Supreme Court to Kanhaiya Kumar: Go to Delhi High Court for bail

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, February 19, 2016: The Supreme Court has refused to hear the bail plea of Kanhaiya Kumar. The top court has asked Kanhaiya’s lawyers to approach the Delhi High Court for bail. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested for sedition and was sent to judicial custody till March 2.

 

In his petition, Kanhaiya had said there was "repeated breakdown of law and order at the Patiala House court" despite the directives of the apex court, making it "impossible for him and his lawyers" to approach the session’s court for bail.

Kanhaiya, in his petition, had also claimed of being punched by an unidentified person in the court room of the metropolitan magistrate at the Patiala House court.

Here are the latest updates:

   
Kanhaiya’s bail plea in high court can now only be heard next week.
   
Supreme Court has asked Delhi Police to ensure full security to Kanhaiya and his lawyers at the high court.
   
Bail will set a wrong precedent as the hearing is on in a lower court: Supreme Court
   
The Supreme Court asked Kanhaiya’s lawyers why they had not moved the high court. Kumar’s lawyers argued that he is not safe there.
   
Supreme Court has asked Kanhaiya’s lawyers to approach the Delhi High Court for the JNUSU president’s bail.
   
Delhi Police has not sought extension of police remand for Kanhaiya Kumar, says lawyer.
   
Delhi Police also submits their report on Patiala House Court violence in SC.
   
Kanhaiya is being represented in the Supreme Court by top lawyers Raju Ramachandran and Soli Sorabjee, the former Attorney General of India.
   
Sorabjee recently went on record saying Kanhaiya’s words and action did not amount to sedition. "That is not sedition. Sedition, the Supreme Court has said, are the acts which have a tendency and intention to disturb law and order or incite violence," he had said.
   
JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was thrashed on Wednesday by a group of lawyers at Patiala House Court complex while he was being taken for hearing.