Varavara Rao’s condition has improved, but will remain in hospital till December 14: Bombay HC

A bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik also said that the poet’s family can continue to see him at the hospital.

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· 9 hours ago

‘False and mischievous’: NIA dismisses reports of seizing Stan Swamy’s straw and sipper

The agency said the matter of his personal belongings was between him and the jail authorities, which comes under the purview of the Maharashtra government.

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· Nov 29, 2020 · 07:17 pm

Activist Stan Swamy gets a sipper in Taloja jail: Mumbai Mirror

The 83-year-old activist suffers from Parkinson’s disease, has a hearing impairment and has also fallen in the prison on multiple occasions.

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· Nov 29, 2020 · 10:29 am

‘Let him drink water with dignity’: Lawyers send sippers to jailed activist Stan Swamy

The 83-year-old has Parkinson’s disease and cannot hold a tumbler.

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· Nov 28, 2020 · 07:03 pm

Court pulls up prison authorities for not responding to activist Anand Teltumbde’s plea

The court made the remark after Teltumbde submitted that there had no been no reply to a petition he submitted in August.

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· Nov 27, 2020 · 01:10 pm

Stan Swamy’s new plea for sipper, winter clothes to be heard on December 4

The National Investigation Agency denied confiscating the human rights activist’s straw and sipper when he was arrested.

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· Nov 26, 2020 · 05:50 pm

Nearly 60 Irish writers protest against Varavara Rao’s arrest, express ‘deep unhappiness’

The signatories said they had noted with ‘alarm the deteriorating condition of poet Varavara Rao, imprisoned without trial in India’.

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· Nov 23, 2020 · 12:24 pm

Elgar Parishad case a conspiracy to undermine Varavara Rao’s right to life, says rights group

The Peoples Union of Democratic Rights pointed out that Rao has still not been granted bail, but was only allowed the right to proper medical care.

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· Nov 19, 2020 · 01:10 pm

‘He is almost on deathbed’: Bombay HC issues order to move Varavara Rao to Nanavati Hospital

The court’s order was based on a petition filed by Rao’s wife.

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· Nov 18, 2020 · 01:45 pm

Give details of Varavara Rao’s medical tests to his wife, Bombay HC directs Maharashtra government

The High Court’s instructions came after Rao’s counsel said that the medical report given to them on Tuesday was a ‘complete eyewash’.

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· Nov 17, 2020 · 08:27 pm

‘Humanity is bubbling in Taloja prison,’ Stan Swamy says in letter to friends

The 83-year-old suffers from Parkinson’s disease and needs help with chores.

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· Nov 14, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Varavara Rao denied bail till November 17 on health grounds, Bombay HC allows another medical check

Rao’s lawyer Jaising submitted that it was a matter of his fundamental right to health and life.

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· Nov 12, 2020 · 05:59 pm