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US Departments 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India

13/04/2022 Asha

US Department’s 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India

13/04/2022

US Department of State / by Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

… Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: unlawful and arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings by the government or its agents; torture and cases of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by police and prison officials; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention by government authorities; political prisoners or detainees; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; restrictions on free expression and media, including violence, threats of violence, or unjustified arrests or prosecutions against journalists …
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US government report says Indian Muslims are vulnerable to communal violence, discrimination

13/04/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The report also flagged extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests and detentions by government authorities.
… The report specifically mentioned the treatment meted out to 84-year-old Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case. The case pertains to caste violence in a village near Pune in 2018. Sixteen people were arrested for allegedly plotting the violence.
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Why Surendra Gadling, a political prisoner, is alleging his life is in danger

01/04/2022 Asha

Times of India / by Parth MN

Advocate and activist Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elagar Parishad-Maoist links case, has filed a criminal complaint against top prison authorities, claiming he is facing extreme harassment. The police, however, says that’s not the case
On November 24, 2021, Surendra Gadling “felt giddy” after visiting the toilet. The human rights lawyer and Dalit activist from Nagpur immediately went into “a semi-conscious state and fell on his back“, banging his head gainst the wall.
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Video: The Prison Song of Surendra Gadling

hindi | 11min | 2021

51- year-old Gadling, a well-known criminal lawyer in Nagpur, was once a cultural activist, who sang songs of political resistance. The 11- minutes- long rendition tells you what it means to be incarcerated in Indian prisons. From food, water, to medical care, everything is a struggle, Gadling narrates. The song was recorded by one of Gadling’s colleagues and was made available to The Wire after obtaining his consent.
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K’taka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court

24/03/2022 Asha

Karnataka Govt To Move Bombay High Court Seeking Permission To Produce Varavara Rao Before A Local Court In Alleged Naxal Attack Case

25/03/2022

Live Law / by Mustafa Plumber

The Karnataka government has informed the High Court that it would be moving an application before the Bombay High Court or the National Investigation Agency Court in Mumbai, seeking to relax the bail conditions imposed on Telugu poet P Varavara Rao’s to allow him to appear before a court in Karnataka’s Tumkuru district, and face a trial pending against him.
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K’taka HC disposes of Varavara Rao’s plea

25/03/2022

Times of India / by TNN

The Karnataka police has told the state high court that 81-year-old Telugu poet P Varavara Rao would not be arrested till such an application is filed before the Bombay high court or the NIA court at Mumbai, and suitable orders for relaxation in his bail conditions are passed.
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Won’t arrest Varavara Rao for now, govt tells HC

24/03/2022

Deccan Herald / by DHNS

Varavara Rao, 81, is accused in the Venkatammana Halli blast case of 2005 in Pavagada taluk
The High Court has disposed of the petition filed by Telugu poet Varavara Rao after the state government gave an undertaking that Rao will not be arrested till an application is filed before the High Court of Bombay or National Investigation Agency (NIA) court and order is passed.
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Video: Congressional Briefing on „Indian Judiciary and the Persecution of Minorities“

23/03/2022 Asha

en | 1:26:48 | 2022

By Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC)

Listen this briefing to hear experts detail the inadequate response of India’s courts to the escalating religious persecution and human rights violations under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
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Bombay High Court reserves order on default bail plea by Rao, Ferreira and Gonsalves

22/03/2022 Asha

Bombay High Court reserves order on default bail plea by Rao, Ferreira and Gonsalves

22/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

On Tuesday, a division bench of the Bombay High Court constituting Justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar decided to reserve its order on the application filed by three of the accused — poet and activist P. Varavara Rao, academic and activist Vernon Gonsalves, and human rights lawyer and activist Arun Ferreira — in the Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad) case. Their plea sought a review of the court’s earlier judgement in December which refused them default bail while allowing the same for co-accused lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj.
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Bombay High Court reserves verdict in default bail plea by three accused

22/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

The review application by Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves claimed there was factual error in the High Court’s December 2021 judgment, which if not rectified, will lead to “gross miscarriage of justice”.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict in the plea filed by three accused Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves in the Bhima Koregaon case seeking review of the High Court’s December 2021 judgment refusing them default bail [P Varavara Rao & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.].
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Bombay HC reserves verdict in plea by Varavara Rao seeking bail, permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022 Asha

VV Rao out of Nanavati hospital, Feb 2021

Bombay HC reserves order in Varavara Rao’s plea seeking permanent bail and permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

Earlier today, the Bombay High Court division bench of Justices S.B. Shukre and G.A. Sanap reserved its verdict on the pleas filed by poet-activist and Bhima Koregaon (Elgar Parishad) case accused P. Varavara Rao. The octogenarian has sought permanent medical bail and permission to move to Telangana to live at his home at Hyderabad.
Rao, who was granted temporary medical bail for a period of six months in February 2021, has repeatedly sought and been granted extensions from surrendering.
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Bombay HC reserves verdict in plea by Varavara Rao seeking bail, permission to move to Telangana

21/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA Sanap extended the interim protection granted to Rao from any coercive action till the final verdict in all three applications.
The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved its verdict in the pleas filed by Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao seeking permanent bail and permission to move to Telangana [P. Varavara Rao v. National Investigation Agency & Ors.]
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Who is Varavara Rao and why is NIA urging Bombay HC to dismiss his permanent medical bail plea?

21/03/2022

Zee News / by Zee Media Bureau

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (March 21, 2022) urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss the permanent medical bail plea filed by Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case.
The NIA said that charges against Rao were “very, very serious,” and, if proven, could attract the death penalty.
Who is Varavara Rao?
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HC asks NIA to respond to Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent bail, extends medical bail to March 21

08/03/2022 Asha

VV Rao, Feb 2022

Bombay HC asks NIA to respond to Varavara Rao’s plea for permanent bail, extends medical bail to March 21

08/03/2022

The Leaflet / by The Leaflet

The High Court asked the NIA why the agency thought that now was the right time to challenge Rao’s medical bail, after having not challenged it earlier.
On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court while continuing the hearing for extension of Bhima Koregaon-accused activist P. Varavara Rao’s medical bail, asked the National Investigation Agency [NIA] to respond to his plea for permanent bail within two weeks.
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Bombay High Court seeks NIA response in permanent bail of Varavara Rao

08/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

“Why can’t Rao be considered for permanent bail when there is a finding that placing him in custody is incompatible with his health condition,” a Bench of Justices SB Shukre and GA Sanap asked NIA.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and State prison authorities on the permanent bail application filed by Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao.
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The Security Playbook Used To Erode Democracy In Modi’s India & How The Tide Might Turn

04/03/2022 Asha

article 14 / by Shamik Bag

By using security laws, deploying surveillance technology, and leveraging potent national interest narratives, Narendra Modi’s Hindu-first government has targeted critics and eroded the rule of law in India—often in violation of the Constitution, using legal loopholes and grey areas. Through the lens of the notorious Bhima Koregaon case, we investigate these tactics in-depth, and report how citizens are fighting to preserve the world’s largest democracy.
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Interim protection for Varavara Rao extended til March 8 / Why was bail granted only for 6 months?

01/03/2022 Asha

Why was bail granted to Varavara Rao only for 6 months? Bombay High Court

03/03/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

The High Court noted that the February 2021 order granting temporary medical bail to Rao contained strong observations about the inadequate medical facilities at Taloja Jail.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday mused as to why Varavara Rao, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, was only granted 6 months of bail despite its strong observations regarding medical conditions at Taloja prison [P Varavara Rao v. State of Maharashtra & Anr].
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Varavara Rao’s medical bail extended till March 8

02/03/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The Bombay High Court also asked if the condition of Taloja jail, where Rao will be sent, has improved.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday extended the duration of activist Varavara Rao’s medical bail till March 8, reported PTI.
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Interim protection for Varavara Rao extended until March 8

01/03/2022

The Leaflet / by Sabah Gurmat

On Tuesday, the Bombay High Court heard a plea filed by poet and activist P. Varavara Rao – an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case – seeking extension of his interim bail and for being allowed to stay in Hyderabad while on bail. The division bench of Justices S.B. Shukre and G.A. Sanap decided to continue the hearing of arguments on March 8 and has granted interim protection from coercive action to Rao until then.
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Also read:
● Telugu, Wheelchair & Blanket: How Prison Broke Poet Varavara Rao (The Quint / Feb 2021)
● Varavara Rao’s Bail: Leading Newspapers Urge Courts to Protect the Fundamental Right to Liberty (The Leaflet / Feb 2021)

Bail of Varavara Rao extended till March 3

26/02/2022 Asha

Bail of Varavara Rao extended till March 3

26/02/2022

The Leaflet / by PTI

The Bombay High Court on Saturday extended till March 3 the medical bail granted to poet and activist P. Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
Rao, 82, was first granted bail on health grounds by the high court in February last year for a period of six months. He was also asked not to leave Mumbai.
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Bombay High Court extends Varavara Rao’s medical bail till March 3

26/02/2022

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The activist’s lawyer said he is suffering from various ailments, including asymptomatic Parkinson’s disease.
Rao, 82, was granted bail on medical grounds in February last year. The court has been granting extensions on the bail order since September.
In a fresh application on Saturday Rao’s lawyers sought another extension.
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