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SC Extends Interim Protection From Arrest to Navlakha, Teltumbde

SC Extends Interim Protection From Arrest to Navlakha, Teltumbde

The Wire / by PTI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday extended till March 16 protection from arrest granted to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee said it would hear on March 16 the appeals filed by Navlakha and Teltumbde against the last month’s order of the Bombay High Court rejecting their anticipatory bail pleas.
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3 of 9 Elgar accused produced before NIA Court want to fight own case

3 of 9 Elgar accused produced before NIA Court want to fight own case

Times of India / by Rebecca Samervel

MUMBAI: The nine people arrested in the Elgar Parishad case were produced before the special NIA court here for the first time on Friday …
Ferreira, Gonsalves and Gadling submitted before judge D E Kothalikar that they were lawyers and would represent themselves in court.
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9 accused sent to judicial custody till March 13

9 accused sent to judicial custody till March 13

Drawing by Arun Ferreira

Hindustan Times / by Charul Shah

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday remanded nine people accused in the Elgar Parishad case in judicial custody till March 13.
The nine accused in the case – Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj, Shoma Sen and Vernon Gonsalves – were produced the special judge, DE Kothalikar, on Friday.
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Special NIA court begins hearing of Elgar Parishad case

Special NIA court begins hearing of Elgar Parishad case

India Today / by Vidya

A special NIA court heard the Elgar Parishad case for the first time on Friday, a day after the accused were moved from Pune to Mumbai.
Individuals accused in the Elgar Parishad case were produced before a special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday. Initially investigated by Pune City Police, the case was recently handed over to the central agency amidst protests by political parties like the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). All of the accused had been shifted to a Mumbai jail from Pune prior to the court hearing.
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Maharashtra Govt to Set Up a SIT, Conduct Parallel Probe

Maharashtra Govt to Set Up a SIT, Conduct Parallel Probe


Drawing by Arun Ferreira

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

The decision comes days after the National Investigation Agency took over the case in which nine human rights activists and lawyers have been incarcerated for over 20 months.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra state home department will soon be setting up a special investigation team headed by senior IPS officials to investigate the ‘urban naxal’ case. The decision comes days after the National Investigation Agency took over the case in which nine human rights activists and lawyers have been incarcerated for over 20 months.
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Case Transferred to Special NIA Court Mumbai From Pune

Case Transferred to Special NIA Court Mumbai From Pune

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The Additional Sessions Court, Pune on Friday allowed National Investigation Agency’s application seeking transfer of the trial in Bhima Koregaon case to Special NIA Court Mumbai.
Firstly, the Central Government passed an order on January 24, 2020 directing NIA to take up the investigation in the case. Pursuant to this, NIA filed an application before the trial court.
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Sufficient Material To Enable Court to Record Prima Facie Opinion Says Bombay HC

Sufficient Material To Enable Court to Record Prima Facie Opinion Says Bombay HC

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The Bombay High Court rejected anticipatory bail applications filed by journalist Gautam Navlakha and academician/scholar Anand Teltumbde, accused in the case regarding caste based violence that took place at Bhima Koregaon in Pune on January 1, 2018.
Justice PD Naik perused through the sealed envelope submitted by the Special Public Prosecutor Aruna Pai which contained “additional material” against both the accused.
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After Sharad Pawar, now Kharge attacks Uddhav over case transfer to NIA

After Sharad Pawar, now Kharge attacks Uddhav over case transfer to NIA


MRSD poster, Jun 2019

Times Now Digital / by Times Now Digital

Mumbai: It’s not all okay with the ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ government in Maharashtra …
Barely three months into their government, major differences have started spilling out in the open, the most significant of it being the Bhima-Koregaon case and its investigation.
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Bhima Koregaon case transferred from Pune to NIA court in Mumbai

Bhima Koregaon case transferred from Pune to NIA court in Mumbai

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

A sessions court in the city of Pune in Maharashtra on Friday transferred the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case to a special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai, PTI reported. Additional Sessions Judge SR Navander passed the order after the state government submitted it had no objection to the investigation agency’s plea for a transfer.
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HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde [Read Order]

HC Refuses Anticipatory Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde [Read Order]

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to journalist Gautam Navlakha and scholar Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case.
However, the interim protection from arrest granted to both the accused was extended for four weeks in order to grant the accused time to appeal before the apex court.
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