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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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After Two Justices Recuse From Hearing Case, Chief Justice Agrees To Constitute New Bench

25/02/2022 Asha

After Justices PB Varale And SS Shinde Recuse From Hearing Bhima Koregaon Case, Chief Justice Agrees To Constitute New Bench

25/02/2022

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

After two judges recused themselves from hearing petitions arising out of the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case, Chief Justice Dipankar Datta of the Bombay high Court said a third bench would be constituted to hear the cases at the earliest.
After Justice PB Varale’s bench, that has the criminal assignment, recused from hearing matters earlier this month, the alternate bench of Justice SS Shinde also recused from taking up petitions connected to the case.
Justice Shinde, however, will hear the interim application filed by Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Varavara Rao seeking bail and factual corrections in his order refusing them default bail.
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Judge recuses from Elgar Parishad cases, new bench to hear pleas

25/02/2022

India Today / by Vidya

The new Bench, comprising Justice SB Shukre and AB Borkar, will hear all pleas related to the Elgar Parishad from here on.
Anew Bench of the Bombay High Court will now hear all the pleas related to the Elgar Parishad case after a judge recused himself from the case in which several arrests have been made since 2018.
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Jusitce SS Shinde of Bombay High Court Recuses hearing Bhima Koregaon cases

24/02/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

Sources told Bar & Bench that Justice Shinde will continue hearing the plea filed by three accused in the case seeking review of his own judgment refusing them default bail; however, he has recused from other cases.
Justice Shinde will be releasing a circular/notification to that effect shortly, sources have told Bar and Bench.
After such circular/notification is issued, the respective lawyers representing the 15 accused in the case, will have to move the Chief Justice of the High Court on administrative side to get a new Bench constituted for hearing the petitions arising from the 2018 case.
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NIA opposes default bail plea filed by Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves & Arun Ferreira in Bombay HC

24/02/2022 Asha

Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira

NIA opposes default bail plea in Bombay HC, cites embargo on review

24/02/2022

Bar & Bench / by Neha Joshi

The NIA stated that the review petition filed by Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira is barred by law as they were seeking an alteration or review of the final judgment passed by the High Court.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed the plea filed by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon case before the Bombay High Court seeking review of the judgment refusing them default bail [P Varavara Rao & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.]
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S.362 CrPC Puts An Embargo’: NIA Opposes Plea Filed By Bhima Koregaon Accused Seeking Review Of Bombay HC’s Judgement Refusing Default Bail

24/02/2022

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim
The National Investigation Agency has sought dismissal of the application filed by Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira seeking bail and factual corrections in the Bombay High Court’s order refusing them default bail.
In their reply tendered to the Bombay High Court, the agency cited the embargo under section 362 of CrPC to alter or review judgements once a petition is decided on merits.
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Also read:
● Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao & Arun Ferreira File Review Application In Bombay High Court, Seek Default Bail (Live Law / Feb 2022)

Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao & Arun Ferreira File Review Application, Seek Default Bail

09/02/2022 Asha

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

The Bombay High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency to respond to a review application filed by three accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case seeking bail and factual corrections in the order refusing them default bail.
A division bench led by Justice SS Shinde gave the agency two weeks to file their reply and posted the application filed by Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara and Arun Ferreira thereafter.
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Seized Devices Of Seven Accused To Be Submitted To Pegasus Committee

08/02/2022 Asha

Court permits NIA to submit seized mobile phones to the SC-appointed Committee probing Pegasus allegations

08/02/2022

The Leaflet / by The Leaflet

A special National Investigation Agency [NIA] Court in Mumbai, on Tuesday, allowed the application filed by the anti-terror agency to submit the seized mobile phones of the seven accused in the Bhima Koregaon case to the Supreme Court-appointed Techincal Committee which is probing the Pegasus spyware scandal.
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Seized Mobile Devices Of Seven Accused To Be Submitted To Pegasus Committee To Check For Possible Snooping

08/02/2022

Live Law / by Sharmee Hakim

Mobile devices of the seven accused in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad Case will be submitted to the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Committee (TC) probing allegations of snooping using Pegasus spyware, after the Special Court allowed the National Investigation Agency’s plea.
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Also read:
● Elgar Parishad Accused, Their Lawyers Write to SC’s Committee on Pegasus Spyware Targeting (The Wire / Jan 2022)
● Leaked Data Shows Surveillance Net in Elgar Parishad Case May Have Crossed a Line (The Wire / July 2021)

Bombay HC extends Varavara Rao’s bail till February 28

04/02/2022 Asha

VV Rao, Feb 2021, leaving hospital

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The Bombay High Court on Friday extended till February 28 the time allotted to Elgaar Parishad case accused P Varavara Rao to return to jail.
The octogenarian had been granted medical bail for six months on February 22, last year, and was later allowed to extend it till February 5, 2022.
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