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COVID-19: Set Up Panel to Consider Release of Prisoners on Parole, says SC to States, Uts

COVID-19: Set Up Panel to Consider Release of Prisoners on Parole, says SC to States, Uts


Drawing by Arun Fereirra

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

The apex court said the prisoners convicted of or charged with offences having jail term of up to seven years can be given parole to decongest jails.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to set up high-level committees to determine the class of prisoners who could be released on parole for four to six weeks to avoid overcrowding in jails so as to safeguard against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sharad Pawar’s hearing on April 4 postponed

Sharad Pawar’s hearing on April 4 postponed

Mumbai Mirror / by Shruti Gnapatye

The commission had to delay the hearing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the the state, the Bhima Koregaon commission has postponed its hearing scheduled from March 30.
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Forum for RTE ‘Disappointed’ by SC Decision on Teltumbde’s Anticipatory Bail

Forum for RTE ‘Disappointed’ by SC Decision on Teltumbde’s Anticipatory Bail

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

It also demanded the repeal of the UAPA, which “allows the government to violate the constitutional rights of citizens with impunity”.
New Delhi: The All India Forum for Right to Education (AIFRTE) has expressed disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision to reject anticipatory bail to AIFRTE’s presidium member professor Anand Teltumbde for a case registered against him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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Bhima Koregaon Judicial Commission Seeks 6-Month Extension

Bhima Koregaon Judicial Commission Seeks 6-Month Extension

The Wire / by PTI

The commission on Monday wrote a letter to the state chief secretary seeking an extension, citing the lockdown of the state in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mumbai: The two-member judicial commission inquiring into the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case on Monday sought a six-month extension from the Maharashtra government as it has postponed its hearing in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak and resultant lockdown.
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Writers and Activists Express Solidarity: Stand with Anand Teltumbde & Gautam Navlakha

Writers and Activists Express Solidarity: Stand with Anand Teltumbde & Gautam Navlakha

Documented by kractivist.org

In August 2018, the Pune Police implicated Prof. Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha with other human right activists and lawyers in the now-infamous fabricated Elgar Parishad case. The police presented concocted theories since day one and these theories have not an iota of truth in them. Although the judiciary granted interim protection to Prof. Anand and Gautam, the supreme court on 16th March, 2020 rejected the pre-arrest bail and asked them to surrender by three weeks. …

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An ‘Anthem’ for Our Troubled Times

An ‘Anthem’ for Our Troubled Times


Poster by Kabir Kala Manch

The Wire / by Monobina Gupta

… Last Monday, human and civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha reminded us of Cohen’s song. “Do please listen to Leonard Cohen sing the ‘Anthem’ and remember to: Ring the Bell/Which still can ring/Forget your perfect/ Offering/There is a crack/A crack in everything/ That’s how light gets in,” wrote Navlakha in a statement after the Supreme Court turned down the anticipatory bail petitions he had filed along with well-known academic, Anand Teltumbde, in the Bhima Koregaon case.
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AIFRTE: The Impending Arrest of Prof. Anand Teltumbde Is Undemocratic

AIFRTE: The Impending Arrest of Prof. Anand Teltumbde Is Undemocratic

Documented by Counter Currents

All India Forum for Right to Education (AIFRTE) Statement on Supreme Court’s rejection of anticipatory bail to Prof. Anand Teltumbde.
AIFRTE is shocked, outraged and deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s rejection of anticipatory bail to its Presidium member Prof. Anand Teltumbde, an IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus, IIT Professor, and currently Senior Professor and Chair, Big Data Analytics at Goa Institute of Management (GIM). Prof Teltumbde is also a noted scholar of caste-class and public policy issues, and a Leading Public Intellectual and Democratic and Educational Rights Activist.
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What Pawar’s affidavit says

What Pawar’s affidavit says


Pic: Mumbai 2018

Rediff.com / by Jyoti Punwani

Sharad Pawar claims he is not in a position to name the organisations behind the violence at Bhima Koregaon, ‘though active role of right-wing forces behind the violence cannot be ruled out.’
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SFI: Stand With Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde

SFI: Stand With Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde

Statement by Students’ Federation of India (Delhi)

SFI-Delhi stands against the wrongful persecution of Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and the nine other activists:
Stop State Repression on Academics, Public intellectuals & Activists,
Repeal UAPA & Other Draconian Laws,
Resist The Fascist Regime & Fight Against Fabricated Bhima Koregaon Case,
Release All Arrested Activists in Fabricated B K Case!

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Koregaon-Bhima Inquiry Commission Summons Sharad Pawar

Koregaon-Bhima Inquiry Commission Summons Sharad Pawar

The Wire / by PTI

The NCP chief had filed an affidavit before the commission, headed by former Bombay high court Chief Justice J.N. Patel, on October 8, 2018.
Pune: The Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission has summoned NCP chief Sharad Pawar to depose before it as a witness in the 2018 caste-violence case, the panel’s lawyer Ashish Satpute said here on Wednesday.
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