The News Minute / by Ragamalika Karthikeyan
On paper, this government wants us to believe that everything is hunky-dory and going as per the Constitution of India. But what’s ‘on paper’ in the narrow sense hardly matters, in reality. And that’s why, whatever they might put ‘on paper’ should not be a celebration of victory.
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The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee
Police, activists to file response to NIA plea to transfer case.
A special court on Monday granted the respective counsels of the Pune Police as well as the arrested activists time till February 6 to file a response to the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) application seeking transfer of the Elgaar Parishad case materials to the special NIA court in Mumbai.
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Hindustan Times / by Yogesh Joshi
The first information report (FIR) filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mumbai on January 24, has not invoked the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections pertaining to sedition and waging war against the government of India against the accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
HT has a copy of the FIR filed by the NIA which names 11 persons – the nine arrested activists, and Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde.
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Deccan Herald / by PTI
The prosecution and the defence on Monday sought more time from a court here in Maharashtra to file their response on the National Investigation Agency’s application seeking transfer of the Elgar Parishad case to a special NIA court in Mumbai.
After hearing both the sides, Additional Sessions Judge S R Navandar kept the matter for hearing on February 6.
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03/02/2020
The Indian Express / by Express News Service
A Special UAPA Court in Pune today will hear a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking transfer of all court documents and seized objects in the Elgaar Parishad case to a special NIA court in Mumbai.
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The Mumbai Mirror / by Archana More
FIR had been registered on Jan 27, 2020; probing agency also invokes territorial jurisdiction in case.
On Thursday, National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed an application in the special sessions court, seeking possession of all documents and material related to the Elgaar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima violence.
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Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
The National Investigation Agency has submitted an application before the Pune court that has been hearing the Bhima Koregaon case to seek its transfer to a special court in Mumbai, PTI reported on Thursday.
The matter will be taken up on February 3. A fresh first information report has also been filed in the case on Monday, ANI reported.
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The Hindu / by Sharad Vyas
Petition says probe transferred to NIA to shield RSS.
The Bhima-Koregaon inquiry commission on Wednesday said it is open to to cross-examine former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis if it can shed more light on the case.
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30/01/2020
NDTV / by Saurabh Gupta
Mumbai: The inquiry commission set up in Maharashtra to investigate the Koregaon-Bhima riots could call former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, one of the petitioners before the commissioner told reporters. The commission is headed by former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court JN Patel and former Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sumit Malik and was set up to conduct an inquiry into the riot that took place in Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 2018.
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The Wire / by Prem Shankar Jha
A two decade-long history of using false allegations, faked evidence, videos and news to manipulate public sentiment proves that the BJP will stop at nothing to ensure its return to power.
At first sight, the Centre’s decision to whisk the case against nine well known and respected civil rights activists, of inciting rebellion against the Indian State at the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle on January 1, 2018, and give it to the National Investigation Agency looks like another high-handed act by a government that has shown little regard for the Constitution, the law, and due process so far.
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The Wire / by PTI
Pune: A former Bombay high court judge, who was one of the organisers of the Elgar Parishad conclave, an event that allegedly triggered caste violence in Koregaon-Bhima, on Monday said an National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe was not needed in the matter and warned of legal action against the Centre’s move.
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The Print / by Ananya Bharadwaj
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) that took over the probe in the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence case will first aim to arrest the accused who have been named in two FIRs but not yet been held, a source in the agency told ThePrint.
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