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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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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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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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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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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Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged on Thursday that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray overruled him in the matter.
Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar on Friday reiterated that the Centre’s decision to transfer the Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency was wrong, ANI reported.
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Times of India / by Prafulla Marpakwar
MUMBAI: In a volte-face, the NCP-led home department on Wednesday granted permission to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the inquiry in the Elgar Parishad case.
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13/02/2020
The New Indian Express / by PTI
The Maharashtra government has said it has no objection to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) taking over probe into the Elgar Parishad case.
The Centre last month transferred the probe in the case from Pune Police to the NIA, a decision which was then criticised by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra.
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Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
The sessions court in Pune reserved its order till February 14.
The Maharashtra government on Friday opposed the National Investigation Agency’s application to transfer the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case from a sessions court in Pune to a special NIA court in Mumbai, PTI reported.
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07/02/2020
The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde
Special Judge Navandar said he will pass an order on NIA’s application in one week, on February 14.
District government pleader Ujjwala Pawar told a special court in Pune that NIA’s application is “not legally tenable under the provision of law and particularly according to the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 and NIA Act, 2008.
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The Hindu / by PTI
A sessions court in Pune is hearing an application filed by the National Investigation Agency to transfer the case.
A defence lawyer in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case argued on Thursday that only the High Court can transfer the case to the special NIA court.
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07/02/2020
The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee
The respective counsels of the Pune Police and the nine activists arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case told a sessions court here on Thursday that only the Bombay High Court had the power to transfer the case to the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai.
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Devdiscourse / by ANI
A Pune court on Thursday adjourned till tomorrow arguments in the case pertaining to the transfer of Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Additional sessions judge SR Navandar adjourned the hearing after the prosecution sought more time for argument.
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