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FB Post on Operation Sindoor: Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad but Refuses to Stay FIR
- On May 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of India granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political science professor at Ashoka University, who had been detained in New Delhi in connection with his online remarks about Operation Sindoor.
- His arrest followed complaints by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and Haryana State Commission for Women, alleging that his posts on India's military response to the Pahalgam terror attack were inflammatory and undermined national integrity.
- The court refused to stay the FIRs, barred Mahmudabad from posting further on the issue, and ordered a three-member special investigation team of IPS officers from outside Haryana to be formed by May 22.
- Justice Surya Kant acknowledged that the posts had the potential to offend and cause distress to others but emphasized the importance of protecting freedom of expression, questioning the appropriateness of using such language in the given context.
- The case highlights tensions after recent India-Pakistan military clashes and drew condemnation from academics and rights groups who call the arrest censorship and raise free expression concerns amid rising communal tensions.
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Mahmudabad granted bail; probe on
Ali Khan Mahmudabad NEW DELHI: India’s top court granted bail on Wednesday to a professor arrested for commentating online about the military conflict with Pakistan. While granting Ali Khan Mahmudabad bail, India’s Supreme Court said he should have avoided “use of complicated words” which could “hurt individuals” and instead used “simpler words to convey his sentiments”. The court also directed the formation of a special police team to probe …
SC Grants Interim Bail to Ashoka University Professor for Remarks on Operation Sindoor; Takes Strong Exception to Language
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, associate professor and head of the Political Science Department at Ashoka University in Haryana, who was arrested over a social media post on Operation Sindoor. India News | SC Grants Interim Bail to Ashoka University Professor for Remarks on Operation Sindoor; Takes Strong Exception to Language.
Is Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s peace appeal seditious?
On Sunday, Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad was arrested by Haryana Police for his social media posts commenting on the press briefings on Operation Sindoor, Operation Sindoor. He was given interim bail on Wednesday.Mahmudabad had commended the military for the manner in which it conducted the operation and called for peace.He also pointed to the apparent irony of Hindutva commentators praising Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, wh…
Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad gets interim bail from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his controversial post on Operation Sindoor, in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. The top court also refused to stay the investigation into the case. What did the Supreme Court say? A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh refused to stay the two first information reports (FIRs) registered by Haryana Police ag…
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