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Maharashtra government opposes NIA plea to transfer case from Pune to Mumbai

Maharashtra government opposes NIA plea to transfer case from Pune to Mumbai

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The sessions court in Pune reserved its order till February 14.
The Maharashtra government on Friday opposed the National Investigation Agency’s application to transfer the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case from a sessions court in Pune to a special NIA court in Mumbai, PTI reported.
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MAHARASHTRA GOVT OPPOSES TRASFER OF RECORDS TO NIA SPECIAL COURT

07/02/2020

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

Special Judge Navandar said he will pass an order on NIA’s application in one week, on February 14.
District government pleader Ujjwala Pawar told a special court in Pune that NIA’s application is “not legally tenable under the provision of law and particularly according to the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 and NIA Act, 2008.
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Only High Court can transfer Elgar Parishad case to NIA court

Only High Court can transfer Elgar Parishad case to NIA court

The Hindu / by PTI

A sessions court in Pune is hearing an application filed by the National Investigation Agency to transfer the case.
A defence lawyer in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case argued on Thursday that only the High Court can transfer the case to the special NIA court.
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ONLY HC HAS POWER TO TRANSFER ELGAAR PARISHAD CASE

07/02/2020

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

The respective counsels of the Pune Police and the nine activists arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case told a sessions court here on Thursday that only the Bombay High Court had the power to transfer the case to the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Mumbai.
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Pune court grants State, defence time till Feb. 6

Pune court grants State, defence time till Feb. 6

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

Police, activists to file response to NIA plea to transfer case.
A special court on Monday granted the respective counsels of the Pune Police as well as the arrested activists time till February 6 to file a response to the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) application seeking transfer of the Elgaar Parishad case materials to the special NIA court in Mumbai.
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Charges of sedition, war against govt not mentioned in NIA FIR

Charges of sedition, war against govt not mentioned in NIA FIR


Drawing by Arun Fereirra

Hindustan Times / by Yogesh Joshi

The first information report (FIR) filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mumbai on January 24, has not invoked the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections pertaining to sedition and waging war against the government of India against the accused in the Elgar Parishad case.
HT has a copy of the FIR filed by the NIA which names 11 persons – the nine arrested activists, and Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde.
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NIA files application to secure all docus of Koregaon Bhima riots

NIA files application to secure all docus of Koregaon Bhima riots


Pic: Mumbai Sep 2018 by MRSD

The Mumbai Mirror / by Archana More

FIR had been registered on Jan 27, 2020; probing agency also invokes territorial jurisdiction in case.
On Thursday, National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed an application in the special sessions court, seeking possession of all documents and material related to the Elgaar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima violence.
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Elgaar organisers to challenge case transfer to National Investigation Agency

Elgaar organisers to challenge case transfer to National Investigation Agency

Pune Mirror / by Anurag Bende

Eminent judges behind the mega event are convinced that move is an attempt at subterfuge.
Calling the transfer of the Elgaar Parishad case to National Investigation Agency (NIA) as a blatant delaying tactic to suppress the truth, the organisers of the event have declared that they will be moving Supreme Court, challenging this decision of the union government.
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‘RELEASE ACTIVISTS, NO NEED FOR NIA PROBE’

28/01/2020

The Hindu / by Shoumojit Banerjee

Former Bombay High Court judge, Justice (retired) B.G. Kolse-Patil on Monday lashed out at the Union Home Ministry’s sudden decision to transfer the investigation into the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon cases to National Investigation Agency (NIA), alleging that the Narendra Modi government feared an expose of the “false probe” conducted by the Maharashtra police.
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Accused activists handed over fourth hard disk

Accused activists handed over fourth hard disk

Hindustan Times / by HT Correspondent

Punde: A fourth hard disk was handed over to the accused arrested in the Elgar Parishad case on Monday.
The court also maintained that no official communication has been received about the central government’s decision to hand over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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Jharkhand withdraws Pathalgadi sedition case, all eyes on Maharashtra now

Jharkhand withdraws Pathalgadi sedition case, all eyes on Maharashtra now

National Herald / by Arun Srivastava

While Hemant Soren, just after assuming the office of the chief minister of Jharkhand, withdrew the Pathalgadi sedition case in the maiden cabinet decision, the Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, even after being in office for some time, has so far not initiated the process to withdraw the Koregaon sedition case.
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Letters from prison ‘sing solidarity’ from heartland of resistance

Letters from prison ‘sing solidarity’ from heartland of resistance

Counterview / by Aviral Anand

A leading newspaper recently published sections from letters that the Elgaar-Parishad accused have written to family members and acquaintances from their current state of incarceration. The letters pulsate with various emotions of those behind bars, but one element that does seem to shine through is a continued concern for their less-fortunate fellow-beings.
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