Supreme Court notice to four states on Sharjeel Imam’s petition
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 26
The Supreme Court today asked the governments of UP, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh to respond to a petition filed by JNU student Sharjeel Imam seeking clubbing of FIRs lodged against him for his alleged divisive and anti-India utterances during anti-CAA protests.
Charged with sedition
Besides hate speech, JNU student Sharjeel Imam has been charged with sedition and certain provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Imam, who was arrested from Jehanabad in Bihar on January 28, wanted the SC to order probe by a single agency after clubbing all FIRs lodged against him in Delhi and the four states. Besides hate speech, he has been charged with sedition and certain provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
A Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, which had earlier asked the Delhi Government to respond to his petition, issued notice to the other states where cases had been registered after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said notice to Delhi alone was not enough. Other states also needed to be heard, he added.
Mehta, however, said Delhi Government’s reply was ready and would be filed by Wednesday.
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