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HC Directs NIA To Submit A Reply To Sudha Bharadwaj’s Appeal

HC Directs NIA To Submit A Reply To Sudha Bharadwaj’s Appeal

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency to file a short affidavit in the appeal filed by lawyer and trade unionist Sudha Bharadwaj against rejection of bail sought on medical grounds by the Special Court in Mumbai. This is the second time the agency will file a reply to the said plea, as an affidavit has already been filed on June 26 strongly opposing Bharadwaj’s plea.
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NIA ‘strongly opposes’ Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail plea in Bombay HC

Firstpost / by pti

NIA told the court it has ample evidence to show that Bharadwaj had ‘participated in anti-national activities’, and, thus, does not deserve to be let out on bail…
The same bench also heard a plea filed by activists Vernon Gonsalves and Anand Teltumbde, Bharadwaj’s co-accused in the case, seeking coronavirus tests as the two had been in close contact with another co-accused, poet-activist Varavara Rao, in Taloja prison.
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Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

Submit Report on Varavara Rao’s Health: Bombay HC to City Hospital

The Quint / by The Quint

The Court also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, 28 July, directed Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital to produce a report on the status of poet-activist Varavara Rao’s health, reported Bar and Bench.
The Court has also permitted Rao’s family to see him while he is in the hospital, subject to the hospital’s conditions.
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Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh

Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh


@THMumbai Just in: #BombayHC directs Nanavati Hospital to submit report on medical condition and line of treatment to poet #VaravaraRao.

Health status: Varavara Rao’s family turns to Deshmukh

28/07/2020

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

After writing to the National Human Rights Commission, the family of poet Varavara Rao (81) has requested Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to ensure that they get regular updates on Mr. Rao’s health.
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No information on Varavara Rao’s health for 12 days, says family

27/07/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The family of Telugu poet-activist Varavara Rao has written to Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleging that they have been denied any information on the activist’s health condition or treatment for the last twelve days.
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NIA court rejects Dr Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea

NIA court rejects Dr Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea

Hindustan Times / by Charul Shah

Dr. Teltumbde had moved bail plea on the ground that NIA had failed to file a charge sheet within the stipulated 90-day timeframe, but the special court extended its deadline.
The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday rejected the application of the academic and social activist Dr. Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad/Bhima Koregaon case.
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Academic Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea rejected by NIA court

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Teltumbde had opposed the court’s decision to extend the NIA’s time to file a chargesheet by 90 days.
A National Investigation Agency court on Friday rejected the bail plea of academic Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, the Hindustan Times reported.
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Jail Authorities Submit Sudha Bharadwaj´s Medical Report

Jail Authorities Submit Sudha Bharadwaj´s Medical Report

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

In a fresh medical report submitted before the Bombay High Court on Thursday by the jail authorities at Byculla District Jail, it has been submitted that advocate and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who is seeking bail on medical grounds, is suffering from ischemic disease which leads to reduced supply of blood in the body.
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Varavara Rao Bail Plea: COVID No Excuse for Political Prisoners?

Varavara Rao Bail Plea: COVID No Excuse for Political Prisoners?


+++ Matters concerning Mr. VV Rao’s interim bail appeal, Dr. Anand’s and Vernon’s Covid 19 test did not reach hearing in the Bombay HC today. Next date could be July 28 +++

The Quint / by Shorbori Purkayastha

Podcast: Is it ethical for Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao to be refused interim bail in this pandemic?
Should we be looking at heath conditions or the gravity of offense for prisoners seeking interim bail on health grounds in view of the pandemic?
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NIA terms medical condition plea by Varavara Rao a ‘ruse’ for interim bail

NIA terms medical condition plea by Varavara Rao a ‘ruse’ for interim bail

The Times of India / by Swati Deshpande

Mumbai: Opposing his plea for interim bail, National Investigation Agency (NIA) said undertrial-prisoner accused Telugu poet-activist PV Varavara Rao undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Nanavati Hospital, is “under the garb of current situation on account of global pandemic and his old age is trying to take undue benefit’’.
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NIA Opposes Varavara Rao’s Bail, Says He Is Taking ‘Undue Benefit’ of COVID-19

NIA Opposes Varavara Rao’s Bail, Says He Is Taking ‘Undue Benefit’ of COVID-19


++++ The Bombay High Court is set to hear Rao’s plea for medical bail on Thursday +++

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

Mumbai: Poet and political thinker Varavara Rao is 79 years old and has been suffering from a neurological disorder. He has tested positive for COVID-19 and doctors have suggested that he is showing signs of dementia… All of this notwithstanding, on Tuesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed that none of this “necessitates him to immediately obtain treatment in [a] multi-specialty hospital”.
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Varavara Rao Taking Undue Advantage Of COVID-19 To Seek Bail: NIA Tells Bombay HC

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The National Investigation Agency, which took over the probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence from Pune police in January this year, has reiterated that Varavara Rao, the octogenarian Telugu poet who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, is trying to take undue benefit under the garb of Covid-19 and his old age in seeking bail on medical grounds.
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Bombay High Court Updates: Hearings postponed again

Bombay High Court Updates: Hearings postponed again


+++ Update July 23: Sudha Bharadwaj´s bail plea was listed today, but did not did not reach hearing / Matters concerning Mr. VV Rao’s interim bail appeal, Dr. Anand’s and Vernon’s Covid 19 test did not reach hearing in the Bombay HC today. Next date could be July 28 +++

Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail plea hearing adjourned

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

Hearing of the interim medical bail plea filed by Bhima-Koregaon case accused Sudha Bharadwaj was adjourned in the Bombay High Court on Monday after the court found the medical report submitted by the Byculla jail superintendent to be illegible.
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Bombay HC asks NIA, Maharashtra govt if Varavara Rao’s family can see him

National Herald / by PTI

A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and S P Tavade asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state to inform the court about Rao’s health condition and clarify by July 22 whether his family members could be permitted to see him.
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Rao’s co-inmates Gonsalves and Teltumbde seek Covid test, HC seeks NIA response

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government and sought their responses on the plea filed by Varavara Rao’s co-inmates, who sought that they should be tested for Covid-19 too as they were in close contact with Rao at Taloja Central prison … The Court issued notices to NIA and state government and posted further hearing on Thursday, July 23.
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Refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

Refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

The following article refers to the bail dismissal of Oct 15, 2019. The ongoing bail hearings are in the context of medical bail.

It is unjust that refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

The Indian Express / by Colin Gonsalves

The observation of the Court in Bharadwaj’s case that the decision as to whether a document is admissible in evidence or not will have to wait for the trial stage is unbelievable. Courts routinely exclude inadmissible documents or statements (such as hearsay) from consideration while deciding bail applications.
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