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The Day Justice Hosbet Suresh Was Threatened With Arrest

The Day Justice Hosbet Suresh Was Threatened With Arrest

The Wire / by Susan Abraham

The police’s relentless pursuit of human rights activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence did not spare judges either.
The Bhima Koregaon case, in which 11 prominent human rights activists, lawyers and academics languish behind bars, that too during a pandemic, has now become the template for similar arrests taking place in different parts of the country 2014 under the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah regime.
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Video: Bhima Koregaon `Cover Up´

Video: Bhima Koregaon `Cover Up´


en | 10:34 min | 2020

By Pedesterian Pictures

Though there is a mountain of evidence to prove their innocence, the 9 activists arrested, allegedly for their role in the Bhima Koregaon violence still remain in jail. And the witch-hunt only continues, resulting in the arrests of Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde, also charged with UAPA for the same case. While it is very evident that the case against Anand Teltumbde is fabricated, he was asked to surrender amidst the deadly pandemic along with Gautam Navlakha.
We demand the immediate release of all the 11 activists.
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Bhima Koregaon Case: A glaring example of Hindutva lies

Bhima Koregaon Case: A glaring example of Hindutva lies

Siasat.com / by N Venugopal

New Delhi: Hindutva – the official guiding principle of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and all the members in its parivar – is an embodiment of lies, fabrication, distortion, deception, obfuscation, hatred and unleashing violence. If one thought that this characterization is an ideological subjective opinion, it is better to look at this glaring example of Bhima Koregaon violence case, a subject of gross obfuscation of facts and inhuman incarceration of public-spirited individuals over the last two years.
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On the History and Memory of the Battle of Koregaon

On the History and Memory of the Battle of Koregaon

The Wire / by Dwaipayan Sen

The site and its associated meanings have thus only further cemented their reputation as a source of resistance to a Brahminical order.
A range of views characterise recent discourse concerning Mahar involvement in the famed Battle of Koregaon of 1818 that brought to an end Peshwa rule in western India and led to the rise of the East India company-state’s rule in the region.
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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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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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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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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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Dalit victim deposes before Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry

Dalit victim deposes before Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The two-member Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry, headed by retired Justice J N Patel, is probing the causes of the violence, in which one person died and several others were injured.
Ashok Athavale, a Dalit man whose house and shop in Sanaswadi village were torched during the Koregaon Bhima violence on January 1, 2018, deposed before the Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry on Thursday.
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Landmark Judgments Of Justice Muralidhar In Delhi High Court

Landmark Judgments Of Justice Muralidhar In Delhi High Court

Live Law / by Live Law News Network

Justice Dr S Muralidhar received an astounding farewell from the members of the Delhi High Court Bar Association on Thursday, on the occasion of his transfer to Punjab and Haryana High Court …
In a judgment explaining the first principles of criminal procedure in relation to arrest and remand, a division bench led by Justice Muralidhar quashed the transit warrant issued by a Delhi Magistrate for the arrest of Gautam Navlakha by Maharashtra police in the sensational Bhima Koregaon case.
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