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Gadchiroli Police takes custody of Surendra Gadling, P Varavara Rao, prompting senior lawyers to say this is ‘ever-greening of charges’

31/01/2019 Rani

The Leaflet / By Nishant Sirohi

Gadchiroli police in the late hours of January 30, 2019, took custody of noted human rights lawyer and Nagpur-based Dalit rights activist Surendra Gadling and activist-poet-writer P Varvara Rao from Pune’s Yerwada Jail authorities. The Police made the arrests in connection with another alleged case of involvement of Gadling and Rao in so-called “unlawful activity” related to the Surjagadh case of 2016. With these arrests, the apprehensions of “ever-greening” of charges on the civil rights activities becoming a reality.
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Police take custody of P Varavara Rao, Surendra Gadling in ’16 Maoist attack case

31/01/2019 Rani

Times of India / By Vishwas Kothari, Asseem Shaik

PUNE: The Gadchiroli police on Wednesday took custody of veteran activist-poet-writer P Varavara Rao and activist-lawyer Surendra Gadling from the city’s Yerawada jail authorities in connection with a UAPA case related to the 2016 Maoist attack at Surjagadh.
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SC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Activist Anand Teltumbde

14/01/2019 Rani

LiveLaw.in / By PTI

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash Pune Police’s FIR against civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima violence and for his alleged Maoist links. The apex court also refused to interfere with the ongoing investigation in the case.
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SC reserves verdict in appeal against Bombay HC order

10/01/2019 Rani

Bar & Bench / By Shruti Mahajan (documented by Kractivism)

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in the appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra in the Bhima Koregaon case.
The two appeals listed before the Court were against the orders passed by Delhi High Court pertaining to Gautam Navlakha, and the Bombay High Court pertaining to Surendra Gadling and other activists.
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Video: Maoist Plot: Missing Evidence?

25/12/2018 Rani

en | 26:24 min | 2018

NDTV / By NDTV

We examine the 5,000-page charge sheet filed against so-called ‘Urban Naxals’ to find more questions than answers.
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Bombay HC Rejects Activist Anand Teltumbde’s Plea to Quash FIR

21/12/2018 Rani

CNN-News18 / By Radhika Ramaswamy

Teltumbde had moved a petition before the court, seeking quashing of the FIR.
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed activist Anand Teltumbde’s plea seeking quashing of FIR against him in the Bhima Koregaon case. The court, however, granted him protection from arrest for three more weeks.
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Bombay HC paves way for former Reliance workers to get bail

19/12/2018 Rani

Sabrang / By Sushmita

Exactly 11 months after workers of Reliance industries were arrested on charges of UAPA and for their alleged connection to BhimaKoregaon case, the Bombay High Court, has, on December 17, has set aside a Sessions Court order granting extension of time beyond 90 days period for filing charge sheet. This will now make it a little bit easier to approach the courts for bail.
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‘Maoist plot’ in Mumbai: 12 identical witness statements put police claims under doubt

19/12/2018 Rani

By scroll.in / Mridula Chari & Shone Satheesh

Five workers, who barely earned enough to support their families, have been arrested on charges of funding the Maoists.
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Activist urges HC to quash FIR

17/12/2018 Rani

Times of India / By PTI

MUMBAI: Civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde, named an accused by the Pune Police in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon, Monday denied all charges against him, urging the Bombay court to quash the FIR against him.
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SC Adjourns Hearing To January

11/12/2018 Rani

Livelaw.in / By Mehal Jain

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to January the hearing on the SLP arising out of the October 24 judgment of the Bombay High Court by virtue of which a Pune court’s order granting additional 90 days’ time for further investigation and filing the charge sheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling and other activists accused in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence was set aside.
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