The Delhi High Court saw much action over the past one year in connection with the sedition case lodged against KanhaiyaKumar.
It as again on the conditional relief from the HC that Kanhaiya and others had called off their hunger strike in May against the JNU’s disciplinary action following the February 9 incident. The court stayed the action while asking the students to call off the strike.
The university administration, on the basis of a report by a High Level Enquiry Committee, had rusticated Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharyaand Kashmiri research scholar Mujeeb Gattoo. It had also slapped fines on several others including Kanhaiya.
Another Bench of the HC granted Kanhaiya, Khalid, Anirban and several others temporary relief from rustication, hostel debarment and financial penalty.
On a plea moved by the students, the court asked the varsity’s appellate authority, headed by the vice-chancellor, to not take any action against them for the time being.
It was the Delhi HC, which granted interim bail to Kanhaiya in March, which was followed by several private persons seeking its cancellation.
The private persons sought cancellation of Kanhaiya’s interim bail in the sedition case saying he had made anti-national speeches while being out of jail.
In August, the court dismissed the petitions stating that labelling “the speeches as anti-national is the personal perception of the petitioners and nothing has been brought forth to establish that the speeches were actually made or that the same were declared anti-national by any court of law”.
