US EditionSC Restrains Trial Court From Taking Cognisance of Chargesheet Filed Against Ashoka University Professor for Social Media Posts on Op Sindoor.
The Supreme Court halted trial and barred chargesheet cognisance against Ashoka University's Ali Khan Mahmudabad amid concerns over investigation scope and legal provisions under review.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court of India restrained a trial court from taking cognisance of the SIT's chargesheet against Ali Khan Mahmudabad and quashed the FIR with a closure report.
- Mahmudabad was arrested on May 18 after posts about Operation Sindoor referencing Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh led to two FIRs and charges under BNS Section 152 and sedition-like offences.
- The Court directed the constitution of an SIT comprising three IPS officers led by an IG-rank officer and including a woman member, limited to probing posts with a four-week deadline.
- The bench gave the professor's lawyers time to reply to the SIT report and ordered no further action until that review is complete, after the SIT filed a closure report in one FIR and a chargesheet on August 22.
- The bench questioned the use of sedition-like provisions for social media posts and the Court criticised the Haryana SIT for seizing devices and seeking decade-long travel records beyond the posts.
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SC stays trial against Ashoka University professor
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the trial court from taking cognisance of the chargesheet filed by Haryana SIT in the FIR against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked for social media posts on Operation Sindoor. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi also restrained the trial court from framing any charges in the case. The SIT, constituted by the top court to investigate the two FIRs regis…
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