Activist Mahesh Raut gets bail in Bhima Koregaon case

The Bombay High Court, however, stayed the order for one week to allow the National Investigation Agency to file an appeal.

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· Sep 21, 2023 · 12:42 pm

Bhima Koregaon: NIA told to affirm that it has provided cloned copies of evidence to accused persons

A special court directed the agency to file an affidavit stating that it not use any electronic evidence except whose copies have been provided.

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· Sep 19, 2023 · 04:06 pm

Tragedy that people remain in jail with little or no evidence in UAPA cases: Advocate Rebecca John

The senior advocate said that the law has strict bail conditions and allows extension of custody of an accused from 90 to 180 days before chargesheet is filed.

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· Sep 17, 2023 · 03:34 pm

GN Saibaba’s detention is ‘inhumane and senseless’ says UN Special Rapporteur

The former professor was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 for allegedly having links to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoists).

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· Aug 22, 2023 · 11:04 am

NIA says bail condition for Bhima Koregaon accused violates privacy of investigating officers

The Supreme Court had told Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves to pair their mobile phones with those of the investigating officers.

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· Aug 18, 2023 · 03:50 pm

Mere possession of certain literature is not ‘terrorist act’ under UAPA, says Supreme Court

Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu Dhulia made the observation while granting bail to Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira in the Bhima Koregaon case.

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· Jul 29, 2023 · 09:54 am

Bhima Koregaon case: Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira granted bail by Supreme Court

The activists had moved the Supreme Court after they were denied bail by the Bombay High Court.

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· Jul 28, 2023 · 01:39 pm

Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea rejected by NIA court

The human rights activist has been in jail since April 2020.

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· Apr 07, 2023 · 09:21 am

SC judge Dipankar Datta recuses himself from hearing bail pleas of Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira

They are among the 16 activists, academics and lawyers who were arrested in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.

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· Jan 13, 2023 · 02:48 pm

Elgar Parishad event did not lead to Bhima Koregaon violence, senior police officer tells commission

Provocative speeches at this event, the police claimed, led to large-scale violence the next day.

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· Dec 27, 2022 · 05:26 pm

Bhima Koregaon case: Gautam Navlakha’s house arrest extended by a month

The Supreme Court extended the order till the second week of January 2023. The activist was shifted from jail in November on grounds of poor health.

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· Dec 14, 2022 · 03:22 pm

Planting of evidence against Stan Swamy ‘blot on justice system’, say politicians, social bodies

A news report claimed that a hacker planted evidence on a device owned by the tribal rights activist, who died in July last year.

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· Dec 14, 2022 · 08:25 am