Kanhaiya organised JNU event, cops tell HC

February 25, 2016

New Delhi, Feb 25: The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar organised the “anti-national” event on the campus on February 9.

The police sought Kumar’s custody for interrogation along with two other students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who were sent to three-days remand by a magistrate. The three have been arrested over charges of sedition.

While Kumar was arrested on February 12, Khalid and Bhattacharya surrendered late on Tuesday night. Khalid and Bhattacharya were questioned for five hours at the South Campus police station on Wednesday.

“Kumar is required to be confronted with the two arrested accused due to new circumstances and evidence,” Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta told the court. Mehta then requested the court to defer Kumar’s bail petition on which the hearing was posted for February 29.

The 13-page status report filed in pursuance to the court’s direction stated: “Kanhaiya not only participated in the event, but organised it in connivance with other accused...shockingly the incident records the presence of foreign elements with their faces covered. The investigation agency is looking for linkage between the petitioner (Kanhaiya), his co-accused and the said foreign elements.”

The police said they have identified the students who were leading the procession where around 30 “anti-India” slogans were raised. A probe is on to ascertain those behind “non-educational activities and the objective behind it in larger national perspective,” police added.

The CCTV footage provided by the varsity has been analysed and the police are probing as to whether “any person with a possible anti-national background entered or stayed in the campus.” The status report also said the unedited video clip from a TV channel was “not the footage which is being debated as doctored.” “It is totally different and contemporaneously recorded raw unedited video footage. However, video is not the sole evidence,” the report added.

The police said Kumar did not cooperate and opposed his bail on the grounds that if released he may influence witnesses.

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What is going on is shameful.......................video states clearly that no Pro pakistan slogan raised .....secondly each time things like this happens then RSS Goons try to take law into hands................

DONT FORGET IF DALITS STARTS TO REVOLT YOU MANUVADIS HAVE NO PLACE IN INDIA

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‘Pay the worker before his sweat dries’: Madras High Court cites Prophet Muhammad’s teaching while ordering settlement of dues

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December 21,2025

Invoking the teachings of Prophet Muhammad—“pay the worker before his sweat dries”—the Madras High Court has directed a municipal corporation to settle long-pending legal dues owed to a former counsel. The court observed that this principle reflects basic fairness and applies equally to labour and service-related disputes.

Justice G. R. Swaminathan made the observation while hearing a petition filed by advocate P. Thirumalai, who claimed that the Madurai City Municipal Corporation failed to pay him legal fees amounting to ₹13.05 lakh. Earlier, the High Court had asked the corporation to consider his representation. However, a later order rejected a major portion of his claim, prompting the present petition.

The court allowed Thirumalai to approach the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and submit a list of cases in which he had appeared. It also directed the corporation to settle the verified fee bills within two months, without interest. The court noted that the petitioner had waited nearly 18 years before challenging the non-payment and that the corporation could not be fully blamed, as the fee bills were not submitted properly.

‘A Matter of Embarrassment’

Justice Swaminathan described it as a “matter of embarrassment” that the State has nearly a dozen Additional Advocate Generals. He observed that appointing too many law officers often leads to unnecessary allocation of work and frequent adjournments, as government counsel claim that senior officers are engaged elsewhere.

He expressed hope that such practices would end at least in the Madurai Bench of the High Court and added that Additional Advocate Generals should “turn a new leaf” from 2026 onwards.

‘Scandalously High Amounts’

While stating that the court cannot examine the exact fees paid to senior counsel or law officers, Justice Swaminathan stressed that good governance requires public funds to be used prudently. He expressed concern over the “scandalously high amounts” paid by government and quasi-government bodies to a few favoured law officers.

In contrast, the court noted that Thirumalai’s total claim was “a pittance” considering the large number of cases he had handled.

Background

Thirumalai served as the standing counsel for the Madurai City Municipal Corporation for more than 14 years, from 1992 to 2006. During this period, he represented the corporation in about 818 cases before the Madurai District Courts.

As the former counsel was unable to hire a clerk to obtain certified copies of judgments in all 818 cases, the court directed the District Legal Services Authority to collect the certified copies within two months. The court further ordered the corporation to bear the cost incurred by the DLSA and deduct that amount from the final settlement payable to the petitioner.

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