Goa, May 21 -- In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India granted interim bail to Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the head of the political science department at Ashoka University, who had been arrested by the Haryana Police for a controversial Facebook post. The post, which commented on India's military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack-referred to as Operation Sindoor-had drawn significant attention and criticism, sparking legal action.

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and N. Kotiswar Singh, issued an order for a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be constituted within 24 hours to investigate Mahmudabad's case. The SIT will be led by a senior DGP-rank officer and include a...