Delhi Police had on January 14 filed the chargesheet at a city court against Kanhaiya Kumar and others.
New Delhi, January 19
A court here questioned Delhi Police on Saturday for filing a chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case without procuring the requisite sanctions.
The police told Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat they would procure the required sanctions within 10 days.
“Why did you file (the chargesheet) without approval? You don’t have a legal department,” the court said.
The court is likely to resume hearing on the matter soon.
Delhi Police had on January 14 filed the chargesheet at a city court against Kumar and others, saying he was leading a procession and supported seditious slogans raised on the university campus during an event in February 2016.
Police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya with allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during the event held on February 9, 2016, to commemorate the hanging of Parliament-attack mastermind Afzal Guru. PTI
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