The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the case pertaining to the arrest of Dr Kafeel Khan in connection with his alleged inflammatory speech against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Aligarh Muslim University in December last year.
A plea was filed in the apex court seeking an urgent hearing in the case.
Earlier, Dr Kafeel Khan was granted bail by the Aligarh court, but before he could be released, Aligarh district magistrate had passed a direction for his detention under the National Security Act (NSA).
Dr Khan was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force last month from Mumbai after he allegedly made inflammatory statements at the Aligarh Muslim University during a protest against the CAA on December 12, 2019. He was on February 14 charged under the NSA.