Mumbai Court Extends Protection for TISS Students as Judge Warns of Career Fallout

Overview

• Interim protection from arrest now runs until 5 February, with arguments on the students’ anticipatory bail applications expected then.
• Nine TISS students were named in an FIR over an October 2025 gathering on the Deonar campus marking GN Saibaba’s first death anniversary.
• The FIR followed a complaint by a TISS associate dean, and investigators have seized mobile phones and laptops as part of the probe.
• Additional Sessions Judge Manoj B Oza told the students the pending case could harm both government and private job prospects, saying, “Your career is ruined.”
• Police say the unauthorised event and alleged sloganeering are under investigation for offences including unlawful assembly, rioting and criminal conspiracy.