SC sets 4-week deadline for SIT probing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's Facebook posts on Op Sindoor, relaxes bail conditions

‘You don’t need him, you need a dictionary,’ SC tells SIT probing Ashoka professor’s Op Sindoor post

A 2-judge SC bench pulled up the SIT after being informed that, in addition to seizing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's devices, it had questioned the professor over his foreign trips.

You need a dictionary, not Ashoka professor’s custody, Supreme Court tells SIT

The bail conditions on Ali Khan Mahmudabad only restrain him from commenting about the matter, not other topics, clarified the bench.

Supreme Court relaxes bail condition of Ashoka University professor, questions SIT line of probe

The Supreme Court directed that there is no need for Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, accused of making contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor, to appear before the SIT any further

SC sets 4-week deadline for SIT probing Ali Khan Mahmudabad's Facebook posts on Op Sindoor, relaxes bail conditions

The Supreme Court has instructed the SIT to finish its investigation into Ali Khan Mahmudabad's posts about Operation Sindoor within four weeks. Haryana Police arrested him on May 18 for comments on Operation Sindoor, accused of undermining national integrity. Two FIRs were filed.

'Misdirecting Itself': SC Raps Haryana SIT Probing Online Posts of Ashoka University Professor on Op Sindoor - Clarion India

NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Haryana Special Investigation Team (SIT) for unnecessarily broadening the scope of its probe into the two FIRs filed against Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a professor of political science at Haryana-based Ashoka University, over his controversial social media posts on Operation Sindoor.   After senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing on Mahmudabad’s behalf, submitted that the SIT had seized his elec…

Supreme Court rebukes Haryana SIT for overreach in probe against Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, reasserts narrow scope of investigation

On July 16, 2025, the Supreme Court strongly criticised the conduct of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Haryana Police to investigate two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed against Ashoka University Assistant Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, stemming from his Facebook posts related to Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi questioned why the SIT was expanding …