Justice Ms Rekha Palli of the Delhi High Court made it clear on Wednesday (July 18) to Jawaharlal Nehru University to not to take any coercive steps till Friday against Kanhaiya Kumar, who filed a petition against the high-level panel of JNU which had in 2016 recommended fine of Rs 10,000 on Kumar in connection with the February 9 event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.
Today during the hearing Justice Palli said that she hasn’t read the file yet as the Justice Siddarth Mridul who supposed to heard this matter is on leave, but she can direct JNU authorities to not to take any coercive steps till next hearing.
—India Legal Bureau