AMN /
The Supreme Court today refused to hear the bail plea of Kanhaiya Kumar, the JNUSU president who was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-national slogans.The top court directed the matter to the Delhi High Court.
The Apex Court also asked Centre and Delhi Police to ensure proper security arrangements for counsel of the student union leader on High Court premises. It observed that hearing Kanhaiya’s bail plea directly would open floodgates of such requests in the future.
In his bail petition, Kanhaiya said there is repeated breakdown of law and order at the Patiala House Courts despite directives of the apex court, making it impossible for him and his lawyers to approach the sessions court for bail.