Overview

• A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta extended Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s interim bail until further orders while affirming his right to free speech except on matters under investigation.
• The court ordered the Special Investigation Team to limit its inquiry strictly to the two First Information Reports filed against Mahmudabad under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Mahmudabad remains barred from making any online posts or public comments related to the two FIRs or Operation Sindoor as part of his bail conditions.
• The Supreme Court instructed the SIT to file its investigation report before the apex court prior to its submission in the trial court.
• The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of the arrest and a group of former civil servants has condemned the criminal charges as “outrageous and absurd.”