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Bombay High Court Updates: Hearings postponed again

Bombay High Court Updates: Hearings postponed again


+++ Update July 23: Sudha Bharadwaj´s bail plea was listed today, but did not did not reach hearing / Matters concerning Mr. VV Rao’s interim bail appeal, Dr. Anand’s and Vernon’s Covid 19 test did not reach hearing in the Bombay HC today. Next date could be July 28 +++

Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail plea hearing adjourned

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

Hearing of the interim medical bail plea filed by Bhima-Koregaon case accused Sudha Bharadwaj was adjourned in the Bombay High Court on Monday after the court found the medical report submitted by the Byculla jail superintendent to be illegible.
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Bombay HC asks NIA, Maharashtra govt if Varavara Rao’s family can see him

National Herald / by PTI

A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and S P Tavade asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the state to inform the court about Rao’s health condition and clarify by July 22 whether his family members could be permitted to see him.
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Rao’s co-inmates Gonsalves and Teltumbde seek Covid test, HC seeks NIA response

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notices to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Maharashtra government and sought their responses on the plea filed by Varavara Rao’s co-inmates, who sought that they should be tested for Covid-19 too as they were in close contact with Rao at Taloja Central prison … The Court issued notices to NIA and state government and posted further hearing on Thursday, July 23.
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Refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

Refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

The following article refers to the bail dismissal of Oct 15, 2019. The ongoing bail hearings are in the context of medical bail.

It is unjust that refusal of bail to Sudha Bharadwaj is based on inadmissible evidence

The Indian Express / by Colin Gonsalves

The observation of the Court in Bharadwaj’s case that the decision as to whether a document is admissible in evidence or not will have to wait for the trial stage is unbelievable. Courts routinely exclude inadmissible documents or statements (such as hearsay) from consideration while deciding bail applications.
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Press Release by VV Rao´s Family / Academics & Activists Demand: Release Varavara Rao and Others

Press Release by VV Rao´s Family / Academics & Activists Demand: Release Varavara Rao and Others

Press Release by Varavara´s Wife and Daughters

By Hemalatha, P Sahaja, P Anala, P Pavana

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146 Academics From Across the World Demand Varavara Rao’s Release

The Wire / by The Wire Staff

New Delhi: A group of 146 scholars from across the world have come together to ask the Indian government to release 80-year-old Telugu poet Varavara Rao from prison. Rao is currently in Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital for neurological and urological treatment. He has also tested positive for COVID-19.
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Protests in Punjab Demanding Release of Varavara Rao and Other Activists

Gauri Lankesh News / by Gauri Lankesh News Desk

The protesters said that the current government is harassing those who are fighting for people’s rights. They condemned the actions of the government and the indifference of the courts.
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NIA summons DU professor Hany Babu for questioning

NIA summons DU professor Hany Babu for questioning

Mumbai Mirrror / by Abhishek Sharan

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned Delhi University’s associate professor, Hany Babu M Tarayil, for questioning on Friday (July 24) as part of its probe into the December 2017 Elgar Parishad case.
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Vernon Gonsalves, 19 other inmates at Taloja jail test negative

Vernon Gonsalves, 19 other inmates at Taloja jail test negative


Drawing by Arun Ferreira

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

Two days after writer-poet Varavara Rao (80), accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, tested positive for Covid-19, 20 other inmates of Taloja Central Jail, including Vernon Gonsalves (61), a co-accused in the case, have tested negative, prison officials said Saturday.
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Global Campaign #StandAsMyWitness: Free Sudha Bharadwaj

Global Campaign #StandAsMyWitness: Free Sudha Bharadwaj

By CIVICUS

Nearly 200 human rights organisations including CIVICUS have signed a letter to world leaders urging them to release human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience in honour of Nelson Mandela Day 18 July … It calls on governments to end the imprisonment and harassment of human rights defenders … Resilient human rights defenders from across the globe feature in the #StandAsMyWitness campaign. The ‘faces’ of the campaign are these defenders currently behind bars, like Sudha Bharadwaj – a human rights lawyer who defends Indigenous people’s rights in India.
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The #StandAsMyWitness campaign urges people to write letters on behalf of the defenders:
Demand the release of Sudha Bharadwaj

Video: Young poets recite Varavara Rao’s poem “Words”

Video: Young poets recite Varavara Rao’s poem “Words”


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Indian Cultural Forum / Newsclick / by ICF TEAM

Young poets — Sabika Abbas Naqvi, Naveen Chourey, Aseem Sundan, Kaushik Raj, Poojan Sahil, Mandvi Mishra and Hussain Haidry — have come together in solidarity with renowned poet Varavara Rao. Condemning the State’s blatant and callous disregard for the health of Varavara Rao, they demand immediate release of the poet.
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Telugu journalist Tekula Kranti asked to appear before NIA

Telugu journalist Tekula Kranti asked to appear before NIA

The News Minute / by Mitun MK

Kranti was one of the two journalists and eight activists across the country whose residence was raided by the Maharashtra police on August 28 2018.
Telugu journalist Tekula Kranti, a member of Revolutionary Writers Association has been issued a notice by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad- Maoist link case. The NIA has asked the journalist to appear for questioning at the Mumbai office on July 24.
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Anand Teltumbde & Vernon Gonsalves Move HC As They Came In Contact With VV Rao

Anand Teltumbde & Vernon Gonsalves Move HC As They Came In Contact With VV Rao

Live Law / by Nitish Kashyap

Vernon Gonsalves and Anand Teltumbde, both accused in the Bhima Koregaon case and lodged at Taloja jail, have filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court on Friday seeking directions to the State to be tested for Covid-19 as they came in close contact with co-accused Varavara Rao who was admitted to the Hospital after testing positive for the virus.
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VERNON GONSALVES, ANAND TELTUMBDE ASK TO BE TESTED FOR COVID-19

17/07/2020

Sabrangindia / by Sabrangindia

The jailed activists move Bombay High Court saying they were in close contact with poet Varavara Rao who recently tested positive.
In wake of 79-year-old activist poet Varavara Rao testing positive for Covid-19, two of his fellow inmates from Taloja Central Prison; activists Vernon Gonsalves and Anand Teltumbde have now moved Bombay High Court requesting that they too be tested as they were in close proximity of Rao.
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+++ Update July 17 by The Real Anand Teltumbde: Mr. VV Raos case though listed today could not be heard due to lack of time. This now moves to Monday +++

N Venugopal, Mr. VV Rao’s nephew writes:

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