The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till July the interim bail granted to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad in connection with two FIRs registered against him over his social media comments on Operation Sindoor.
A bench of Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar said if needed, Majithia will also appear before the SIT on March 18 as well at the same time.
Inspector General (IG) Sparjan Kumar will lead the seven-member team with four women IPS officers. ADGP( Crime branch) H Venketesh will supervise the functioning of the team.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been established to investigate the discovery of suspected explosive devices on Independence Day.
The petitioners have sought the SIT probe under the supervision of a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
Custodial interrogation means that the investigating agency is assuming certain functions of a magistrate before whom Kumar would have to appear, Mukherjee said.
Varavara Rao was arrested on August 28 by the Pune Police. He is under house arrest since August 30 as per the Supreme Court's order.
Dwelling on the dangers of seeking court-monitored SIT probe every time, Salve said "if they did not trust the CBI, NIA, who will they call? the FBI".
Parashuram Waghmare, the last of the six suspects arrested in connection with the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, was her…
The Maharashtra government had objected to the petitions seeking an independent probe into the death of Judge Loya saying the pleas were obliquely motivated.
