Overview
- A purported video from a late-night campus gathering shows students chanting against the prime minister and home minister after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
- The protest took place during an annual January 5 remembrance near Sabarmati Hostel with roughly 30–35 attendees, according to the university’s security letter.
- JNU asked the Vasant Kunj (North) SHO to register a case under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, alleged contempt of court, and named several students including JNUSU president Aditi Mishra.
- Procedural accounts diverged, with JNU asserting an FIR had been lodged as Delhi Police reported receiving complaints but not registering a case yet and said a probe is in progress.
- BJP leaders condemned the slogans and opposition figures defended protest rights while objecting to the language, as JNU signaled disciplinary action up to suspension, expulsion or debarment.