India, May 19 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to an urgent hearing this week for Ashoka University associate professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad's petition challenging his arrest over social media posts related to Operation Sindoor briefings.

Mahmudabad was arrested on Sunday after two cases involving stringent charges, including endangering national sovereignty and integrity, were registered against him in Sonepat over social media posts describing as "optics" Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and foreign secretary Vikram Misri's media briefings about strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir and subsequent four-day military hostilities.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Mahmudabad...