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Vernon Gonsalves Member Of IAPL And CRPP, Both Frontal Organisations Of CPI(Maoist): Prosecution

Vernon Gonsalves Member Of IAPL And CRPP, Both Frontal Organisations Of CPI(Maoist): Prosecution

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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Maharashtra Govt Opposes Bail Pleas of Three Activists in Koregaon Bhima Case

Maharashtra Govt Opposes Bail Pleas of Three Activists in Koregaon Bhima Case

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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After CJI, another SC judge recuses himself from hearing Gautam Navlakha’s plea

After CJI, another SC judge recuses himself from hearing Gautam Navlakha’s plea

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana said the matter would be listed before another bench on October 3.
Supreme Court judge BR Gavai on Tuesday recused himself from hearing activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash a first information report filed against him in the Bhima Koregaon case, ANI reported. This came a day after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi recused himself from the case.
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CJI recuses himself from hearing activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash FIR

CJI recuses himself from hearing activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash FIR

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

Navlakha has challenged a Bombay High Court order turning down his petition.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday recused himself from hearing activist Gautam Navlakha’s plea to quash a first information report filed against him in the Bhima Koregaon case, reported Bar and Bench. Navlakha has challenged a Bombay High Court order rejecting his petition.
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Gadchiroli court rejects bail plea by Gadling

Gadchiroli court rejects bail plea by Gadling

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

Gadchiroli Sessions Judge S C Khati passed an order in this regard on September 23. Following the Surjagad incident on December 27, 2016, an offence was lodged at the Etapalli police station in Gadchiroli district.
A court in Gadchiroli has rejected the bail application filed by lawyer Surendra Gadling in connection with an incident of arson in December 2016.
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Being inspired by Marxism is not enough to incriminate me, Arun Ferreira tells Bombay high court

Being inspired by Marxism is not enough to incriminate me, Arun Ferreira tells Bombay high court

Hindustan Times / by KAY Dodhiya

Arguments in the bail application of lawyer and human rights activist Arun Ferreira concluded on Monday in the Bombay high court (HC). Ferreira, along with civil rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and activist Vernon Gonsalves, is in jail for their alleged involvement in the 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave, which purportedly led to the Bhima-Koregaon violence on January 1, 2018.
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Evidence not enough to implicate Sudha Bharadwaj: Defence

Evidence not enough to implicate Sudha Bharadwaj: Defence


Solidarity Programme (Aug 28, 2019)

The Asian Age / by The Asian Age

A single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing the bail application filed by co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Bharadwaj.
Mumbai: Bhima-Koregaon violence accused Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel on Thursday argued before the court that six documents and one witness were not enough to accuse her of terrorist activities.
He contended that since she had been in jail for one year, she should be released on bail.
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Maharashtra government files caveat in Bhima Koregaon case

Maharashtra government files caveat in Bhima Koregaon case

The New Indian Express / by By IANS

A caveat means that the party urge the court to not pass any order without hearing it.
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court anticipating Gautam Navlakha’s appeal against the Bombay High Court’s refusal to quash an FIR filed against him by the state police in the Bhima Koregoan case.
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