Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim relief and stayed the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party leader, Sanjay Singh, seeking quashing of the FIRs registered against him under various charges, including that of sedition, in Uttar Pradesh

The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh Government why the 14 FIRs against Singh were not clubbed together to be heard at one place. Senior lawyer Vivek Tankha appearing for the AAP MP submitted to the Apex Court that if his client has committed an offence, please send him to jail.

The Apex Court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also issued notice to the UP government after hearing the petition filed by Sanjay Singh and fixed the matter for further hearing till the third week of March.

"These are all speeches and I am a political leader," Vivek Tankha said on behalf of Singh. To this, Justice Ashok Bhushan observed, "You should also be considerate about what you say in a speech. You can't divide (people) among their caste and religion on that basis."

"The petitioner cannot be arrested, till further hearing," Justice Bhushan added. He further said, "You (Sanjay Singh) are an MP, so you should be careful what you are speaking. Since you are an MP, the sanction for arrest has to be taken from the Rajya Sabha Chairman. Issue a notice, and we will hear the matter in March 3rd week."

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