The Indian Express / By Express News Service
Police have claimed that a letter seized from an accused mentions an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a ‘Rajiv Gandhi type incident’.
A defence lawyer representing two of the arrested accused in the Elgaar Parishad case — Rona Wilson and P Varavara Rao — on Thursday termed the investigation in the case ‘biased’ and ‘imaginary’.
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Livelaw / by Nitish Kashyap
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgement after conclusion of arguments in bail applications filed by activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira in Pune police’s case against the said accused that they were involved in inciting caste-based violence at Koregaon Bhima in Pune on January 1, 2018.
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Hindustan Times / by KAY Dodhiya
The three activists accused in last year’s Bhima-Koregaon violence claimed before the Bombay high court (HC) that merely knowing or professing Marxist, Leninist, Bolshevik or Maoist ideologies could not be the basis for keeping them in jail. The Pune Police concluded its arguments opposing the bail applications of the three accused –Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj – on Friday.
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The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal
Files rejoinder claiming that email contradicts letter that prosecution has relied on to accuse activist
The lawyer appearing for trade unionist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj in the Elgar Parishad case filed a rejoinder in the Bombay High Court on Friday, saying that the Pune Police have not added an email, which refutes their claim, to the charge sheet.
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Live Law / by Livelaw News Network
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case. The bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta directed the Maharashtra police to produce the materials collected against him in the investigation so far and posted the matter on October 15 at 3 PM.
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Hindustan Times / by KAY Dodhiya
Pune Police on Thursday continued its argument against the bail applications of activists Vernon Gonsalves, Dr Sudha Bharadwaj and Arun Ferreira, who were arrested last year in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence.
The police said two letters … prove that the Indian Association of People’s Lawyer (IAPL), and three other organisations, were fronts for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
However, the accused’s phone records raised questions about the police’s theory.
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Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
Justice Ravindra Bhat was on the bench with Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran. The case will now be heard on Friday.
Supreme Court judge Ravindra Bhat on Thursday recused himself from hearing activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash a first information report filed against him in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported. He is the fifth top court judge to have opted out of the case. Navlakha has challenged a Bombay High Court order rejecting his petition.
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Pune Mirror / by By Archana More
They filed their applications in the lower court, claiming sessions court has no jurisdiction for trial
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court rejected the bail plea of the nine accused in the Elgaar Parishad case. All the accused had filed their default bail applications in
the lower court, claiming that the sessions court has no jurisdiction to conduct the trial of the case.
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Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap
The prosecution began its arguments on Tuesday in the bail hearings of Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Arun Ferreira, all accused of being a part of the Naxalite movement and for inciting the violence which took place at Koregaon Bhima in Pune.
Justice Sarang Kotwal has been hearing the detailed submissions of all the bail applicants almost on a daily basis.
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News18 / by PTI
The state government told the court that activists Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj and Vernon Gonsalves are active members of frontal groups funded by the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday opposed bail pleas filed by three activists arrested last year for alleged Maoist links and involvement in the Koregaon Bhima caste violence case.
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