The Investigating Officer in the JNU Sedition case informed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) that the Delhi Police has not received any information from the Home Department, Delhi Government regarding sanction to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Student Union President, Kanhaiya Kumar and others.
CMM Manish Khurana took on record a report filed by the Home Department stating that it would require one month's time after receiving the opinion of the Standing Counsel, Law Department, Delhi Government, to decide on the issue of grant of sanction in the matter.
The Court then directed the DCP concerned to submit a report on the status of sanction while adjourning the matter to await the decision on sanction.
Apart from Kanhaiya Kumar, the chargesheet has named students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, and seven others for allegedly raising “anti-national” slogans at the JNU campus on February 2, 2016.
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