Kanhaiya Kumar bail plea comes up today; goon lawyers caught on video celebrating Patiala House assault

Hours before the Delhi High Court hears the bail plea of JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, an India Today investigation has revealed shocking details of the brazen attack on Kumar in Patiala House court last week. [caption id=“attachment_2634920” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Vikram Chauhan and Kanhaiya Kumar. PTI and IBNLive[/caption] A posting on the India Today website reads: “To uncover the truth about the Patiala House conspiracy, India Today’s special investigation team first went to meet Vikram Singh Chauhan, the 38-year-old Patiala House lawyer from Rewari in Haryana. Chauhan has emerged as the face of the attack on journalists and JNU students. Far from being afraid about getting locked up in prison for leading the brutal attack, he seems to be enjoying his new found infamy in this conversation.” Links: India Today video on lawyers who attacked Kanhaiya Kumar Justice Pratibha Rani will hear the bail plea at 10.30 a.m. Security would be beefed up in the high court to avoid any untoward incident, in view of the violence seen in the Patiala House courts when Kanhaiya Kumar was produced for hearing. He had moved the bail plea on Friday after a lower court sent him to judicial custody till March 2. Kanhaiya’s lawyer had directly moved the the Supreme Court for bail, but the apex court asked his advocate to move the high court for bail, noting that bypassing the high court would set a wrong precedent. The student leader had directly moved his bail plea before the Supreme Court invoking its jurisdiction under article 32, under which a citizen can move the apex court for enforcing his fundamental rights. Besides bail, Kanhaiya Kumar had sought direction for his safety and security from the apex court. Invoking article 21 guaranteeing right to life and personal liberty and pointing to the atmosphere of violence that prevailed in Patiala House Court complex on February 15 and 17, he, in his petition in apex court, had said that the manner in which his physical harassment was allowed to take place was a clear pointer to the violation of his right to access justice delivery system. Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested in a sedition case on February 12 after an event held on the university campus against hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. With IANS