A Delhi court on Wednesday asked the Delhi government to take a decision within a month on the sanction to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana observed that the delay in granting sanctions caused wastage of judicial time."It is expected of the Delhi government that the decision regarding the sanction or otherwise would be taken within one month so that further processing in the present case may be done," the court observed.It further said: "The time which is being taken to finalise the issue of sanction or otherwise has caused wastage of judicial time as the case had been listed and adjourned repeatedly since the filing of the chargesheet."The court will further take up the matter for hearing on October 25.The court's directions came after the Delhi Police and public prosecutor Vikas Singh apprised it that the sanction of chargesheet is still pending with the Delhi government's Home ...
