# Bombay HC protects ex-TISS student in Saibaba event case 2026-08-16T01:57:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Kamakhya Prasad Das, a former Tata Institute of Social Sciences student accused of raising slogans for jailed activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam at an unauthorised campus event marking the death anniversary of professor GN Saibaba. Justice Prafulla Khubalkar’s single-judge bench protected Das till August 31, when the matter returns for hearing. Separately, the Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Police on Umar Khalid’s regular bail plea in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, The Hans India reports. A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan sought the police's response and listed the matter, along with co-accused Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea, for August 27. The Bombay High Court case stems from an FIR by TISS administration alleging Das and others held a memorial for Saibaba without permission and raised inflammatory slogans. Hindustan Times reports Das’s plea denies the slogans and possession of banned Maoist literature, calling the case an attempt to muzzle dissent. The Delhi High Court notice follows a trial court’s refusal to grant Khalid bail, citing a Supreme Court order from January that bars fresh bail until protected witnesses are examined or one year passes. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - thehansindia.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-17T00:11:23+00:00. Tags: Bombay High Court, GN Saibaba, Kamakhya Prasad Das, Sharjeel Imam, TISS, Umar Khalid Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bombay-hc-grants-interim-protection-to-ex-tiss-student-in-saibaba-event-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bombay-hc-grants-interim-protection-to-ex-tiss-student-in-saibaba-event-case/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/