NEW DELHI: JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar , who was arrested last week on sedition charges, has been sent to judicial custody till March 2.Earlier in the day, Kanhaiya Kumar was reportedly beaten up by some lawyers inside the Patiala House court complex Immediately after attack on Kanhaiya, the Supreme Court (SC) rushed a team of lawyers with police protection to assess the situation at the court. ​The SC then asked Delhi Police counsel Ajit Sinha to tell the Patiala House magistrate to adjourn Wednesday's hearing and remove those present in the court room.While Kanhaiya was being brought to the court, a large group of men dressed in lawyers' robes again barged into the Patiala House court complex and allegedly beat up a journalist and a student.The group, which could be seen raising slogans "Vande Mataram" and waving India's flag in the court premises, was led by Vikram Chauhan, one of the lawyers who had attacked JNU students and faculty on Monday.A journalist, identified as Anwar of the news channel CNN-IBN, said despite heavy police deployment, clashes erupted in the court complex and the cops' presence did not deter the lawyers from shouting slogans and fighting with journalists and students.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 was acting acted on a petition that alleged that the police were a "mute spectator to the brazen display of brute force" on February 15.Yesterday, top editors of national media and hundreds of journalists hit the streets demanding action against those involved in beating up members of their fraternity in the court complex in the presence of police .The journalists had also sought the SC's intervention in protecting freedom of speech.(With inputs from agencies)