admissible as evidence, Live Law reported. The court was hearing a plea filed by Khalid, stating that his right to free and fair trial was getting affected as sections of the media quoted selectively from his disclosure statement and falsely c...
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