She denies spying and is fighting her deportation at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission's environment reflects the limited public nature of its work.
Judges at an urgent Special Immigration Appeals Commission on 9 March ruled he must return to Belmarsh prison.
Mr Justice Mitting of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) granted Abu Qatada bail on Tuesday with strict conditions.
The latest ruling by the special immigration appeals commission ends a long run of good luck for Mrs May.
The cleric earlier appeared before a Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) hearing in central London following his arrest by UK Border Agency officials.
Some courts already hold secret sessions like this such as the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that recently freed the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada.
Jordan's acting information minister Nayef al-Fayez told the BBC his government shared UK authorities' disappointment at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) ruling on Monday.
In July, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled the law used to detain nine alleged international terrorists without trial breached the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) is a semi-secret court that deals with national security deportations where some of the sensitive material cannot be disclosed in public.
Mrs May said she had written to the ECHR to argue Abu Qatada's application should be rejected and the case heard by the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission instead.
Earlier this week, Mr Justice Mitting told the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission the preacher should be freed within days because his deportation had been blocked by the European Court.
Last month the Special Immigration Appeals Commission ruled it was not satisfied the preacher would be tried fairly in Jordan because the case could include evidence obtained by torturing his former co-defendants.
But the presiding judge, Judge Wayne Iskra, reversed his initial decision on Monday, agreeing with a US Department of Justice comment that the US Board of Immigration Appeals should handle the case.
While the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission had accepted Jordan's assurances, she suggested the European Court of Human Rights - which is based in Strasbourg - had raised new legal points that had to be addressed.
The special immigration appeals commission (Siac) ruled in November there was a "real risk" evidence gained by torture could be used against Abu Qatada at a retrial in Jordan, meaning that he would not get a fair hearing.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), which adjudicates on national security-related deportations, ruled last year that Abu Qatada should not be removed from the UK because his retrial could be tainted by evidence obtained by torturing the cleric's former co-defendants.
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In their judgement last month, Court of Appeal judges said the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was entitled to think there was a risk that "impugned statements" obtained by the torture of others would be admitted in evidence at his retrial.
Test case appeals over the refusals, which were due to be heard by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) on 21 July, will be delayed pending the outcome.
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