Special NIA Court Rejects Interim Bail Pleas Of Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha

24/08/2021

Live Law / by Live Law News Network

The Special NIA Court has rejected temporary bail pleas of professor Anand Teltumbde and journalist Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence Case.
In their applications sent directly from prison, the two sought to be released temporarily citing their age and vulnerability to Covid-19. The pleas were filed pursuant to directions from the jail administration asking all inmates above 60 years to apply for interim bail due to the pandemic.
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NIA Court refuses temporary bail to activist Gautam Navlakha

23/08/2021

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Navlakha had sought temporary bail relying upon the guidelines issued by the High Power Committee for decongestion of prisons in light of the COVID pandemic.
The Special Court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act has refused temporary bail to Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha.
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Accused activists seek default bail claiming sessions court had no jurisdiction

23/08/2021

Midday / by pti

The petitioners are Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves, and Arun Ferreira
Seven activists and academics accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case told the Bombay High Court, the Pune sessions court, which remanded them to custody following their arrest and also took cognisance of the police’s chargesheet in 2019, had no jurisdiction to do so and sought a default bail.
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