HC extends relief for Navlakha till July 23
The Hindu/ by Sonam Saigal
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended the interim protection from arrest for activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case till July 23.
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Telugu poet Varavara Rao taken into police custody in Karnataka in connection with a 2005 alleged naxal attack
The Leaflet / by The Leaflet
Revolutionary Telugu poet and activist Varavara Rao has been taken away by the Karnataka Police from Yerwada jail in Pune into their custody in connection with a 2005 alleged Naxalite attack on the police in Pavagada taluk of Kolar districtin which nine of their personnel were killed. The police have implicated well known singer, Gaddar, along with Rao as a co-conspirator.
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Karnataka Police take custody of activist Varavara Rao in 2005 Maoist attack case
Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff
The Karnataka Police on Wednesday took activist and poet Varavara Rao into custody in connection with a 2005 Maoist attack, ANI reported. Rao was taken into custody from the Yerwada jail in Pune where he is lodged in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.
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As Bhima Koregaon case accused await bail hearings, families decry dehumanising jail conditions
Firstpost / by Meena Menon
‘Nyayadhin Bandi Kothdi,’ says a board tucked away in a secluded corner of the Sessions Court complex at Shivajinagar, Pune. That is where the under-trial prisoners who are produced in court are kept in transit from Yerwada Jail. Anxious relatives braved the rain on Thursday (27 June) to get a glimpse of their family members, but a thunderstorm put paid to that. Under-trial prisoners here are escorted to court, tied with thick rope, against Supreme Court rulings. However, the police are more careful with regard to the nine arrested in the high-profile Bhima Koregaon case where they seem to obey the law.
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Maharashtra gets more time to reply to Surendra Gadling’s default bail plea in Elgar case
Times of India / by Vishwas Kothari
UNE: A special UAPA court on Thursday allowed public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar’s oral plea for more time to file a written say on activist-accused Surendra Gadling’s default bail application in the Elgar Parishad case.
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A year on, the arrestees continue to languish in jail, denied basic necessities
The Leaflet / By Nihalsing B Rathod
BHIMA KOREGAON PART IV
January 2019 was expected to offer some respite to the first set of arrestees in the Bhima Koregaon case relating to the caste violence that broke out in Bhima Koregaon village on January 1, 2018. The prosecution demand for the extension of time to file a charge sheet against the first set of arrestees was found to be illegal, perverse and contrary to the law of the land. While most of the population had fallen for a media trial, a single bench of the Bombay High Court mustered the courage to call a spade a spade. However, it was soon to be overruled by the Apex Court, crushing all hopes and sending a wave of shock across the legal fraternity.
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Process of giving copies of seized data to defence lawyer begins
The Indian Express / by Express News Service
The first application was filed by the defence lawyer in December 2018. Then, in March, defence lawyers again filed an application seeking the cloned copies of the digital information, under Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Activists to get images of electronic evidence
The Times of India / by TNN
PUNE: A special UAPA court on Monday directed the forensic science expert to prepare images of cloned copies of the electronic evidence seized in the in the Elgar Parishad case on June 21.
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Bombay HC Finds Nothing Against Navlakha, Extends Protection From Arrest
The Wire / By PTI
A division bench was hearing a petition filed by Navlakha seeking to quash the case lodged against him by Pune police in connection the the violence at Bhima Koregaon in December 2017.
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday observed that it prima facie found nothing against civil liberties activist Gautam Navlakha, who is accused of having Maoist links.
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Anand Teltumbde gets protection from arrest till July 1
The Hindu / By Sonam Saigal
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended protection from arrest for Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case till July 1.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Revati Mohitedere was hearing a petition filed by Mr. Teltumbde seeking anticipatory bail in the case through senior counsel Mihir Desai.
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