The Delhi Police informed a trial court that it had failed to procure prosecution sanction against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case. Police informed the trial court that the sanction to prosecute, which is pending with the Delhi government, was expected in a few days. The court gave Delhi Police till February 28 to obtain the sanction to prosecute Kumar and others. Delhi Police fails to procure prosecution sanction in JNU sediton case. Court directed the IO to ask the Govt to expedite the sanction decision and that the authorities can not sit on files for an indefinite period.

Source: Indian Express February 06, 2019 06:33 UTC