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Vernon Gonsalves is recovering, not pressing for medical bail, says his wife

17/09/2022 Asha

Vernon Gonsalves is recovering, not pressing for medical bail, says his wife

17/09/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Susan Abraham said the counsel sought access to his medical records and asked the authorities to not discharge the activist from the hospital prematurely.
Activist Vernon Gonsalves’ wife on Monday said that he is recovering at the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai and they are not pressing for his medical bail at the moment.
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Vernon Gonsalves bail plea to be heard on September 16

14/09/2022

The Hindu / by Special Correspondent

He was admitted to the hospital on September 8 and is currently undergoing treatment for dengue.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court will hear activist Vernon Gonsalves’s bail on September 16 as he continues to be on oxygen support at the State-run J.J. hospital.
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Court seeks Vernon Gonsalves’s medical report from JJ Hospital

14/09/2022

The Times of India / by TNN

A special trial court on Tuesday called for a report on an affidvait from state-run J J Hospital on the health condition of Elgar Parishad case accused Vernon Gonsalves who was admitted there last week after being diagnosed with dengue.
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Also read:
● Relatives of BK16 Flag Prison Authorities’ ‘Criminal Negligence’ and Deteriorating Health of Undertrials (Newsclick / Sep 2022)
● Jailers’ apathy? Political prisoners’ right to life in India is ‘almost non-existent’ (Counterview / Sep 2022)

Mumbai Court rejects regular bail plea of Gautam Navlakha [read order]

05/09/2022 Asha

Documents seized from Gautam Navlakha show link between him and Elgar Parishad case: NIA court

07/09/2022

Times of India / by Rebecca Samervel

In a detailed order denying bail to activist Gautam Navlakha (69) in the Elgar Parishad case, the special NIA court said the documents alleged to have been seized from his possession showed a nexus between him with the case.
In the five-page order, special judge Rajesh J Katariya said it was contended by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that Navlakha was found in possession of incriminating documents related to CPI (Maoist).
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Offence serious, ample evidence: Court rejects bail plea of activist in Elgar Parishad case

07/09/2022

India Today / by Vidya

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court rejected the bail application of journalist-activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested in April 2020, in connection with the Elgar Parishad case.
… Special Public Prosecutor Prakash Shetty and advocate Vishal Goutham had submitted that “Navlakha is a member of CPI (Maoist) and he was in possession of incriminating documents related to CPI (Maoist), accessible exclusively to party members. He was actively involved in the activities of ‘Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) and used to receive group emails.”
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Mumbai Court rejects regular bail plea of Gautam Navlakha [read order]

05/09/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

A Mumbai Court today rejected the regular bail application filed by Delhi activist Gautam Navlakha who is one of the accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case.
Navlakha, who is human rights activist and former secretary of People’s Union for Democratic Rights, was arrested in August 2018, but was initially placed under house arrest.
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Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea rejected by special NIA court

05/09/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The 71-year-old activist was arrested on August 28, 2018 for his alleged involvement in the case.
A special National Investigation Agency court on Monday rejected a bail application filed by activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case, PTI reported.
Special Judge Rajesh J Katariya rejected his plea. The detailed order has not been made public yet.
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Special NIA Court Rejects Gautam Navlakha’s Bail Plea

05/09/2022

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

The 70-year-old activist has additionally appealed to the Supreme Court against a Bombay HC order dismissing his plea to allow him to be in house arrest instead of at Taloja prison.
A special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday, September 5, rejected the bail plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, in jail since 2018 over what the agency believes is his connection with the Elgar Parishad case.
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NIA wants to use witness statements from Elgar Parishad in Gadchiroli blast case

02/09/2022 Asha

NIA wants to use witness statements from Elgar Parishad in Gadchiroli blast case

02/09/2022

Hindustan Times / by Charol Shah

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Rona Wilson, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, met with an accused who is wanted in the deaths of 15 police personnel in the Jamburkheda blast in Gadchiroli.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Rona Wilson, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, met with an accused who is wanted in the deaths of 15 police personnel in the Jamburkheda blast in Gadchiroli.
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Mumbai court allows NIA to file evidence from Elgar Parishad probe in Gadchiroli blast case

02/09/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The judge allowed the agency to produce the statements of two witnesses and a photo identification panchnama.
… The National Investigation Agency, in an application before Special Judge Rajesh Kataria, said that some evidence needed to be brought on record in the Gadchiroli attack case. The court allowed the agency to produce the statements of two witnesses and a photo identification panchnama, according to The Times of India.
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Jyoti Jagtap moves Bombay HC challenging special court’s bail rejection order

31/08/2022 Asha

NIA opposes bail plea of Elgar Parishad accused Jyoti Jagtap, says she received arms training

31/08/2022

India Today / by Vidya

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of Jyoti Jagtap who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) member Jyoti Jagtap, who is accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case. Jagtap was arrested on September 8, 2020 and a charge sheet was filed against her on October 9, 2020.
… A division bench of the High Court will hear the plea on September 13.
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Jyoti Jagtap moves Bombay HC challenging special court’s bail rejection order

30/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

In the plea filed through advocate Kritika Agarwal, Jagtap said she is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the case. Jagtap said the special court erred in concluding that a prima facie case existed against her.
An accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, Jyoti Jagtap, recently approached the Bombay High Court challenging an order of a special court that denied her regular bail. A division bench of Justice Ajay S Gadkari and Justice Milind N Jadhav Tuesday posted hearing after two weeks.
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Also read:
● Special NIA Court Refuses Bail To DU Associate Prof Hany Babu And Three Kabir Kala Manch Members (Live Law / Feb 2022)

Bombay HC Reserves Judgment In Bail Appeal Of Hany Babu / Evidence & charge as Harry Potter and international war

29/08/2022 Asha

Evidence & charge similarly connected as Harry Potter and international war: Elgar Parishad accused tells court

30/08/2022

India Today / by Vidya

● The Bombay High Court was hearing Hany Babu’s bail plea in Elgar Parishad case
● Hany Babu was arrested on charges of being an active member of CPI(Maoist)
● The court has reserved its order on the bail plea
Seeking bail in connection with the Elgar Parishad case, accused Hany Babu’s counsel told the Bombay High Court that the relationship between the evidence and charges framed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is the same as “Harry Potter and international war”.
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Bombay HC reserves verdict on Hany Babu’s bail petition

29/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

As the NIA claimed the DU associate professor was involved in ‘terrorist acts’, his counsel denied the charge and said he had already been in jail for over two years.
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on an appeal filed by Elgaar Parishad accused Hany Babu, a Delhi University associate professor, challenging the rejection of his bail plea by a special NIA court.
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HC concludes hearing of Hany Babu’s bail plea

29/98/2022

Hindustan Times / by K A Y Dodhiya

The Bombay high court on Monday concluded the hearing of a default bail application filed by Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, and reserved its order.
Babu’s counsel claimed that the allegations against him of carrying out anti-national activities were baseless and did not come under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as no lives were lost. The only crime that Babu was booked for was covered under the Indian Penal Code, he added.
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Thread by Live Law (Aug 29):
#BombayHighCourt is hearing DU professor Hany Babu’s bail application, who is charged under the UAPA in the BhimaKoregaon – Elgar Parishad Case. ASG Anil Singh’s arguments for NIA continue.
+++ ASG – Hany Babu is not only an active member of CPI (Maoist), he actively participated in the activities. The activities of the accused amount to a terrorist act. ASG is reading out definition of terrorist act. ++
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+++ Chaudhry – For an offence with life imprisonment, committing or advocating violence is required. This is not even alleged. The membership of CPI (Maoist) can at best show intention. But where is the proscribed act? ++
+++ Chaudhry – UAPA requires and act and an outcome. There’s is not a shred of evidence of any terrorist act being performed. The relationship between the acts of the accused and terrorist act is the same as Harry Potter and international warfare.++
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Bombay High Court Reserves Judgment In Bail Appeal Of Bhima Koregoan Case Accused Hany Babu

29/98/2022

Lawbeat.in / by Raj Bhojani & Sanya Talwar

The bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and N.R Borkar of Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on bail appeal filed by Hany Babu in the Bhima Koregoan Case.
The Special NIA court on February 15 rejected the bail plea of Babu and four others. Special NIA Judge DE Kothalikar rejected the bail applications of Hany Babu and Kabir Kala Manch members Sagar Gorkhe, Jyoti Jagtap and Ramesh Gaichor, holding that there is prima facie evidence to show he “was actively involved in the activities of the banned organisation CPI(Maoist) and furthering its ideology”.
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Also read:
● Police Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists – New details connect police in India to a plot to plant evidence on victims’ computers that led to their arrest. (Wired / June 2022)
● Special NIA Court Refuses Bail To DU Associate Prof Hany Babu And Three Kabir Kala Manch Members (Live Law / Feb 2022)

Justice S Ravindra Bhat recuses from hearing plea by Gautam Navlakha

28/08/2022 Asha

Justice S Ravindra Bhat recuses from hearing plea by Gautam Navlakha

29/08/2022

Bar & Bench / by Debayan Roy

CJI UU Lalit said that the matter might be listed before a bench headed by Justice KM Joseph.
Justice S Ravindra Bhat of the Supreme Court on Monday recused from hearing a plea filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navalakha seeking that he be placed under house arrest instead of being lodged in jail [Gautam Navlakha vs National Investigation Agency and anr].
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SC judge recuses himself from hearing plea by activist Gautam Navlakha

29/08/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The activist has demanded that he should be placed under house arrest instead of being lodged in prison.
A Supreme Court judge on Monday recused himself from hearing a petition filed by jailed activist Gautam Navlakha demanding that he should be placed under house arrest, Bar and Bench reported.
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Gautam Navlakha appeal to be heard by Supreme Court on Monday

28/08/2022

Bar & Bench / by Bar & Bench

… Navlakha has moved the top court against Bombay High Court judgment dismissing his plea to be transferred from Taloja Prison and placed under house arrest instead.
Navlakha, who is human rights activist and former Secretary of the People’s Union for Democratic Rights, was arrested in August 2018, but was initially placed under house arrest.
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Also read:
● Supreme Court directs trial court to expeditiously frame charges and decide discharge pleas (The Leaflet / Aug 2022)
● Bombay HC Judge Justice Revati Mohite Dere recuses from hearing plea by accused (Bar & Bench / June 2022)

NIA opposes Hany Babu’s bail plea in Elgar Parishad case

25/08/2022 Asha

NIA opposes Hany Babu’s bail plea, claims he collected info to make bombs

26/08/2022

Hindustan Times / by K A Y Dodhiya

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday opposed the default bail application of Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, and told the Bombay high court that he had not only gathered information to make bombs but also garnered international support for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist)…
After Choudhary submitted that he wanted to respond to the submissions of the NIA, the bench adjourned the hearing to Monday.
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Thread by Live Law (Aug 26):
++ #BombayHighCourt is hearing DU professor Hany Babu’s bail application, who is charged under the UAPA in the BhimaKoregaon – Elgar Parishad Case. +++
++ ASG Anil Singh’s arguments for NIA continue. +++
++ Hearing before a bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and NR Borkar. +++
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++ ASG’s submissions to continue on 29th August at 2:30 PM. +++
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Professor Hany Babu must be tried under anti-terror laws: NIA in Elgar Parishad case

26/08/2022

India Today / by Vidya

While opposing the bail plea of Elgar Parishad accused, NIA pointed to various incriminating documents.
NIA said that a document on Babu’s laptop was allegedly a study conducted by the Indian Army, Airforce and Navy.
In the Elgar Parishad case, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, on behalf of the NIA (National Investigating Agency), told the Bombay High Court that the ‘nature of the allegation’ and the case that was made, directly fell under the category of the anti-terrorist act.
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Wanted to set up ‘Janta Sarkar’: NIA opposes Hany Babu’s bail plea

26/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

A division bench of Justice N M Jamdar and Justice N R Borkar was hearing Babu’s appeal seeking bail filed after a special NIA court rejected his plea in February this year.
Claiming that Elgaar Parishad accused Hany Babu was involved in a conspiracy to set up ‘Janta Sarkar’ (people’s government) by overthrowing the elected government through armed struggle, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday opposed the bail plea of the former Delhi University associate professor.
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NIA opposes Hany Babu’s bail plea in Elgar Parishad case

25/08/2022

Free Press Journal / by Staff Reporter

A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and NR Borkar was hearing Babu’s bail application.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday opposed the bail plea filed by Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
… The HC will continue to hear the bail plea on Friday.
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Thread by Live Law (Aug 25):
#BombayHighCourt is hearing DU associate Prof #HanyBabu’s bail application in the #BhimaKoregaon – Elgar Parishad Case.
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Hearing to continue tomorrow 3.30pm.
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Thread by Bar & Bench (Aug 25)
Bombay High Court bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and Nitin Raut is hearing a bail application filed by Hany Babu, arrested in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh appears for NIA. Singh: It is my case that the accused is a member of banned CPI (Maoist). Material found from his laptop shows that he was in continuous contact with other accused.
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Special Court Rejects Arun Ferreira’s Plea For Copy Orders Authorising Email Interception By NIA

23/08/2022 Asha

Special Court Rejects Arun Ferreira’s Plea For Copy Orders Authorising Email Interception By NIA

23/08/2022

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

A special NIA has rejected the application filed by lawyer Arun Ferreira, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, alleging that NIA illegally intercepted emails exchanged between him and co-accused Rona Wilson and used it as evidence. Ferreira had sought a copy of the order permitting the agency to intercept their emails.
The court however allowed accused lawyer Surendra Gadling’s plea against the obstruction by prison officials from receiving letters and personal communications sent by his wife and advocates to him at the prison.
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Special court rejects Arun Ferreira’s plea against NIA

23/08/2022

Free Press Journal / by Staff Reporter

A special court on Monday rejected an application by lawyer and accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case, Arun Ferreira, in which he had claimed illegal interception by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of some emails, which it later used as evidence…
In a separate development, the court directed the Taloja prison authorities to hand over to lawyer and Ferreira’s co-accused Surendra Gadling his letters from his wife, which he complained were held back by it.
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Plea of Elgaar Parishad accused for ‘order authorising email interception’ rejected

23/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

A special court rejected Arun Ferreira application after the NIA denied any illegal interception and said the emails were accessed using a password found on a device seized from Rona Wilson, another accused.
After the NIA denied Elgaar Parishad case accused Arun Ferreira’s allegation that some emails it had relied on as evidence had been illegally intercepted, a special court on Monday rejected his application for the investigative agency to provide “the competent authority’s order issued for intercepting emails”.
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Also read:
● Despite the Evidence, Courts Yet to Take Note of Spyware Used Against Elgar Parishad Accused (The Wire / July 2022)

Varavara Rao Will Not Make Media Statements On Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Court Sets Bail Conditions

20/08/2022 Asha

Varavara Rao told to remain in Mumbai, not to make statement on case to media

21/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

Among the bail conditions set for Varavara Rao include that he shall reside within Greater Mumbai and shall furnish a detailed address of his residence.
Days after the Supreme Court granted bail to Telugu poet and activist P Varavara Rao, who was booked in the Elgaar Parishad case, the special court in Mumbai set conditions for his bail, including that he shall not make any statement with regard to the matter in the media.
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Varavara Rao Will Not Make Media Statements On Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Court Sets Bail Conditions

20/08/2022

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

A special NIA court in Mumbai set 12 bail conditions for Telugu poet Dr P Varavara Rao accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, including a restriction on talking about the case at any media forum…
On August 10, the Supreme Court granted bail to Rao on medical grounds, and had imposed a condition that he should should not leave the Greater Mumbai region without the permission of the trial court.
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‘No statement on case to media’: Special court sets conditions for Varavara Rao’s bail

20/08/2022

The Indian Express / by Express News Updates

Among the bail conditions set for Varavara Rao include that he shall reside within Greater Mumbai and shall furnish a detailed address of his residence.
Days after the Supreme Court granted bail to Telugu poet and activist P Varavara Rao who was booked in the Elgaar Parishad case, the special court in Mumbai set conditions for his bail, including that he shall not make any statement with regard to the matter in the media.
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Also read:
● ‘First Step Towards Acquittal’: Varavara Rao’s Family on Bail by Supreme Court (The Quint / Aug 2022)
● Supreme Court grants permanent medical bail to P. Varavara Rao in Bhima Koregaon case (The Leaflet / Aug 2022)

Decide on framing charges against Vernon Gonsalves within 3 month: Supreme Court

20/08/2022 Asha

Supreme Court directs trial court to expeditiously frame charges and decide discharge pleas

20/08/2022

The Leaflet / by The Leaflet

A Supreme Court bench of CJI-designate, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, and Justice S. Ravindra Bhat has decided to keep the petition seeking bail by Vernon Gonsalves on hold, but its direction to the trial court to begin its trial within three months comes as a relief.
Afterhearing at considerable length a bail petition filed by trade unionist, activist and academic Vernon Gonsalves, one of the accused undertrials in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, the Supreme Court on August 18 chose to keep the petition pending with it for three months. In the meantime, it has directed the trial court in Mumbai to decide whether the charges are to be framed against the accused under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Decide on framing charges against Vernon Gonsalves within 3 month: Supreme Court

20/08/2022

Bar & Bench / by Abhimanyu Hazarika

The Court also directed the special court to segregate Gonsalves’ trial from that of other accused who are absconding.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the special NIA court to decide on framing of charges against Bhima Koregaon accused Vernon Gonsalves within 3 months [Vernon Gonsalves vs State of Maharashtra and anr].
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Supreme Court Asks Special NIA Court To Decide On Framing Charges Within 3 Months

18/08/2022

Live Law / by Rintu Mariam Biju

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Special NIA Court to decide on framing charges in the Bhima Koregaon case within a period of three months. The Court also directed the NIA Court to decide the discharge applications filed by the accused in the case simultaneously.
A bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ravindra Bhat passed the direction while considering a petition field by accused Vernon Gonsalves seeking bail in the case.
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Also read:
● Explainer: Arsenal Report on Surendra Gadling (The Leaflet / July 2021)