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It said Zubair's petition will be decided on its own merit, uninfluenced by the order of the Allahabad High Court, which had denied him the relief.
Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through his tweets.
The apex court has also allowed Zubair's plea to transfer all the FIRs from Uttar Pradesh Police to the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.
The apex court observed that it seems to be a "vicious cycle" where the moment Mohammed Zubair gets bail in one case, there is another FIR against him.
The Supreme Court will hear Zubair's plea in detail on July 20.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of Zubair's lawyer Vrinda Grover that the petitioner, a fact checker and journalist, has been facing a slew of FIRs and his plea needed an urgent hearing.
The bail application was moved before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohamaddi on July 11 after the court sent Zubair to a 14-day judicial custody in the case.
Zubair, however, will remain in jail in other cases that have been filed against him by the Uttar Pradesh police.
In his petition, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has reportedly challenged the FIRs registered against him at Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, and Hathras, and also questioned the constitution of an SIT by UP Police.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the State government, that they wants to file a counter affidavit to Zubair’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR lodged in the case.
A Delhi court set the hearing on a bail request made by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case involving a "objectionable tweet" he had sent in 2018 against a Hindu deity for July 14 on Tuesday.
The case was registered against the Alt News co-founder under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (promoting enmity between different groups) based on a complaint filed by Sudarshan TV journalist Ashish Kumar Katiyar.
Delhi Police had last week told a Delhi court that they were investigating alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) by Alt News in their probe against co-founder Mohammed Zubair.
Zubair will, however, stay in jail, as he was ordered in 14-day judicial custody on July 2 in a separate case in Delhi. The Supreme Court, too, has said the interim relief is only in the Sitapur Police case
A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari said on Thursday that the matter be listed on Friday subject to clearance from the Chief Justice of India.
The clarification came after reports, attributing the Delhi Police, claimed that Zubair's bail plea has been dismissed by the Patiala House Court.
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The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order granting four days of custody of Zubair to the Delhi Police was mentioned by his lawyer, advocate Vrinda Grover, before Justice Sanjeev Narula who agreed to list the matter for hearing on July 1.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria passed the order after hearing arguments from Delhi police as well as the accused.
Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police's IFSO (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations) unit, which deals with cyber crime, on the basis of a complaint filed by a Twitter user who accused him of hurting his religious sentiments.
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