SC Extends Bar on Chargesheet Against Ashoka Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad

• Supreme Court extended its order preventing the trial court from taking cognisance of the chargesheet against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad.
• The chargesheet, filed by Haryana SIT for social media posts on "Operation Sindoor," lacks sanction from the Haryana government.
• SC urged the Haryana government to consider not granting sanction as a "magnanimity" to close the issue.
• The court orally remarked that Mahmudabad must behave responsibly if the state decides not to grant sanction.
• Previous SC rulings questioned the SIT's investigation, relaxed bail conditions, and upheld freedom of speech while restricting comments on the sub judice case.

Why It Matters: SC continues to protect Ashoka professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, awaiting Haryana's sanction decision.