India, March 16 -- The Supreme Court on Monday closed criminal proceedings against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his social media posts on cross-boder Operation Sindoor against Pakistan after the Haryana government agreed to the court's suggestion to refuse sanction for his prosecution as a "one-time magnanimity".

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi recorded the statement of the state and directed the closure. "Very gracefully, the state, as a one-time magnanimity, has decided not to grant sanction for prosecution. Consequently, the proceedings pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class Sonepat, where a charge sheet is already filed, are directed to be closed for w...