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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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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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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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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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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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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Live Law / By Manu Sebastian
While the investigation in the FIR against Dalit activists witnessed high action, with country wide hound for academic-activists and dramatic press conferences, similar zeal is palpably missing in the other FIR against right-wing outfits. It was exactly a year ago that the Pune police arrested five activists for alleged Maoist links in the Bhima-Koregaon case.
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The Wire / By Sukanya Shantha
Since the arrests, the police has tried ever delay tactic and stonewalled the defence’s attempts to access information.
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The Indian Express / By Express News Service
The bail applications of six of the nine accused arrested in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case will have to be argued in court again as the judge who has been hearing the case, Kishor D Vadane, has been reassigned.
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Live Law / By Nitish Kashyap
The Special Court designated under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in Pune has ordered copies of forensic reports submitted along with the police report, to be furnished to human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling and activist Arun Ferreira, accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case.
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