SC mulls clubbing FIRs against Sharjeel Imam, transferring them to Delhi
The Hindu
Supreme Court considers clubbing sedition FIRs against Sharjeel Imam from multiple States, favoring transfer to Delhi for trial.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) made oral observations in favour of clubbing sedition FIRs registered across multiple States against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam and transferring them to Delhi.
The court remarked that all the cases arose from one speech and dealt with the same offence.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said multiple and parallel trials would lead to “double jeopardy” and set a bad precedent leading to “huge difficulties” in the future.
“It is the same speech leading to the same offence in all the cases. The same speech was reheard across the country on social media platforms like YouTube,” Chief Justice Khanna addressed Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, appearing for the NCT of Delhi.
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The Chief Justice asked if Mr. Imam was convicted in Delhi, would he be “convicted again and again and again in the other States for the same offence”.
Besides Delhi, Mr. Imam is facing FIRs in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
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