AI Summit protest: Magistrate grants bail to IYC chief Chib, but sessions court orders stay

NEW DELHI: (Feb 28) A Delhi court on Saturday issued a stay on the bail granted to Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Uday Bhanu Chib in connection with a protest at the India AI Impact Summit here, hours after a magistrate court granted him relief saying the right to life and liberty is the "soul of the Indian Constitution".

Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal directed the stay after the Delhi Police challenged the bail order by Duty Magistrate Vanshika Mehta, and listed the matter on March 6 for further proceedings.

Chib was produced before the magistrate at around 1 am at her official residence after his four-day police custody, granted on February 24 following his arrest in connection with the February 20 'shirtless protest', came to an end.