New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The Haryana government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has not yet granted sanction to prosecute Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor and head of the Political Science department at Ashoka University in Haryana, for his two social media posts on Operation Sindoor.

A bench of the Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that Mahmudabad should also be responsible for his comments if the state ultimately decides not to approve his prosecution.

If the state takes a lenient view and does not grant sanction to prosecute, the case concerning Mahmudabad could be closed, the bench observed.

"If, suppose the competent authority is taking a view, may that, as a one-time kind of taki...