Strangers in our midst
Indian Express / By Satish Deshpande
The decisive question for democracy in India: How should it deal with citizens who think differently and are annoying or inconvenient to ‘us’?
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Mumbai: Over 11 months in jail, four workers arrested for ‘Maoist links’ get bail
Indian Express / By Sadaf Modak
In January, eight men working in private firms were arrested by the ATS and booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. ATS claims that they were involved in raising funds for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
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Video: Maoist Plot: Missing Evidence?
en | 26:24 min | 2018
NDTV / By NDTV
We examine the 5,000-page charge sheet filed against so-called ‘Urban Naxals’ to find more questions than answers.
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Bombay HC Rejects Activist Anand Teltumbde’s Plea to Quash FIR
CNN-News18 / By Radhika Ramaswamy
Teltumbde had moved a petition before the court, seeking quashing of the FIR.
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed activist Anand Teltumbde’s plea seeking quashing of FIR against him in the Bhima Koregaon case. The court, however, granted him protection from arrest for three more weeks.
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Bombay HC paves way for former Reliance workers to get bail
Sabrang / By Sushmita
Exactly 11 months after workers of Reliance industries were arrested on charges of UAPA and for their alleged connection to BhimaKoregaon case, the Bombay High Court, has, on December 17, has set aside a Sessions Court order granting extension of time beyond 90 days period for filing charge sheet. This will now make it a little bit easier to approach the courts for bail.
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‘Maoist plot’ in Mumbai: 12 identical witness statements put police claims under doubt
By scroll.in / Mridula Chari & Shone Satheesh
Five workers, who barely earned enough to support their families, have been arrested on charges of funding the Maoists.
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Activist urges HC to quash FIR
Times of India / By PTI
MUMBAI: Civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde, named an accused by the Pune Police in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon, Monday denied all charges against him, urging the Bombay court to quash the FIR against him.
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Activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde get relief from arrest
Scroll.in / By Sroll Staff
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended relief from arrest, in the Bhima Koregaon case, to activists Gautam Navlakha till January 14 and Anand Teltumbde till December 17, The Hindu reported. The court, however, rejected Stan Swamy’s petition to quash the first information report against him.
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‘Urban naxal is something of an oxymoron’
Frontline / By Ziya Us Salam
Interview with Professor Romila Thapar.
The term “urban naxal” was once used during peasant protests against the state. Today, it is used almost as a slur on those who ask uncomfortable questions of the state. The same fate meets those authors and poets who refuse to sing hosannas to state power.
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SC Adjourns Hearing To January
Livelaw.in / By Mehal Jain
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to January the hearing on the SLP arising out of the October 24 judgment of the Bombay High Court by virtue of which a Pune court’s order granting additional 90 days’ time for further investigation and filing the charge sheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling and other activists accused in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence was set aside.
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