Ashoka professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets interim bail; SC flags ‘dog-whistling’, orders three-member SIT
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad being escorted by police. File pic/PTI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested for his contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor, but refused to stay the investigation against him.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh directed the Haryana director general of police to constitute a three-member special investigation team (SIT) headed by an inspector general (IG) rank officer also including a superintendent (SP) rank woman officer within 24 hours to investigate the case. The top court said the interim bail was granted to the petitioner to facilitate further investigation and directed Mahmudabad to surrender his passport.
Supreme court said the interim bail was granted to the petitioner to facilitate further investigation
“The choice of words are deliberately made to insult, humiliate or cause discomfort to others. The professor, who is a learned person cannot lack a dictionary...he could have conveyed the very same feelings in a simple language without hurting others. He should have shown respect for the sentiments of others. He could have used a simple and neutral kind of language, respecting others,” Justice Kant said. The bench said though everybody had the right to freedom of expression, Mahmudabad’s remarks seemed like “dog whistling”, used in legal parlance.
She’s not a killer, says SC; grants ex-IAS anticipatory bail
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating, and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma directed Khedkar to cooperate in the probe. “What is the grave crime she has committed? She is not a drug lord or a terrorist. She has not committed 302 (murder). She is not an NDPS offender. You should have a system or a software. You complete the investigation. She has lost everything and will not get a job anywhere,” the bench observed orally.
Ashoka breathes easy as prof gets bail
The Ashoka University on Wednesday said it was “relieved” and “heartened” that the Supreme Court granted interim bail to its professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad.
SC junks plea for FIR against HC judge
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear a plea seeking an FIR against high court judge Yashwant Varma in connection with the discovery of cash from this official residence in the capital.
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