Guwahati, May 28 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly restricted the scope of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe initiated against Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad.

The Court's decision came after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Professor Mahmudabad, expressed apprehension that the SIT, constituted by the State of Haryana following a previous Supreme Court order, might delve into matters beyond the scope of the subject FIRs.

According to Live Law, a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta issued the directive: "We direct the SIT to confine its investigation to the contents of the two FIRs subject matter of these proceedings. It shall produce the investigation report before this...