US EditionSupreme Court Extends Interim Bail for Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad
- On May 28, the Supreme Court of India continued interim bail for an Associate Professor at Ashoka University, Ali Khan Mahmudabad, amid an ongoing investigation concerning his social media activity.
- The investigation arose from two FIRs filed after Mahmudabad's comments on Operation Sindoor, a military operation following the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
- The Court restricted the SIT to probing only the two FIRs, barred Mahmudabad from posting or commenting on related matters, and directed the SIT to submit reports before the Court.
- Mahmudabad faces charges under multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections including endangering sovereignty and promoting enmity, while the NHRC took suo motu cognisance of his arrest on May 21.
- The interim bail extension and investigation limits indicate continuing scrutiny balanced with protection of Mahmudabad’s speech rights, pending further judicial decisions.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 28, told Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, accused of making contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor, that there was no impediment on his right to speech and expression, but he can’t post anything online with respect to the cases against him. A partial working day bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta refused to modify as of now, the interim bail condition impose…
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