Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others NEW DELHI, Feb 16: A court here has taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar and 9 others in a 2016 sedition case and summoned them on March 15. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Pankaj Sharma on Monday took the cognisance of the final report almost a year after the Delhi Police has received requisite sanctions to prosecute the accused in the case. Kumar and others, including former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, were accused of raising anti-India slogans.