The Delhi High Court on Thursday fixed for 23 March the
hearing on the pleas seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to JNUSU
President Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
However, when the judge Suresh Kait fixed the next date of hearing,
advocate RP Luthra, who appeared for one of the petitioners seeking
cancellation of interim bail as well as initiation of perjury proceedings
against Kanhaiya, told the bench that it was an urgent matter and it should be
heard on 21 March.
The bench declined his oral request saying, “The police
is there and they are taking care of it.” Luthra, who appeared for
petitioner Prashant Kumar Umrao, insisted that the matter be heard on Monday,
saying due to the speeches given by Kanhaiya after his release on interim bail,
“the damage is being multiplied”.
Kanhaiya, who was granted six months interim bail on 2 March, is facing sedition charge in connection with an event at JNU on 9 February where ‘anti-national’ slogans were allegedly raised and Parliament attack convict
Afzal Guru hailed as a ‘martyr’.
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