ABP News reports that JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has just  reached the Patiala House Court, is beaten up by lawyers.


Ahead of his appearance, in an open defiance of the Supreme Court order, a group of men barged into the Patiala House court complex and assaulted a journalist and student ahead of the hearing in the sedition case involving JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar.


The group, which was seen raising slogans "Vande Mataram' and waving the India flag in the court premises, was led by Vikram Chauhan, one of the lawyers who had attacked the JNU students and faculty on February 15.


A journalist present at the court said the clashes erupted in the court complex and the police presence did not deter the 'lawyers' from shouting slogans and assaulting others.


The Supreme Court had, earlier in the day, restricted the number of people inside the courtroom, allowing only five reporters and two supporters of the arrested students to attend the hearing.


The apex court had acted on a petition that alleged that the police were a "mute spectator to the brazen display of brute force' on February 15.