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The Bhima Koregaon Arrests and the Resistance in India

The Bhima Koregaon Arrests and the Resistance in India

Monthly Review / by Saroj Giri

It often happens: A murder takes place, an utterly foul one. But there is little outcry, no lasting sense of wrong in public memory. Deep down, everyone is aware of the gross violation that has taken place in their midst. Everyone is affected and silently appalled that there is no redress, no justice. Yet normal life and routine democracy continues—at the expense of a deep scar in the inner recess of society, unseen and perhaps illegible, best described as a void. Like an abyss that stares back, will this void come to haunt everyone later, in some possibly unrecognizable form?
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Bombay HC to hear Anand Teltumbde’s appeal challenging rejection of bail on April 7

Bombay HC to hear Anand Teltumbde’s appeal challenging rejection of bail on April 7

Bombay HC to hear Anand Teltumbde’s appeal challenging rejection of bail on April 7

31/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

On Thursday, the Bombay High Court’s division bench of Justices S.B. Shukre and G.A. Sanap decided to post the matter of Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad) accused Anand Teltumbde’s plea challenging his rejection of bail, to April 7. The 71-year old Teltumbde is an academic and activist who has been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA], and the High Court had been hearing his bail plea as well as a petition challenging the conditions for bail under Section 43D(5) of the UAPA.
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Anand Teltumbde’s bail hearing commences before Bombay HC

30/03/2022

Sabrang / by Sabrangindia

Apart from arguing for bail, Dr Anand Telmumbde, a renowned academic, will through his counsel, also be challenging the constitutionality of Section 43(D)(5 of the Unlawful Practices Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Behind bars since April 14, 2020, Dr Anand Teltumbde a well-known academic, will through his counsel, Mihir Desai interrogating the anomalies in investigation and prosecution by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) apart from seriously questioning the mode and matter of garnering evidence in connection with his name being tragged into the Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case.
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Bhima Koregaon case trial not likely to begin soon, says activist Anand Teltumbde as he seeks bail

31/03/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

His lawyer told the Bombay High Court that the NIA has claimed Teltumbde is a member of a terrorist group but he has not been charged with any acts of violence.
The trial in the Bhima Koregaon case is not likely to begin anytime soon, activist Anand Teltumbde told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday as he sought bail, reported PTI.
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NIA can’t label me terrorist in absence of direct evidence, Teltumbde tells HC

30/03/2022

Free Press Journal / by Narsi Benwal

A bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Govind Sanap was hearing a plea filed by Teltumbde through senior advocate Mihir Desai, seeking bail.
One of the prime accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case – academician Anand Teltumbde on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that the NIA, which is investigating the case, has labelled him as a terrorist without attributing any direct evidence against him. He accordingly, sought bail.
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Accused complain of prison superintendent’s conduct before special court / NIA submits additional evidence

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

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

Legal Aid System In Prisons Ineffective; Many Languish In Jails Because Of This: Sudha Bharadwaj

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

Video: In Conversation with Sudha Bharadwaj – The Conditions of Prisoners in Indian Jails

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.

en | 1:21:23 | 2022
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K’taka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court

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

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

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

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

Bombay HC reserves verdict in plea by Varavara Rao seeking bail, permission to move to Telangana


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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Stan Swamy’s death will always be stain on India’s human rights record, says UN working group

Stan Swamy’s death will always be stain on India’s human rights record, says UN working group

By Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha (March 18)
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes that Stan Swamy’s death in custody was completely avoidable and it was a failure of the central government. It further adds that this would forever remain a stain on the country’s human rights record.
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UN Working Group asks India to accord Stan Swamy’s family with compensation and reparations under international law

19/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, besides expressing its grave concern over his death in judicial custody, has sought answers from the Indian government on four specific questions.
THE death of Jesuit priest and Adivasi rights activist Stan Swamy in judicial custody will “forever remain a stain on the human rights record of India”, says a new brief by the United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The group had formally adopted its opinion on Swamy’s death during its 92nd session on November 16, last year but made its comments public just this week.
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Stan Swamy’s death will always be stain on India’s human rights record, says UN working group

19/03/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that the activist died in ‘circumstances that were utterly preventable’.
The death of tribal rights activist Stan Swamy will always be a stain on India’s human rights record, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has said.
The group had made the comments at its session on November 16, and the comments became public earlier this week.
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Stan Swamy’s custody death a ‘stain forever’

19/03/2022

The Telegraph / by Animesh Bisoee

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has urged Centre to conduct an effective investigation into the circumstances that led to Father’s death.
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy’s custody death was a “failure” on the part of India’s government and would “forever remain a stain” on the country’s human rights record, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has said.
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