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Mumbai Court Extends Protection for TISS Students, Warns Case Could Hurt Careers

Interim protection now runs to Feb. 5 pending arguments on their anticipatory bail.

Overview

  • Additional Sessions Judge Manoj B Oza cautioned nine Tata Institute of Social Sciences students that the pending criminal case could damage future employment, telling them, "Your career is ruined."
  • The students were booked after an October 2025 campus gathering marking GN Saibaba’s death anniversary, following a complaint by a TISS associate dean to Trombay police.
  • The FIR cites unlawful assembly and offences related to enmity and national integration, and police have seized mobile phones and laptops as part of the investigation.
  • Police say participants shouted slogans referencing activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, a claim at least one attendee disputes.
  • The Times of India reports the Mumbai Crime Branch has taken over the probe and added criminal conspiracy, alleging outside orchestration of the event.