The court denied interim bail on medical grounds to ailing Father Stan Swamy, 84, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. He later died in July 2021 behind bars.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: The Bombay High Court has also stayed its order for a week so that the National Investigation Agency, the prosecuting agency, can move to the Supreme Court regarding the matter.
Rao, who had challenged the Bombay High Court's April 13 order rejecting his plea for permanent bail on medical grounds, is currently on interim bail.
One of the much-awaited films of the year, the historical drama starring Arjun Rampal and Sunny Leone, The Battle Of Bhima Koregaon has been announced for a theatrical release on September 17.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has announced that he will visit the Jaystambh in Pune on January 1 to mark the anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon. Besides, party is also planning an 'Abhivadan rally' by Azad from Ambedkar statue near the Pune railway station to Bhima Koregaon.
The case relates to the violence on January 1, 2018, in which one person was killed and several injured after clashes at the 200th-anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Koregaon near Pune.
The Supreme Court Friday extended till March 16 protection from arrest granted to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde in the Bhima Koregaon case.
The Maharashtra government hasn’t objected to the transfer of the case to the NIA’s jurisdiction
Since over a week, the NIA has been seeking handing over of the cases after the Centre transferred them to the NIA, and it has filed a fresh chargesheet in the Mumbai Court on January 27
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has moved a Special Court seeking transfer of the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon-Bhima case to a Special NIA Court in Mumbai, on Thursday, officials said.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday expressed displeasure against central government transferring investigation of Bhima Koregaon case from Maharashtra Police to National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The court also refused to extend the protection from arrest given to him by the Supreme Court.
Pune Police on Wednesday claimed activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused Bhima-Koregaon violence, was in touch with Pakistan terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and Kashmiri separatist leaders.
The apex court, however, clarified that since the charge sheet was filed, the accused might now seek regular bail from the trial court, which would decide the pleas on merits and without being influenced by its observations in the present case.
Last year, the celebrations, attended by around 300,000 people had turned violent, killing one and effecting a Maharashtra shutdown on January 3, leading to a major churning in caste and ideological politics.
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The action includes barring some persons from entering the area and `externment' (eviction from the district) of some others, senior police officials said here Saturday.
The accused activists are: Sudhir P. Dhawale, Rona J. Wilson, Surendra P. Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh S. Raut.
The apex court accepted that there is no political influence nor a plot to suppress opposition voice, Fadnavis said.
Amit Shah referred to an old tweet by his Congress counterpart to take aim at the main Opposition party while accusing it of defaming 'honest' people.
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