Shows government’s intolerance, state of judiciary: Sibal on court denying bail to two ex-TISS students
What does this tell you about: 1) Government's level of intolerance; 2) The police; 3) State of the judiciary, asked Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal condemned the court's decision on August 10 to deny anticipatory bail to two former students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), who were arrested for organizing an unauthorized gathering to pay tribute to a deceased professor and raise slogans supporting released undertrials. Sibal accused the government of intolerance and the judiciary of being in a poor state.
The Additional Sessions Judge who denied the bail, V.B. Bohra, stated that while paying homage to the deceased professor was legal, the use of the slogan "Rest in Power" alongside demands for the release of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam raised doubts about the accused students' conduct. The court also noted the presence of books by banned communist party members on the students' electronic devices and their alleged attempts to indoctrinate fellow students with Maoist ideology.
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