India, Dec. 9 -- A Delhi court on Monday deferred its order on the bail pleas of several accused in the Kartavya Path protest case to December 9 due to Judicial Magistrate Aridaman Singh Cheema falling ill.

Outside the courtroom, parents of several accused students voiced their grief to their lawyers about being "emotionally provoked by the repeated deferrals" on the bail order.

On Thursday, the judge deferred the order on the bail pleas, saying the new material put on record by the investigating officers (IOs) would require time to be perused. Several advocates pleaded that their clients had exams coming up shortly and the bail order needs to be released "on an urgent basis."

On November 23, a protest took place at the India Gate over r...