The Supreme Court on September 12, 2018, has extended the house arrest of five rights activists who were arrested in connection with the
Koregaon-Bhima violence case till September 17.
A Bench comprising of
Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud adjourned the hearing on the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar and four others to September 17, 2018, after it was submitted that senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is representing the petitioners, was busy in another court. The court was hearing the plea filed against the arrest of the rights activists - Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha.
Earlier, on August 28, 2018, the Maharashtra police had arrested the five activists in connection with an FIR lodged following a conclave 'Elgaar Parishad' that was held on December 31, 2017, that had later triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village. On August 29, 2018, the apex court ordered the house arrest of the activists, saying "dissent is the safety valve of democracy".
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Judiciary
Mar 19, 2021
Aditi Aggarwal
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A petition has been filed by activist Gautam Navlakha challenging the Bombay High Courtjudgment which rejected his plea that he should be granted default bail by computing his 34-day period of house arrest in 2018. A division bench comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph of the Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on March 22(Monday). The hearing has been adjourned on Monday at the request of the National Investigation Agency for filing a counter affidavit to Navlakha's plea.“It...
Bombay HC grants bail to Varavara Rao on health grounds under writ jurisdiction despite a statutory ban [READ JUDGMENT]
Judiciary
Feb 23, 2021
Mathews Savio
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The Bombay High Court through its order dated 22February 2021 granted temporary bail to Dr PV Varavara Rao, one of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon- Elgaar Parishad case. Mr Rao was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 for allegedly being a senior member of a banned organization-Communist Party of India (Maoist). He is accused to be actively involved in arranging funding and providing arms and ammunition to the cadre of the said organization to wage war against...
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