Indian professor who was jailed for comments on women military officer is released on bail


FILE photo. A television journalist sets his camera inside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Feb 18, 2014. - Photo: Reuters file

NEW DELHI: A professor who was jailed after making comments perceived as critical of women officers in the Indian army was ordered released on bail by the country's top court on Wednesday (May 21), his lawyer said.

The Supreme Court also placed restrictions on Ali Khan Mahmudabad's ability to comment on the case and on his social media posts, pending further investigation, lawyer Mohammad Nizamuddin Pasha told Reuters. 

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