NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday declined to hear the bail plea of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and asked him to approach the high court on the issue.The SC asked the high court to expeditiously deal with the bail plea but did not give any specific date for lising it.At the same time, the SC asked solicitor general Ranjit Kumar for his assurance that that adequate safety and security will be provided to the accused and lawyers who will be appearing in the High Court in the "prevailing extraordinary situation".The apex court was referring to two incidents of violence earlier this week when mediapersons, activists and students were beaten up on court premises, allegedly by lawyers. Kanhaiya, too, was beaten up.About declining to hear Kanhaiya's bail plea, the SC said that hearing the plea directly would open the floodgates to similar requests. ​"You are leading a dangerous proposition. If this court will entertain it, it will become a precedent which will be available to all the accused in the country. Wherever there will be sensitive cases involving political persons or prominent persons or others...you know the atmosphere in the court. So in every case if it is said that Supreme Court is only the court, it would be a dangerous precedent," a bench comprising justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre said.Further, it said, "Remember, this is not the only case of this type."The bench also said that counsel for all parties in the case be given preference while entering the court room at the High Court. It added that the Registrar General would be responsible for limiting the number of people allowed to enter inside.The Supreme Court permitted the counsel for Kanhaiya to amend his bail petition, which is expected to be filed shortly in the Delhi high court.The JNU student on Thursday moved the apex court for bail and release from custody saying that "fear for the safety of life and limb" at the lower court in Patiala House had compelled him to approach it directly. In his petition, Kanhaiya said there was "repeated breakdown of law and order at the Patiala House court" despite the directives of the apex court, making it "impossible for him and his lawyers" to approach the sessions court for bail.Kanhaiya was arrested on February 11 after police registered a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy against him for alleged anti-national sloganeering at an event that protested the 2013 hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. On February 17, when he was produced in court, Kanhaiya said in his plea, he was punched by an unidentified person in the court room of the metropolitan magistrate.He also cited Article 32 of the Constitution by which a citizen can move the SC for enforcing his fundamental rights.After the February 17 incident, a team of six lawyers that was sent by the SC to take stock of the situation at the Patiala House Court complex.Kanhaiya had contended that he was "innocent" and should be bailed out because police did not require his custody for any further interrogation.