Many of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case have now spent one more year incarcerated without a trial. A far cry from the verbiage of high judicial officials that even a day’s denial of liberty is too much.
… Here is a recap of the major developments in the case this year, of bail applications granted, stayed and pending; the consistent pleas for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to comply with the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973; and the courts heeding to medical conditions-related pleas of the accused. Read more
Bail not Jail, India’s constitutional courts’ bumpy ride towards personal liberty
A retrospective glance at 2023: Have courts effectively safeguarded the diminishing right to liberty for Indian citizens?
“The right not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause is an essential element of an enlightened criminal justice system”
Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundaresh, Supreme Court July 11, 2022
India follows a reformative form of justice system. Our criminal system is founded on the belief of not curtailing the rights of a prisoner and under trial. The system, thus far, also empowers constitutional courts to protect the fundamental rights guaranteed to every citizen of our country. Read more
A division bench of the Supreme Court said it will next hear Jyoti Jagtap’s bail petition in the third week of January, after Shoma Sen’s regular bail plea has been heard.
Today, the Supreme Court said it will hear anti-caste activist and musical performer Jyoti Jagtap’s bail plea after Shoma Sen’s bail petition. Read more
Will See If Jyoti Jagtap’s Bail Plea Will Fit In Formula Of ‘Vernon’ Judgment, Says Supreme Court
01/11/2023
Live Law / by Awstika Das
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 1) adjourned until November 30 the hearing of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap’s bail application.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Karol was hearing Jagtap’s petition challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to reject her bail application. She has been lodged in jail since September 2020 for offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 after being arrested in connection with the 2018 caste-based violence that broke out at Bhima Koregaon in Pune, and for having alleged links with the proscribed far-left outfit, Communist Party of India (Maoists). Read more
SC says principles of Arun and Vernon bail judgment to apply to Jyoti Jagtap
01/11/2023
The Leaflet / by Sarah Thanawala
A division Bench of the Supreme Court today observed that as per the parameters set in the bail judgment of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, the contents of the recovered electronic evidence will be analysed to check whether it constitutes an offence under Chapters V and VI of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Today, the Supreme Court observed that the parameters set in the judgment granting bail to co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira will be applied to the bail plea of anti-caste activist and musical performer, Jyoti Jagtap. Read more
The Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad ‘Maoist’ conspiracy case is a grand experiment with truth where the State is daring the people to stand up for justice.
‘TRUTH or dare’ is a mostly verbal party game requiring two or more players. Players are given the choice between answering a question truthfully, or performing a ‘dare’. The premise is simple: Players take turns asking one another ‘truth or dare?’ If they choose truth, they have to answer a question of the asker’s choosing. If they choose dare, the asker dares them to do something rather than make a confession.
Suppose the State were to subject its citizens to a macabre version of this game by cooking up a conspiracy case and locking up people behind bars. Then tell them that in order to win their freedom, they have to choose the ‘truth’ of the conspiracy or the ‘dare’ to dissent.
This is the absurd logic that plays out when you try to make sense of the Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case. Read more
Supreme Court allows Jyoti Jagtap time to file rejoinder in support of her bail plea
21/09/2023
The Leaflet / by Sarah Thanawala
The matter is posted for further hearing after three weeks.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court granted three weeks time to anti-caste activist and musical performer, Jyoti Jagtap, to file a rejoinder in support of her bail plea.
A division Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi was hearing Jagtap’s plea for grant of regular bail. Read more
Supreme Court adjourns hearing on activist Jyoti Jagtap’s plea against HC order
21/09/2023
The Telegraph / by pti
Jagtap has moved the apex court challenging the October 17, 2022 order of the high court that refused to grant her bail
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for four weeks a plea moved by activist Jyoti Jagtap, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, challenging a Bombay High Court order denying her bail. Read more
… Three years have passed today since Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap, Sagar Gorkhe, the three artists and activists of Kabir Kala Mancha were arrested in the false case of Bhima Koregaon without any evidence under UAPA …
#FreeAllBK16
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners Read more [Marathi]
by Apeksha Priyadarshini / @apeksha_9 (Sep 9)
Three Years of Injustice!
Free People’s Artists Jyoti, Ramesh and Sagar!
Free All Activists wrongfully incarcerated in the Bhima Koregaon case!
Repeal UAPA!
#FreeBK15 #baso
Supreme Court asks whether Gonsalves and Ferreira judgment “formula” can be applied to Jyoti Jagtap
22/08/2023
The Leaflet / by Sarah Thanawala
While granting bail to Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, the Supreme Court had observed that the materials eluded to as part of incriminating evidence against the accused persons cannot justify their continued custody.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court inquired whether the “formula” adopted in granting bail to Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira can be applied to the bail plea of anti-caste activist and musical performer, Jyoti Jagtap. Read more
Does Jyoti Jagtap’s Case Fit `Formula´ in Which Gonsalves an Ferreira Were Granted Bail? Supreme Court Asks
22/08/2023
Live Law / by Awstika Das
Deciding the bail application of activist and Bhima Koregaon-accused Jyoti Jagtap would involve a determination of whether her case ‘fits the formula’ in which the bail pleas of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira were decided, the Supreme Court orally observed on Tuesday, while adjourning Jagtap’s bail hearing until September 21. Read more
On Jyoti Jagtap’s appeal for bail, Supreme Court gives NIA 2 more weeks to respond
22/08/2023
Hindustan Times / by Abraham Thomas
The Supreme Court said that it would assess at the next hearing in September if Jyoti Jagtap’s bail case fits into the formula it had laid down in July
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to the bail request filed by Jyoti Jagtap, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence of 2018, and indicated that it may go by the “formula” laid down in the verdict that led to the grant of bail to two other accused, Vernon and Arun Ferreira, last month.
… Jagtap, who is a member of Kabir Kala Manch, was accused of having links with the banned terrorist organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist) and was denied bail by the Bombay High Court on October 17 last year. Read more
by InSAF India / @IndInsaf
On her 3rd birthday in prison we remember #JyotiJagtap who described #KabirKalaManch‘s songs as “grounded in our own life experiences to educate, give direction to laboring people and document their struggles …” #BhimaKoregaon16
by Clifton D’ Rozario / @clifroz
The continued incarceration of Jyoti Jagtap and others arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, after judgement of the Supreme Court granting bail to Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, is unconscionable. Free them all!
Supreme Court allows respondents to file counter affidavits to bail plea of Jyoti Jagtap
11/07/2023
The Leaflet / by Sarah Thanawala
The division Bench of the Supreme Court directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Maharashtra government to file counter affidavits within a period of three weeks.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed the respondents to file counter affidavits within a period of three weeks in the bail plea of anti-caste activist and musical performer, Jyoti Jagtap. Read more
Supreme Court Adjourns Jyoti Jagtap’s Bail Plea; Judgments On Pleas Of Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira Expected Next Week
11/07/2023
Live Law / by Awstika Das
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the bail plea of activist and Bhima Koregaon case accused Jyoti Jagtap, saying that the judgments on the bail applications of co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira are expected to be delivered next week. Read more
