New Delhi: JNU sedition case has the prosecution sanction of the Delhi government a roadblock with law minister Kailash Gahlot issuing a notice to the principal secretary (law) for sending the ministry's opinion directly to the home department, without placing the related file before him.

While, In the show-cause notice to Principal Secretary (Law) AK Mendiratta dated January 21, the minister quoted rules, saying no decision could be made and no opinion could have conversed to any other department without his prior approval. Sources said the notice was replied to by the principal secretary (law), but the minister was "not happy" with it.

However, they claimed that "The minister is likely to communicate to the principal secretary (law) that a file for prosecution sanction was presented before him last year and ask him why the file in the present case was not shown to him," Commenting on this reference , chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Delhi government's law department was examining the granting of sanction for prosecution of former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
He also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre of committing "sedition" by creating hurdles in the works of the Delhi government. "I do not know whether Kanhaiya has committed sedition or not, which is being examined by the law department.

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 However, as per source report, the file is currently with home minister Satyendar Jain, who will take the final call on the prosecution sanction. It is not clear whether it will be sent back to Gahlot for his approval.

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