Posts

Maharashtra government opposes NIA plea to transfer case from Pune to Mumbai

Maharashtra government opposes NIA plea to transfer case from Pune to Mumbai

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The sessions court in Pune reserved its order till February 14.
The Maharashtra government on Friday opposed the National Investigation Agency’s application to transfer the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case from a sessions court in Pune to a special NIA court in Mumbai, PTI reported.
Read more

MAHARASHTRA GOVT OPPOSES TRASFER OF RECORDS TO NIA SPECIAL COURT

07/02/2020

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

Special Judge Navandar said he will pass an order on NIA’s application in one week, on February 14.
District government pleader Ujjwala Pawar told a special court in Pune that NIA’s application is “not legally tenable under the provision of law and particularly according to the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 and NIA Act, 2008.
Read more

Only High Court can transfer Elgar Parishad case to NIA court

Only High Court can transfer Elgar Parishad case to NIA court

The Hindu / by PTI

A sessions court in Pune is hearing an application filed by the National Investigation Agency to transfer the case.
A defence lawyer in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case argued on Thursday that only the High Court can transfer the case to the special NIA court.
Read more

ONLY HC HAS POWER TO TRANSFER ELGAAR PARISHAD CASE

07/02/2020

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

The respective counsels of the Pune Police and the nine activists arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case told a sessions court here on Thursday that only the Bombay High Court had the power to transfer the case to the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai.
Read more

Pune court adjourns till tomorrow hearing on transferring case to NIA

Pune court adjourns till tomorrow hearing on transferring case to NIA

Devdiscourse / by ANI

A Pune court on Thursday adjourned till tomorrow arguments in the case pertaining to the transfer of Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Additional sessions judge SR Navandar adjourned the hearing after the prosecution sought more time for argument.
Read more

No ‘Love Jihad’, no ‘tukde tukde gang’ says govt

No ‘Love Jihad’, no ‘tukde tukde gang’ says govt


Pic: MRSD

The News Minute / by Ragamalika Karthikeyan

On paper, this government wants us to believe that everything is hunky-dory and going as per the Constitution of India. But what’s ‘on paper’ in the narrow sense hardly matters, in reality. And that’s why, whatever they might put ‘on paper’ should not be a celebration of victory.
Read more

Why India needs to introduce the concept of federal offences

Why India needs to introduce the concept of federal offences


Campaign poster, 2019

Scroll.in / by Kevin James

Without legal changes, the National Investigation Agency is bound to cause Centre-state friction.
On January 24, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged that the Centre had transferred the investigation of the Bhima Koregaon case from the Pune police to the National Investigation Agency without the state government’s consent.
In recent years, significant Centre-state tensions have arisen over the powers of central agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation and National Investigation vis-a-vis state police.
Read more

Will Investigation into Phone Tapping in Maharashtra Open Pandora’s Box?

Will Investigation into Phone Tapping in Maharashtra Open Pandora’s Box?

Newsclick / by Amey Tirodkar

Maharashtra government has constituted a two-member committee on Monday to probe into the complaints of phone tapping made by a number of political leaders including Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut. They have alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used police machinery to keep a watch on political opponents especially during the formation of the new three-party government in state.
Read more

Pune court grants State, defence time till Feb. 6

Pune court grants State, defence time till Feb. 6

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

Police, activists to file response to NIA plea to transfer case.
A special court on Monday granted the respective counsels of the Pune Police as well as the arrested activists time till February 6 to file a response to the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) application seeking transfer of the Elgaar Parishad case materials to the special NIA court in Mumbai.
Read more

Charges of sedition, war against govt not mentioned in NIA FIR

Charges of sedition, war against govt not mentioned in NIA FIR


Drawing by Arun Fereirra

Hindustan Times / by Yogesh Joshi

The first information report (FIR) filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mumbai on January 24, has not invoked the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections pertaining to sedition and waging war against the government of India against the accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
HT has a copy of the FIR filed by the NIA which names 11 persons – the nine arrested activists, and Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde.
Read more

Prosecution, defence seek time to respond to NIA’s plea

Prosecution, defence seek time to respond to NIA’s plea


Pic: Scroll.in

Deccan Herald / by PTI

The prosecution and the defence on Monday sought more time from a court here in Maharashtra to file their response on the National Investigation Agency’s application seeking transfer of the Elgar Parishad case to a special NIA court in Mumbai.
After hearing both the sides, Additional Sessions Judge S R Navandar kept the matter for hearing on February 6.
Read more

 

PUNE COURT TO HEAR NIA PLEA ON TRANSFER OF ELGAAR PARISHAD CASE DOCUMENTS

03/02/2020

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

A Special UAPA Court in Pune today will hear a plea filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking transfer of all court documents and seized objects in the Elgaar Parishad case to a special NIA court in Mumbai.
Read more