SC Restrains Trial Court From Taking Cognisance of Chargesheet Against Ali Khan Mahmudabad
25 August 2025 | The Wire
The Supreme Court on Monday (August 25, 2025) barred the trial court from taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed in an FIR against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad. A Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi also restrained the trial court from framing any charges in the case, reported Press Trust of India.
Earlier, a special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate the two FIRs against Mahmudabad had informed the bench that a closure report was filed in one of them while in the matter of another FIR, a chargesheet was filed on August 22 after making out some offences. The top court also ordered the quashing of the FIR against Mahmudabad in which the SIT has filed the closure report.