Newsclick Row: Order remanding Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty in police custody under HC scanner

A trial court's order remanding NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in police custody in a case lodged under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Friday came under scanner in the Delhi High Court, which said there appeared to be something missing as the order was apparently passed without hearing their counsel.

Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said a relief cannot be granted at this stage as the court has to hear the counsel for police, and listed the matter for further hearing on October 9 as the first case. "The only difficulty is that the allegations don't seem to be of such nature that you can be released immediately," the high court said.