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Poet Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended till December 20

03/12/2021 Asha

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.
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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.
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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.
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NIA challenges activist Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail in Supreme Court

02/12/2021 Asha

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.
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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.
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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].
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How lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj got bail after three years in jail / The Story of Her Incarceration

02/12/2021 Asha

Scroll.in / by Umang Poddar

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.
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Video: The Story of Sudha Bharadwaj’s Incarceration

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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.
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NIA court rejects activist Anand Teltumbde’s temporary bail plea

02/12/2021 Asha

NIA court rejects activist Anand Teltumbde’s temporary bail plea

02/12/2021

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

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.
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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.
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PUCL Chhattisgarh welcomes the granting bail to Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

01/12/2021 Asha

PUCL Chhattisgarh welcomes the granting bail to Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj

01/12/2021

By PUCL Chhattisgarh

Press Release
PUCL Chhattisgarh welcomes the granting bail to Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj by the Bombay High Court and at the same time is dissapointed that the other 8 co-accused have been denied bail.
It should be mentioned that the violence inflicted by Hindu groups on and after the Bhima Koregaon celebrations in January 2018 have cost lives and resulted in several incarcerations. Including the 8 whose bail was rejected by the Bombay High Court, however, a total of 16 people have been falsely implicated in the Bhima Koregaon Case and have been in jail for years on fabricated charges under the draconian UAPA. Many others have been targetted, arrested and had their homes raided.
Father Stan Swami, one of the 16, aged 84, lost his life in custody while awaiting bail.
In Chhattisgarh there are hundreds of Adivasis who have been imprisoned under the UAPA and have been awaiting bail for years. On March 9 this year, at a program to mark International Womens Day and speak out against sexual violence inflicted on women by the police and paramilitary in Bastar, Human Rights Defender Hidme Markam was arrested and later jailed under the same draconian act.
While we eagerly await the release of Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj, and for her to return amongst us, we also pledge to strengthen the struggle for release of all those imprisoned under false charges, against the UAPA and against the countrys casteist carceral system.

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.
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Bombay HC Directs NIA to Get Varavara Rao Medically Examined, Submit Report

01/12/2021 Asha

The Quint / by The Quint

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.
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Why the HC granted default bail to Sudha Bharadwaj and not to others / Understanding the Judgement (audio)

01/12/2021 Asha

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)

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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.
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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.
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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

BREAKING: Bombay HC Grants Default Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj; Refuses Bail To 8 Other Accused

01/12/2021 Asha

BREAKING: Bombay HC Grants Default Bail To Sudha Bharadwaj; Refuses Bail To 8 Other Accused

01/12/2021

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad caste violence case.
However, the Court rejected the bail applications of the 8 other accused Sudhir Dawale, Dr P Varavara Rao, Rona Wilson, Advocate Surendra Gadling, Professor Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira. They were arrested between June – August 2018.
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Sudha Bharadwaj granted default bail by Bombay High Court; plea of 8 others rejected

01/12/2021

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Sudha Bharadwaj and 8 others had challenged the jurisdiction of the Pune Sessions Judge in 2019 who they submitted was not the Special NIA judge and hence not competent to hear their applications under UAPA.
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed the default bail plea filed by Bhima Koregaon accused advocate Sudha Bharadwaj [Sudha Bharadwaj v. National Investigation Agency].
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Also read:
● Bombay High Court Reserves Order On Default Bail Plea Of Eight Accused In Bhima Koregaon (Live Law / Sep 2021)

‘Release and Stop Harassing Khurram Parvez, Sudha Bharadwaj and Human Rights Defenders’

29/11/2021 Asha

The Citizen / by the Citizen Bureau

32 civil society organisations from across Asia, the Pacific and Europe have called on the Indian government and courts to immediately and unconditionally release “human rights defenders” including Khurram Parvez and Sudha Bharadwaj, and to repeal the “unjust law” UAPA. They also demand bail and compensation for those jailed under UAPA but never tried, or the high proportion found not guilty.
The full statement, signed by groups in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Spain, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Netherlands and others, follows.
Read full statement

Poet Varavara Rao’s interim medical bail extended till December 6

29/11/2021 Asha

VV Rao walks out of Hospital in March 2021. Pic: Indira Jaising

Poet Varavara Rao’s interim medical bail extended till December 6

29/11/2021

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The bench extended the time for Rao to surrender as the NIA failed to get him medically examined at Mumbai’s Nanavati hospital in compliance with a court order.
Poet Varavara Rao, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, need not surrender to the Taloja Jail authorities until December 6, the Bombay High Court said on Monday, according to PTI.
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Bombay High Court directs NIA to take Varavara Rao to private hospital for medical examination

29/11/2021

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Due to confusion on who would bear the expense for Rao’s medical examination, the examination could not be completed.
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao to a private hospital for medical examination at the expense of the agency.
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