New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea seeking NIA probe into the pro-Afzal Guru event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on February 9.
The court also rejected the demand for the appointment of judicial commission to monitor the case.
Observing that police should be allowed to investigate the matter and things to develop, the Delhi High Court said that the petition was premature.
"It is an incident of February 9. Delhi Police is probing the matter. Let the police investigate first. We cannot step in unless necessary," a bench of Justice Manmohan said, adding, "The present writ petition is premature and is dismissed."
During the hearing, the counsel, appearing for petitioner Ranjana Agnihotri told the court that this is a serious and sensitive matter as anti-India slogans were raised inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.
Advocate Hari Shankar Jain, the counsel for the petitioner, argued that sovereignty and integrity of the country were threatened by a few students and people associated with the university and "hostile foreign forces" were trying to destabilise the country.
The bench, however, observed, "We are not politicians. We just cannot jump into things. The investigation is on. The police, law and order are taken care of by the government and let them do the needful first."
During the proceedings, the counsel for the Centre submitted that it was a fact that anti-national slogans were raised in the university campus but whether there was a "youthful error or any conspiracy" behind it is being probed by Delhi Police.
The counsel for the Delhi government said, "Who instigated these people is being probed by the police and we should wait till the probe is on."
During the arguments, the petitioner's counsel contended that the bench should direct the government to appoint a judicial commission to look into the matter.
"No. The State will look into it," the bench said. "In the present case, the incident has taken place only on February 9, so this court at this stage cannot say that the police is not investigating the matter properly. This court is confident that Delhi Police will investigate all the aspects," the bench said.
This comes a day after ugly scenes broke out at the Patiala House Court in the national capital on Monday as lawyers attacked JNU students and mediapersons outside the premises.
The scuffle broke out after lawyers asked students to vacate court premises before Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea hearing.
Delhi police have registered two FIRs in connection with violence after it received several complaints.
There has been no end to politics on the issue either, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah taking on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his visit to JNU, alleging his support to anti-nationals movement allegedly backed by some student's union, alleging his support to anti-nationals movement allegedly backed by some student's union.
He also warned Gandhi to refrain from making controversial statement that the saffron party is promoting a divide and hatred agenda in India.
The party president also demanded apology from Gandhi for his stand on the JNU issue.
(With PTI Inputs)
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