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.
Varavara Rao will have to submit his passport before the NIA court, and he has been forbidden to establish any contact with his co-accused in the case.
Family members of poet Varavara Rao, accused in the Elgar Parishad case, have moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a direction to a Mumbai hospital, where he is being treated for COVID-19, and prison authorities to provide "transparent" updates on his health status.
Poet and Elgar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao, a COVID-19 patient, was on Sunday shifted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai for neurologicaland urological treatment.
Pune police may seek help of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in US to retrieve information from a seized disc recovered from an accused in Elgar Parishad case. The accused is an activist named Varavara Rao and is said to have alleged links with Maoists.
The apex court adjourned the hearing on plea of historian Romila Thapar and four others in the matter till September 17. The activists will remain in house arrest till the next hearing.
Five activists held for Maoist links, not for expressing 'dissent': Maharashtra Police to SC
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