HC EXTENDS RELIEF TO JNU STUDENTS

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday extended the relief granted to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students including Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and others against the implementation of the university’s decision holding them guilty of indiscipline in the controversial February 9 event.

Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva postponed the hearing on pleas filed by the JNU students for November 7 due to paucity of time on Wednesday. “Whatever is the interim position will continue till next date,” the court said.The JNU students had challenged the findings of the university’s appellate authority holding them guilty of indiscipline in connection with the controversial February 9 event on campus in which “anti-India” slogans were allegedly raised.HTC