Tushar Mehta said that all other States, where cases had been filed against Sharjeel Imam, must be made a party in the petition and asked that the SC should send notices to all the states, not just the NCT of Delhi.
Police of five states have held Sharjeel Imam, the radical Islamist behind the Jamia Nagar violence and Shaheen Bagh protests guilty under the sedition and various other laws