JNU row: Kanhaiya Kumar moves Supreme Court for bail, hearing tomorrow

“I do not think you can call the situation (in the court complex) today went out of hand”, he had told reporters after the Delhi Police’s handling of the situation at the Patiala House court complex came under intense scrutiny from the Supreme Court. “The cops’ presence did not discourage the lawyers from shouting slogans and attacking journalists”, said Santosh Kumar Mishra, a lawyer at Patiala Court. There have been cases of lawyers resorting to violence in the lower courts not just in Patiala House or in Tis Hazari in Delhi but in Chennai and other parts of the country.

In the statement attached with the FIR, the police said that they have identified 10 students, which include Umar Khalid.

The parents of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, accused of sedition, were on Thursday provided police protection in their village in Bihar, an official said.

However, in India’s very crowded lower courts where hundreds of lawyers practise and can not be denied entry into the complex, there is always scope for chaos.

The violence by lawyers occurred despite the Supreme Court ordering the police to ensure security in the court and has drawn wide criticism of the lawyers and police.

Everybody entering the court room was checked twice – first by New Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Jatin Narwal and thereafter District Judge Amar Nath, Special Judge Bharat Parashar and Delhi high court registrar general confirmed our identities.

Kanhaiya was arrested in a sedition case after an event was held at JNU on February 9 where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.

The arrest has turned into a national controversy, with the opposition and large sections of the JNU students and faculty accusing the government of crushing dissent.

The JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been arrested on charges of sedition – was sent to 14 days of judicial custody.

Kanhaiya has been kept in cell number 3 of Tihar jail where even terrorist Afzal Guru was locked in Tihar jail.

As the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row intensifies by the day, the government on Wednesday indicated that the reputed institution represents an “alternative voice” which should also be heard, referring to the intellectuals and academicians, who have been its products.