“The non-availability of medicines and hot water is posing a danger to my life,” the lawyer wrote in a letter to the additional director general of prisons.
In the latest instance of inhumane treatment meted out to the accused in the Elgar-Parishad case, lawyer Surendra Gadling has accused the Taloja central jail superintendent of blocking his supply of ayurvedic medicines, which he had been permitted to access by the trial court. Read more
Video: The Prison Song of Surendra Gadling
hindi | 11min | 2021
In August, when human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling was released on interim bail for a week, he made a quick visit to the Nagpur sessions court to meet his colleagues and friends. 51- year-old Gadling, a well-known criminal lawyer in Nagpur, was once a cultural activist, who sang songs of political resistance. The 11- minutes- long rendition tells you what it means to be incarcerated in Indian prisons. From food, water, to medical care, everything is a struggle, Gadling narrates. The song was recorded by one of Gadling’s colleagues and was made available to The Wire after obtaining his consent. Watch video
SC dismisses NIA’s appeal, confirms Sudha Bharadwaj’s release on bail
07/12/2021
The Leaflet / by The Leaflet
The Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for the release of activist-lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj as it dismissed the appeal filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the Bombay High Court’s order granting her default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case. Read more
Sudha Bharadwaj bail: Supreme Court rejects NIA appeal against default bail granted by Bombay High Court
07/12/2021
Bar & Bench / by Debayan Roy
The top court said that extension of time for investigation and detention under provisions of Section 43D(2) of the UAPA and Section 167(2) of CrPC could have only been done by the special court hearing NIA cases.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) challenging the Bombay High Court order granting default bail to lawyer activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case [National Investigation Agency v. Sudha Bharadwaj]. Read more
Supreme Court Dismisses NIA’s Plea Challenging Default Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj In Bhima Koregaon Case
07/12/2021
Live Law / by Srishti Ojha
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by National Investigation Agency challenging the default bail grantedto lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court on December 1, after over three years of her arrest in the Bhima Koregaon case.
A Bench comprising Justice UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhat and Justice Bela Trivedi observed that there was no reason to interfere with the Bombay High Court’s order and dismissed the NIA’s Special Leave Petition. Read more
The court said it had no reason to interfere in the bail granted by the Bombay High Court.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s plea challenging the default bail granted to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported. Read more
‘The Point Is Not to Surrender’: The Sudha Bharadwaj I Know
‘They call Sudha a terrorist, an anti-national. I have known her for over 30 years. You can’t find a better friend.’
“Sudha’s got bail!” These were the three words we have been desperate to hear for over three years and for which our brilliant and committed lawyers – Adv Yug Mohit Chaudhry and his team – have left no stone unturned; news her daughter Maaysha (Anu to all of us) has agonised over and lived for the past three years. And yet, I couldn’t believe it until I spoke to the lawyers myself. For all of us, Sudha’s friends and family, it is devastating that on some technicality the other co-accused were denied default bail. Read more
NIA opposes Gautam Navlakha plea for medical bail and house arrest
Why NIA has opposed house arrest plea of Gautam Navlakha in Bombay High Court
07/12/2021
Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi
Apart from tampering with evidence and witness, NIA opposed the plea filed by Navlakha stating that under the guise of a writ petition Navlakha is seeking regular bail.
The plea filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha praying that he be transferred from prison and placed under house arrest instead, is a waste of judicial time, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has told the Bombay High Court. Read more
NIA opposes Gautam Navlakha plea for medical bail and house arrest
07/12/2021
The Indian Express / by Express News Service
The NIA, through Mumbai branch SP V Vikraman, submitted before a division bench of Justice Nitin M Jamdar and Justice Sarang V Kotwal an affidavit in reply to a plea by Navlakha.
The National Investigation Agency on Monday opposed the medical bail and house arrest plea by Elgar Parishad case accused Gautam Navlakha, who is currently lodged at Taloja Central Prison, Navi Mumbai, alleging denial of basic medical care and other necessities in jail. The agency said the petitioner did not satisfy the criteria of house arrest. Read more
Poet Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended till December 20
Poet Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended till December 20
03/12/2021
Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
The Bombay High Court agreed for an extension after Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital said it would require two weeks to conduct Rao’s medical examination.
Poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, was granted bail extension till December 20 by the Bombay High Court on Friday, Live Law reported. Read more
Varavara Rao needn’t surrender till December 20, says Bombay HC
03/12/2021
The Indian Express / by Express News Service
Nanavati hospital seeks 2 weeks for Rao’s comprehensive medical examination.
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended the time to return to jail for Elgaar Parishad accused Varavara Rao till December 20. The extension was granted after the Nanavati Hospital informed that it needs two weeks time to schedule and conduct a comprehensive medical examination of the octogenarian for various ailments. Read more
Private Hospital Seeks Two More Weeks To Examine Varavara Rao
03/12/2021
Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim
The private hospital asked to examine Varavara Rao, the ailing Telugu poet and accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad case, sought two more weeks from the Bombay High Court owing to the numerous tests he would be required to undergo.
A division bench of Justice Nitin Jamdar and Sarang Kotwal granted Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital till December 16 to conduct the tests and submit a report to the High Court. Read more
NIA challenges activist Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail in Supreme Court
NIA challenges activist Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail in Supreme Court
03/12/2021
Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
She was granted default bail in the Bhima Koregaon case by the Bombay High Court on Wednesday.
The National Investigation Agency has moved the Supreme Court against the bail granted to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, Live Law reported on Thursday.
Bharadwaj, who has been in jail since 2018, was granted default bail by a two-judge bench of High Court on Wednesday. Read more
NIA Moves Supreme Court Against Bombay High Court’s Order Granting Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj
02/12/2021
Live Law / by Sparsh Upadhyay
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has moved Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s December 1 order granting bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case. Read more
Sudha Bharadwaj bail challenged by NIA before Supreme Court
02/12/2021
Bar & Bench / by Debayan Roy
The Bombay High Court had granted default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj on the ground that the extension of time for investigation and detention under the UAPA and CrPC had not been done by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the default bail granted to Bhima Koregaon accused Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court [National Investigation Agency v. Sudha Bharadwaj]. Read more
How lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj got bail after three years in jail / The Story of Her Incarceration
Still, it will take a week for her to be freed.
On Wednesday, a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court granted bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, an activist-lawyer who has been jailed since August 2018 in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
However, she will have to wait for a week until December 8 to appear before a special judge of the National Investigation Agency Court in Mumbai, who will decide the terms of the bail. Read more
Video: The Story of Sudha Bharadwaj’s Incarceration
en | 6:41min | 2021
By The Quint
Arrested on 28 August 2018, Bharadwaj has been in pre-trial detention for over three years.
Sudha Bharadwaj, a human rights lawyer, defending India’s indigenous communities, and a protector of worker’s rights, had been serving pre-trial detention since August 2018, until the Bombay High Court accepted her bail plea on 1 December. Watch video
He had sought relief for 15 days to meet his 90-year-old mother after his brother Milind Teltumbde was killed in a gunfight.
A National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected the temporary bail application of activist Anand Teltumbde, who is an accused person in the Bhima Koregaon case, Live Law reported. Read more
NIA refuses temporary bail to Anand Teltumbde to visit family after brother s death
01/12/2021
Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi
Anand Teltumbde’s brother Milind Teltumbde was among the 26 killed in a recent gun-battle encounter that took place on November 13 this year at Korchi in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court rejected the plea filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Anand Teltumbde seeking temporary bail to visit his mother and family after the recent death of his brother Milind Teltumbde, who was also an accused in the 2018 case. Read more
Bombay HC Directs NIA to Get Varavara Rao Medically Examined, Submit Report
In response, NIA’s counsel Advocate Sandesh Patil issued an apology.
The Bombay High Court on Monday, 29 November, directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to get Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao medically examined at a private hospital. Read more
Why the HC granted default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj and not to others / Understanding the Judgement (audio)
Audio: Understanding the Judgement of the Bombay High Court
01/12/2021
By PUCL
Date: Dec 1, 2021
Speakers: Mihir Desai and others
In order to understand the judgement in the Bhima Koregaon, default statutory bail case granting bail to Sudha Bharadwaj (National Secretary of the PUCL), but rejecting the bail of 8 others who had also similarly applied, namely Dr. Varavara Rao, Dr. Shoma Sen, Surendra Gadling, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Arun Ferreira, Mahesh Raut, we are holding a meeting on December 1st, 2021 from 8pm to 10pm.
All are welcome to listen to the lawyers share their views on the judgement. V. Suresh (General Secretary PUCL ) Kavita Srivastava (National Secretary)
Listen to recording
Why the Bombay High Court granted default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj and not to others [read order]
01/12/2021
Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi
Sudha Bharadwaj’s application for default bail was pending on the date the application for extension of time to file chargesheet was made.
While granting default bail to lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj on Wednesday, the Bombay High Court refused bail to eight other co-accused in the Bhima Koregaon case.
The Bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar made certain interesting observations in the 120-page order while deciding the pleas filed by Bharadwaj and 8 others challenging orders of the Pune Sessions Judges. Read more/read judgement
Time For UAPA Probe Was Extended By A Court Which Lacked Competent Jurisdiction: Bombay HC [read order]
01/12/2021
Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim
In its detailed order granting default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj the Bombay High Court said that Additional Sessions Judge of Pune KD Vadane was not authorized to extend the time for Pune Police to file the charge sheet under provision of the UAPA Act on November 26, 2018 and therefore she was entitled for default bail. Read more/read judgement
Bombay HC grants default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, but declines the same to eight other accused
01/12/2021
The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmaj and Paras Nath Singh
The Bombay High Court grants default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj in the Bhima Koregaon case on the ground that the court which took cognizance of the chargesheet against her was not competent, while it denied the same to the other accused in the case, because they did not claim their right to default bail in time. Paras Nath Singh and Sabah Gurmaj write about the High Court’s application of the principles of default bail in these cases. Read more
