New Delhi, Mar 7: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved the order on whether to transfer the Prof Sabharwal's murder case to Nagpur from Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier, Himanshu Sabharwal the son of late Prof had filed a plea with the Supreme Court; requesting a possible inquiry in the case by the CBI and also for the transfer of the ongoing case to the Delhi High Court but his plea was rejected by the SC. After the SC ruling both the parties including Himanshu Sabharwal and the prosecution agreed for it.

The police have so far arrested 22 people; mostly Congress workers and named 12 other students as accused in connection with the murder.

Professor Harcharan Singh Sabharwal of Madhav College in Ujjain was murdered allegedly by ABVP activists.

ABVP state president Shashi Ranjan Singh Akela and organising secretary Vimal Tomar were leading an agitation following the cancellation of the college union elections due to irregularities. They are alleged to have manhandled Professor M L Nath. Professor Sabharwal, who was trying to save Nath, died in the scuffle.

SC order blow to MP govt: Himanshu Sabharwal

Bhopal: Reacting to the SC order on transfer of late Prof Sabharwal case from Madhya Pradesh to Nagpur, Himanshu Sabharwal, son of late Prof Sabharwal, to talking to this newspaper from New Delhi said "today's judgement had come as a moral boost to his family and to the trail of the case. The judgement has also come as a blow to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Madhya Pradesh which tried to cover up the case".

In Ujjain too, smile returned on the face of Mrs Prem Sabharwal, wife of late Prof Sabharwal. "The shifting of the case is a setback to the State Government. My husband lost his life because he was a troubleshooter. But in the past 20 months, people have distanced from us. Even against all odds my family stood firm but never gave up. We will fight till we get justice", she told Central Chronicle.