The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (Sep 4) reserved its order on a habeas corpus plea filed by Fatima Nafees, mother of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed.

The court directed parties to file written submission within two weeks.

During the course of proceedings, the bench of Justices S Muralidhar, VinodGoel was informed by the CBI thatit wants to file a closure report in the case as the probe has been conducted from all aspects but all efforts to trace Ahmed has been failed.

Ahmed’s mother demanded a status report filed by the CBI and also reinvestigation of the case by a SIT not comprising officials from the CBI.

To which the bench said that as it was a habeas corpus plea it can’t direct the CBI to provide status report to the petitioner.

Ahmed an MSc first year student was reported missing on October 15, 2016 after a fight allegedly with the ABVP members.

—India Legal Bureau