Attacker-Lawyers March As JNU’s Kanhaiya’s Bail Plea Denied

“However, the mob at the court complex was ready to lynch the petitioner as if the petitioner is guilty, which erodes a citizen’s faith in the justice delivery mechanism established under the laws by our Constitution”, his bail plea said. “But the present government seems to believe that independent thinking (in education institutes) must be challenged”, said Pro Vice-Chancellor Sandeep Shastri of Jain University in Bangalore.

JNU today ruled out any change in the composition of the high-level committee set up by it to inquire into the February 9 event on campus where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, saying it has “full faith” in the three-member panel.

Waving the tricolour, the lawyers shouted slogans like “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and marched amidst tight security. “We aim to protest against the NDA government’s move to impose their ideologies on everyone”.

“We are today standing for human rights and freedom of speech”.

” …judges of the apex court have been projected as killers despite the free and fair trial of the convict and it clearly tantamount to criminal contempt”, said the petitioner Vineet Dhanda, a Supreme Court lawyer.

On the attack on Kumar inside Patiala House Court premises, the NHRC said the student leader was “abused and physically assaulted” by some persons dressed as advocates.

In Delhi, hundreds of equally vocal lawyers marched from the Patiala House Court complex to India Gate demanding action against “anti-national” JNU students. That case will be heard on Friday.

Thousands marched Thursday in a growing backlash against the government’s decision to arrest a student leader on colonial-era sedition charges, in the latest battle between Indian liberals and a government increasingly seen as nationalistic and intolerant. Why is media not focusing on other issues, say what is happening in Kerala, where an RSS worker was killed by CPI(M) or the riots in Malda?

They were led by, among others, Vikram Chauhan, who has been accused of attacking journalists and JNU students at the Patiala House court on Monday and causing more disturbances there on Wednesday. “At a time when students are involved, where is the need for home ministry to step in and involve police in handling of the situation?” questioned a student.

Sedition carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment although convictions are rare.

Jama’at e Islami Friday condemned the “harassment” campaign of Delhi Police against Kashmiri students studying in different educational institutions of Delhi and adjoining areas. These protests are now not only about Afzal Guru or the occupation of Kashmir; they are really a test of whether dissent is allowed in India.