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Being inspired by Marxism is not enough to incriminate me, Arun Ferreira tells Bombay high court

Being inspired by Marxism is not enough to incriminate me, Arun Ferreira tells Bombay high court

Hindustan Times / by KAY Dodhiya

Arguments in the bail application of lawyer and human rights activist Arun Ferreira concluded on Monday in the Bombay high court (HC). Ferreira, along with civil rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj and activist Vernon Gonsalves, is in jail for their alleged involvement in the 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave, which purportedly led to the Bhima-Koregaon violence on January 1, 2018.
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Evidence not enough to implicate Sudha Bharadwaj: Defence

Evidence not enough to implicate Sudha Bharadwaj: Defence


Solidarity Programme (Aug 28, 2019)

The Asian Age / by The Asian Age

A single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing the bail application filed by co-accused Vernon Gonsalves and Bharadwaj.
Mumbai: Bhima-Koregaon violence accused Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel on Thursday argued before the court that six documents and one witness were not enough to accuse her of terrorist activities.
He contended that since she had been in jail for one year, she should be released on bail.
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No evidence found against Sudha Bharadwaj, says lawyer

No evidence found against Sudha Bharadwaj, says lawyer

The Times of India / by Swati Deshpande

Mumbai: Law professor Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel Yug Chaudhary, while seeking her bail in the Elgar Parishad case on Friday, said even in British India courts rejected cases with unsigned and unverified letters as evidence.
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Bharadwaj in jail for a year, police have found no evidence: Lawyer

Bharadwaj in jail for a year, police have found no evidence: Lawyer

Business Standard / by Press Trust of India

Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told the Bombay High Court on Friday that she had been in jail for one whole year and the Pune police had failed to produce any credible evidence against her.
Bharadwaj has filed a bail application in the high court.
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Pune police has not produced any document against Sudha Bharadwaj, says lawyer

Pune police has not produced any document against Sudha Bharadwaj, says lawyer

The Hindu / by The Hindu

Presenting the case to grant bail to human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, her advocate told the Bombay High Court on Friday that “Pune Police has not produced any document from her house in the charge sheet and the affidavit filed by them” linking her in the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case.
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No material against Sudha Bhardwaj: lawyer

No material against Sudha Bhardwaj: lawyer

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

The advocate appearing for trade unionist and human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, while arguing for her bail, told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that Pune Police has found no material against her to keep her at Yerwada jail for a year in the Elgaar Parishad case.
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When Judicial Process itself becomes a Punishment

When Judicial Process itself becomes a Punishment

Groundxero.in / by P. Varalakshmi

The dictum of ‘natural justice’ that not a single innocent should be punished – is vanishing into thin air in gathering gales of fascism. Professor GN Saibaba is fighting death languishing in a dark and dingy cell, unable to procure legitimate medical requirements. Thousands of Adivasis are rotting behind the high walls of prison. While those actually involved in bomb explosions, murders and genocides, are coming out from within prison walls to be honoured with felicitations. Some are being given chance to be Parliamentarians too. Is India’s political power dictating what and how justice should be? Asks P. Varalakshmi.
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‘Bharadwaj held on basis of documents seized from hard disk of other accused’

‘Bharadwaj held on basis of documents seized from hard disk of other accused’


Aug 28, 2019 in Raipur

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested by the Pune City Police on August 28, last year, in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case, for her alleged links with the banned CPI-Maoist.
While arguing in favour of her bail application before the Bombay High Court, an advocate representing activist Sudha Bharadwaj said on Friday that not a single document relied upon by the Pune Police against her was recovered from her electronic devices.
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Sudha Bharadwaj’s Counsel Questions Admissibility Of Letters That Allegedly Incriminate Her

Sudha Bharadwaj’s Counsel Questions Admissibility Of Letters That Allegedly Incriminate Her


Sudha Bharadwaj

Live Law / by Nitish Kashap

Before the bench of Justice S V Kotwal of Bombay High Court, Dr.Yug Mohit Chaudhary began his submissions on Friday.
Appearing for Sudha Bharadwaj, a human rights lawyer and trade unionist who has been in jail for over a year, Dr.Chaudhary submitted that his client’s laptop, pen drive, mobile phone and hard drive were seized by the police but they did not find anything, hence they are not relying upon any any document recovered from me, Chaudhary argued.
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