NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has refused to grant early hearing on a plea seeking registration of FIR in a matter related to an attack on students and teachers on the JNU campus on January 5, saying only ‘urgent matters’ were to be taken up during the present condition posed due to Covid-19.
The court was hearing a plea filed by Sucharita Sen, who suffered head injuries during the attack inside the campus on January 5, seeking early hearing of an application for registration of an FIR.
“The reasons for preponment of the application...of the complainant are not found to be plausible. Further, in the present condition posed due to Covid-19 Pandemic, the courts are to take only the urgent matters. It is beyond the comprehension of the court as what prejudice will be caused to the complainant if already pending application...is not preponed,’ the court said on Tuesday.
Duty Magistrate Vasundhra Chhaunkar passed the order after noting from a status report filed by Crime Branch of Delhi Police that the investigation of the FIR already registered regarding the mob violence at JNU was in progress and the Delhi HC has already directed to the investigating agency to expedite the matter.
In her plea, Sen had told the court that the lodging of an FIR was urgent since investigation could take place only after the case is registered.At least 28 people, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, were injured in the attack.