New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Delhi police for failing to file its response to the bail pleas of Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider and Shifa Ur Rehman challenging the Delhi High Court order which denied them bail in the UAPA case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots.

A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria declined the request of Delhi Police for a grant of two weeks' time to file counter-affidavits on the petitions.

The bench said that it had given the Delhi Police enough time to reply to the pleas.

"We made it clear. You (ASG) may be appearing for the first time. We granted sufficient time. Last time we said issue notice and...