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9 accused sent to judicial custody till March 13

9 accused sent to judicial custody till March 13

Drawing by Arun Ferreira

Hindustan Times / by Charul Shah

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday remanded nine people accused in the Elgar Parishad case in judicial custody till March 13.
The nine accused in the case – Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj, Shoma Sen and Vernon Gonsalves – were produced the special judge, DE Kothalikar, on Friday.
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Sagar Abraham-Gonsalves: I had a premonition of the long struggle ahead

Sagar Abraham-Gonsalves: I had a premonition of the long struggle ahead


Photo (centre) taken minutes before Vernon was taken away from the Police in 2018

fb/ by Sagar Abraham-Gonsalves

Today the Bhima Koregaon arrestees were brought to the Sessions Court in Mumbai.
As I made my way to the court along with the daughter of another arrestee, I couldn’t help but notice a feeling of gloom come over me. Even as we spoke to each other in the cab, I had a premonition of the long struggle ahead for both our parents and us. In spite of it being more than a year and a half since these arrests happened, the end seems nowhere in sight. The proceedings in court further reinforced these feelings.
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Special NIA court begins hearing of Elgar Parishad case

Special NIA court begins hearing of Elgar Parishad case

India Today / by Vidya

A special NIA court heard the Elgar Parishad case for the first time on Friday, a day after the accused were moved from Pune to Mumbai.
Individuals accused in the Elgar Parishad case were produced before a special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday. Initially investigated by Pune City Police, the case was recently handed over to the central agency amidst protests by political parties like the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). All of the accused had been shifted to a Mumbai jail from Pune prior to the court hearing.
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Elgar Parishad accused lodged in Pune’s Yerawada Central jail relocated to Mumbai

Elgar Parishad accused lodged in Pune’s Yerawada Central jail relocated to Mumbai

Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent

The nine lawyers and activists arrested were transferred from the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune to Arthur road jail and Byculla jail in Mumbai.
Days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe of the Elgar Parishad case, the nine lawyers and activists arrested were transferred from the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune to Arthur road jail and Byculla jail in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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ACUSED SHIFTED FROM PUNE JAIL TO MUMBAI AFTER TRANSFER OF CASE TO NIA COURT

27/02/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The court that allowed the transfer of the case from Pune had said the accused should be produced before the NIA court in Mumbai by February 28.
The accused in the Elgar Parishad case were shifted from a prison in Pune to Mumbai on Wednesday, days after the National Investigation Agency took over the inquiry, PTI reported.
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Deshmukh: 348 cases related to Koregaon Bhima withdrawn so far

Deshmukh: 348 cases related to Koregaon Bhima withdrawn so far

Devdiscourse / by PTI

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday told the Legislative Council that 348 cases related to the Koregaon Bhima violence have been withdrawn by the state government so far He said this in response to a query by Congress legislator Sharad Ranpise.
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Bhima-Koregaon inquiry panel to summon Sharad Pawar

Bhima-Koregaon inquiry panel to summon Sharad Pawar

The Hindu / by PTI

NCP Chief to be summoned based on a plea before the Commission which says Sharad Pawar has relevant and additional information, apart from what he has already shared in his 2018 affidavit filed before the panel.
The Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission has decided to summon NCP chief Sharad Pawar for deposition in the case of caste violence near here in 2018.
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The Right to Dissent is the Most Important Right Granted by the Constitution: Justice Gupta

The Right to Dissent is the Most Important Right Granted by the Constitution: Justice Gupta

The Wire / by Deepak Gupta

To question, to challenge, to verify, to ask for accountability from the government is the right of every citizen under the constitution. These rights should never be taken away otherwise we will become an unquestioning moribund society, which will not be able to develop any further.
Justice Deepak Gupta delivered a lecture at an event organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association on February 24, 2020. The following is the full text of that lecture.
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Bhima-Koregaon violence was pre-planned, claims Nawab Malik

Bhima-Koregaon violence was pre-planned, claims Nawab Malik

Mumbai Mirror / by ANI

“The Bhima Koregaon incident was pre-planned. The main culprits are Manohar Bhide and Milind Ekbote. The then government gave protection to them. Definitely there is a judicial inquiry and report will come. The government will definitely take action against those who are responsible,” Malik told ANI.
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Uddhav government to set up SIT, says minister

Uddhav government to set up SIT, says minister

The New Indian Express / by PTI

Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Jayant Patil said the state government can carry out an independent inquiry in the Elgar Parishad case despite the probe being taken over the by the NIA.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Friday said the previous government in the state termed those opposed to their policies as ‘urban Naxals’ and foisted cases against intellectuals, poets and thinkers.
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