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Accused complain of prison superintendent’s conduct before special court / NIA submits additional evidence

29/03/2022 Asha

Elgar accused complain of prison superintendent’s conduct before NIA special court

29/03/2022

Free Press Journal / by Bhavna Uchil

The court had issued a warrant for their presence before it on the particular date last year. The accused have stated that this has happened time and again that they have not been produced before the court despite the given orders…
In another development, the NIA made an application on Tuesday before the court to be permitted to submit articles, reports along with additional evidence in the case.
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NIA submits additional evidence

29/03/2022

The print / by pti

The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday submitted additional evidence in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
The NIA, through special public prosecutor Prakash Shetty, moved an application before special judge D E Kothalikar for depositing articles, original exhibits/reports along with additional evidence.
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Legal Aid System In Prisons Ineffective; Many Languish In Jails Because Of This: Sudha Bharadwaj

29/03/2022 Asha

Live Law / by Mehal Jain

“I think that all of us must collectively fight for the stronger legal aid system. Without that, Article 21 and 39A do not exist for people in the jails”
Civil rights lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj in a recent webinar spoke about the lack of effective legal aid system in prisons.
Ms.Bharadwaj, who spent as undertrial in the Bhima Koregaon case for over three years before she was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in December 2021, recounted her experiences in prison. She gave a direct account of the difficulties faced by several prisoners, especially those hailing from marginalised sections, in availing legal remedies. She also said that during her custody period she personally wrote hundreds of bail applications for fellow prisoners.
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Video: The Conditions of Prisoners in Indian Jails

26/03/2022

en | 1:21:23 | 2022

By All India Lawyers’ Association for Justice – AILAJ

The huge number of undertrials, the overcrowding, and the disproportional numbers of Dalit, Muslim and Adivasi prisoners are part of the prison problem in India.
We are joined by Adv. Sudha Bharadwaj for a discussion on the Conditions of Prisoners in Indian Jails.
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Video: In Conversation with Sudha Bharadwaj – The Conditions of Prisoners in Indian Jails

26/03/2022 Asha

By All India Lawyers’ Association for Justice – AILAJ

K’taka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court

24/03/2022 Asha

Karnataka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court In Alleged Naxal Attack Case

25/03/2022

Live Law / by Mustafa Plumber

The Karnataka government has informed the High Court that it would be moving an application before the Bombay High Court or the National Investigation Agency Court in Mumbai, seeking to relax the bail conditions imposed on Telugu poet P Varavara Rao’s to allow him to appear before a court in Karnataka’s Tumkuru district, and face a trial pending against him.
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K’taka HC disposes of Varavara Rao’s plea

25/03/2022

Times of India / by TNN

The Karnataka police has told the state high court that 81-year-old Telugu poet P Varavara Rao would not be arrested till such an application is filed before the Bombay high court or the NIA court at Mumbai, and suitable orders for relaxation in his bail conditions are passed.
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Won’t arrest Varavara Rao for now, govt tells HC

24/03/2022

Deccan Herald / by DHNS

Varavara Rao, 81, is accused in the Venkatammana Halli blast case of 2005 in Pavagada taluk
The High Court has disposed of the petition filed by Telugu poet Varavara Rao after the state government gave an undertaking that Rao will not be arrested till an application is filed before the High Court of Bombay or National Investigation Agency (NIA) court and order is passed.
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Bombay High Court reserves order on default bail plea by Rao, Ferreira and Gonsalves

22/03/2022 Asha

Bombay High Court reserves order on default bail plea by Rao, Ferreira and Gonsalves

22/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

On Tuesday, a division bench of the Bombay High Court constituting Justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar decided to reserve its order on the application filed by three of the accused — poet and activist P. Varavara Rao, academic and activist Vernon Gonsalves, and human rights lawyer and activist Arun Ferreira — in the Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad) case. Their plea sought a review of the court’s earlier judgement in December which refused them default bail while allowing the same for co-accused lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj.
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Bombay High Court reserves verdict in default bail plea by three accused

22/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

The review application by Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves claimed there was factual error in the High Court’s December 2021 judgment, which if not rectified, will lead to “gross miscarriage of justice”.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict in the plea filed by three accused Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves in the Bhima Koregaon case seeking review of the High Court’s December 2021 judgment refusing them default bail [P Varavara Rao & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.].
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Bombay HC reserves verdict in plea by Varavara Rao seeking bail, permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022 Asha

VV Rao out of Nanavati hospital, Feb 2021

Bombay HC reserves order in Varavara Rao’s plea seeking permanent bail and permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

Earlier today, the Bombay High Court division bench of Justices S.B. Shukre and G.A. Sanap reserved its verdict on the pleas filed by poet-activist and Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad) case accused P. Varavara Rao. The octogenarian has sought permanent medical bail and permission to move to Telangana to live at his home at Hyderabad.
Rao, who was granted temporary medical bail for a period of six months in February 2021, has repeatedly sought and been granted extensions from surrendering.
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Bombay HC reserves verdict in plea by Varavara Rao seeking bail, permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA Sanap extended the interim protection granted to Rao from any coercive action till the final verdict in all three applications.
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its verdict in the pleas filed by Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao seeking permanent bail and permission to move to Telangana [P. Varavara Rao v. National Investigation Agency & Ors.]
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Who is Varavara Rao and why is NIA urging Bombay HC to dismiss his permanent medical bail plea?

21/03/2022

Zee News / by Zee Media Bureau

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (March 21, 2022) urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss the permanent medical bail plea filed by Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case.
The NIA said that charges against Rao were “very, very serious,” and, if proven, could attract the death penalty.
Who is Varavara Rao?
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Activist Arun Ferreira alleges tampering with Covid certificate, seeks probe

19/03/2022 Asha

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

Ferreira has annexed both the certificates with his plea. Lodged at Taloja central jail, Ferreira’s plea states that on January 4, he had made an oral request to the prison superintendent seeking a copy of both his Covid vaccination certificates.
Arun Ferreira, who was arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case, has filed an application before the special court seeking an inquiry over his claim that he was given a different Covid-19 vaccination certificate from the one accessed by his family from the CoWin app.
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Also read:
● For the Government, COVID Is the Perfect Excuse to Worsen Conditions for Political Prisoners (The Wire / Jan 2022)
● Video: Jailed to die? India’s Incarcerated Human Rights Defenders and the Covid Ermergency (InSAF India / June 2021). Public Appeal Meeting with family members of The BK16, and legal and human rights experts.

‘Corporate is supporting communal agenda’: Sudha Bharadwaj

17/03/2022 Asha

hindi | 48:02min | 2022

By Satya Hindi

Was the corporate world the reason for the arrest of Sudha Bharadwaj, a social worker who fought for the underprivileged? Was there a conspiracy to implicate him in the Bhima Koregaon case? How was her experience during his three years in prison? How does she view the current times for socio-economic movements? Does she expect times to change? Dr. Mukesh Kumar talking to Sudha Bhardwaj.
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Surendra Gadling permitted use of laptop in prison / Prosecution to hand over cloned copies

16/03/2022 Asha

Elgar Parishad case accused gets nod to use computer in jail

17/03/2022

Times of India / by TNN

The special NIA court on Wednesday allowed lawyer Surendra Gadling an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, to use a computer in jail for an hour, two days a week. Gadling had sought access to his laptop, submitting that he wanted to prepare his defence.
Meanwhile, the prosecution is to hand over the cloned copies of all the pieces of electronic evidence gathered in the case to the accused.
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Surendra Gadling permitted use of laptop in prison

16/03/2022

Free Press Journal / by Staff Reporter

A special court under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act has permitted the use of a laptop in Taloja jail for Bhima Koregaon accused and lawyer Surendra Gadling.
Gadling had sought to be allowed the use of the device as he is appearing in person in the case.
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Court allows Elgar case accused Gadling to use jail computer

16/03/2022

The Print / by pti

A special NIA court here on Wednesday allowed advocate Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to use computer available in the prison where he is lodged, for an hour two days a week…
Meanwhile, the court allowed a plea of another accused, lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj who is currently on bail, to reside in Mumbai’s suburb of Oshiwara…
The court also granted a petition of Jyoti Jagtap, a co-accused, to receive a set of books.
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Consider health problems of activist Anand Teltumbde, Bombay HC tells Maharashtra

16/03/2022 Asha

Consider health problems of activist Anand Teltumbde, Bombay HC tells Maharashtra

17/03/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The court’s observation came during a hearing regarding the activist’s mode of conveyance for visiting his home in Maharashtra’s Chandpur village.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to consider the health problems of activist Anand Teltumbde, who is custody in connection to the Bhima Koregaon case, reported Live Law.
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‘His Ailments Need To Be Considered’: Bombay HC In Bhima Koregaon Accused Anand Teltumbde’s Case

16/03/2022

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

The Bombay High Court told the Maharashtra Government that genuine problems faced by prisoners should be considered after the State complained about Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad accused – Anand Teltumbde’s – refusal to meet his mother.
In such matters broad consideration is necessary. If he is there with so many ailments then that needs to be considered. We don’t think there is any problem if you see from his point of view,” the court said.
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Bombay High Court asks government to consider Anand Teltumbde’s ‘genuine problems’

16/03/2022

The Hindu / by The Hindu Bureau

Jailed professor expressed inability to meet his mother by long train journey due to health issues
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday told the Maharashtra Government to “consider the genuine problems” faced by Professor Anand Teltumbde, accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case, in taking a long train journey to meet his mother following the death of his brother in an encounter.
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