New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear plea of Ali Khan Mahmudabad, associate professor and head of the Political Science department at Ashoka University in Haryana, against his arrest over a social media post on Operation Sindoor.
A bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said it would list the matter for hearing on May 20 or 21.
The bench agreed to give urgent hearing of the plea after senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned it seeking urgent hearing.
“He has been arrested for a patriotic statement. Please list it,” Sibal said.
On Sunday, Mahmudabad was remanded to two-day police custody after the Haryana police arrested him from Delhi, following the registration of two separate cases.
Arrest on Sunday from his residence in Delhi, Mahmudabad was charged with, among other things, endangering India’s sovereignty, unity and integrity for his comments on Operation Sindoor.
The State Women’s Commission had earlier termed Mahmudabad’s social media comments as disparaging toward women officers in the Indian Armed Forces and said it also promoted communal disharmony. On May 13, Bhatia had dispatched the summons to the associate professor.
He clarified that his comments had been completely misunderstood.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, targeting terror bases in Pakistan in retaliation for the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. (ANI)
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Corrupt and unscrupulous lawyers like Mr. Kapil Sibal are the bane of Indian judiciary.
In the RG Kar case, the Supreme Court did not have time to deliver justice. The dates were given at an interval of more than 2 months.
But here, just because Mr. Sibal happens to be the drinking buddy of some Supreme Court judge, he has been given a date as early as tomorrow. This is the travesty of the Indian judicial system – it’s tailor made for the uber rich and well connected. The common man cannot and must not have any expectations from the Supreme Court.
How criminally partisan and parochial the higher Indian judiciary is. The Supreme Court, in particular, is an abomination.
Matters of extreme urgency and involving the futures of thousands of people keep getting listed with dates 6 (or even more) months down the line.
But if one can afford the services of lawyers like Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the case gets listed right away – the very next day.
The Supreme Court, in reality, is just an old boys club. These people wine and dine together every weekend, and between themselves, they set things up including legal cases and judgements.