India, April 13 -- Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid on Monday urged the Supreme Court to allow an open court hearing and oral arguments in his review petition challenging the denial of bail in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Khalid, referred the matter before a bench led by Justice Aravind Kumar, who also authored the January 5 order refusing bail, and requested that the review be heard in open court instead of being decided in chambers.

"I wanted to make a mention about a review petition.it is listed on Wednesday. My request is.if you could have it in an open Court," submitted Sibal.

"We will look into the paper, and if required, ...