The Times of India / By Vishwas Kothari, TNN
Pune: Special UAPA judge Kishor D Vadane has ordered that copies of the seized electronic devices, submitted to the court by the investigating officer (IO), be prepared and given to the accused in the Elgar Parishad case in a videographed exercise in the presence of an expert from the forensic science laboratory (FSL).
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The Indian Express / By Express News Service
They had earlier argued that the police had not followed the proper procedure in submitting the electronic data before the court, following which the special court had then directed the accused to file an application in this regard.
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The Hindu / By Shoumoji Banerjee
Stating that there was nothing seditious about the speeches made by participants at the Elgar Parishad of December 2017, human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling on Friday accused the prosecution of conducting a media trial in the case.
Advocate Gadling, conducting his own defence, was replying to public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar’s arguments that sought to deny bail to him and the other activists arrested in the case.
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The Indian Express / By Explained Desk
The prosecution has now claimed before a Pune city court that people like former Supreme Court judge Justice P B Sawant were “used” by the so-called naxal “front organisations” to further their objectives.
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The Times of India / By TNN
Pune: District government pleader Ujjwala Pawar said on Thursday that the prosecution has furnished to the special UAPA court all the investigation papers and seized documents, including electronic evidence and phone records, to show that a prima facie case exists against all the accused in the Elgar Parishad case and they are not entitled for bail.
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The Indian Express / By Express News Service
The lawyers representing the various accused in the Elgaar Parishad case on Tuesday sought to know why the activists arrested in connection with the case were not being produced in court during hearings, in spite of a court order to do so.
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Scroll.in / By Scroll Staff
A special court in Pune on Monday denied activist and poet P Varavara Rao’s bail application in the Elgar Parishad case, PTI reported. Rao had sought temporary bail to visit his hometown to perform the post-death rituals of his sister-in-law who died on April 22. Rao is currently lodged in a prison facility in Pune.
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The Hindu / By Sonam Saigal
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended activist Gautam Navlakha interim protection from arrest till May 2, in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence.
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Business Standard / By PTI
Civil liberties activist Gautam Navlakha Monday told the Bombay High Court that he was in contact with Naxals only for research and his books and asked how this contact can attract provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
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Scroll.in / By Scroll Staff
District Government Pleader Ujjwala Pawar said the documents showed that there was a conspiracy to wage a war against the country.
The prosecutor in the Elgaar Parishad case on Thursday opposed the bail pleas of six accused. District Government Pleader Ujjwala Pawar cited letters and a booklet to argue that there was a conspiracy to wage a war against the country, reported The Indian Express.
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