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SC Agrees to Hear Plea on Arrest of Ashoka Univ Prof
The New Indian Express Sambalpur
|May 20, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad challenging his arrest by Haryana police for his alleged statement on Operation Sindoor.
Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal appeared for the professor before the two-judge bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih, saying, "He has been arrested for a patriotic statement. Please list the matter for hearing."
This story is from the May 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Sambalpur.
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