India, July 20 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Delhi high court order granting Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita access to documents and material not relied upon by the Delhi Police in its chargesheet in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case.

The stay came on an appeal filed by the Delhi Police against the high court's June 5 order, which had allowed Kalita to inspect the unrelied documents. The high court had also lifted its 2024 stay on the trial court proceedings, permitting the framing of charges to continue.

Issuing notice on the Delhi Police appeal, a bench of justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi said, "In the meantime there shall be stay of the impugned order."

Appearing for Kalita, advocate Adit S Pujari...