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The Supreme Court connected Friday (May 8, 2026) refused to assistance bail to a pupil accused of inciting unit during the concern workers' protestation successful Noida connected April 13.
A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan asked the counsel appearing for Aakriti Chaudhary to attack the Allahabad High Court.
"Why don't you spell to precocious tribunal ? Everybody comes present by filing petition nether Article 32 of the Constitution. There are 93,000 cases pending successful the Supreme Court," the Bench observed.
The counsel appearing for Ms. Chaudhary submitted that grounds of apprehension were not fixed by the constabulary to the accused and sought bail.
He told the apex tribunal that Ms. Chaudhary is simply a pupil of Delhi University.
The apical tribunal besides issued announcement to constabulary officials connected a plea filed by 1 Keshaw Anand alleging torture by Uttar Pradesh constabulary officials.
A Noida tribunal had earlier allowed conditional constabulary remand of 3 women, Ms. Chaudhary, Manisha Chauhan and Srishti Gupta, accused of inciting unit during the concern workers' protestation connected April 13.
The tribunal had besides allowed their lawyers to beryllium contiguous during probe proceedings.
Ms. Chaudhary and Ms. Gupta are some from Delhi and successful their 20s. Ms. Chaudhary has a masters successful past from Daulat Ram College, portion Ms. Chauhan is simply a idiosyncratic with an concern portion successful Noida.
In the exertion for custody, constabulary contended that determination was "full anticipation of getting important grounds from the spot of residence of the accused".
Protests by mill workers demanding a hike successful wages turned convulsive successful parts of Noida past month.
According to officials, a ample fig of workers from assorted concern units gathered to property for their long-pending request for wage revision and raised slogans during the demonstration.
The protest, however, escalated into unit arsenic immoderate participants allegedly vandalised property, pelted stones and acceptable a conveyance connected fire.
