Topic: Elgar Parishad
Bombay HC grants default bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj in Bhima Koregaon case
Bharadwaj has been in custody as an undertrial since her arrest in 2018. The high court, however, rejected the default bail pleas of co-accused Sudhir Dhawale and 7 others.
Bhima Koregaon accused Navlakha moves Bombay HC for house arrest instead of prison custody
Activist Gautam Navlakha, who is currently lodged in Taloja prison, also sought that the HC direct jail authorities to get him medically examined for a lump developed in his chest.
NIA draft charges claim accused wanted to ‘wage war against nation’ in Elgar Parishad case
The draft lays down 17 charges against 15 accused and want them to be charged under various sections of UAPA & IPC. NIA has also alleged the accused of being CPI (Maoist) members.
‘Never anticipated this would happen’ — Bombay HC says on Stan Swamy’s death in custody
While hearing Stan Swamy's bail appeals posthumously, the high court described the Jesuit priest as 'a wonderful man' and said it has great respect for his work.
Bhima Koregaon accused observe hunger strike in jail over ‘institutional murder’ of Stan Swamy
The statement released by the Elgar case prisoners alleged that the NIA and Taloja jail's former superintendent Kaustubh Kurlekar never missed a single opportunity to 'harass' Swamy.
Death of activist Stan Swamy ‘devastating’, EU, UN human rights officials say
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders said Swamy was arrested on false charges of terrorism and criticised jailing human rights defenders as 'inexcusable'.
Stan Swamy death ‘institutional murder by inhuman state’, kin of Bhima Koregaon accused say
Stan Swamy, 84, an accused in Elgar Parishad case, died at Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital where he was admitted on 29 May following a Bombay HC order.
Stan Swamy, 84-yr-old Jesuit priest arrested by NIA for ‘Maoist links’, dies in hospital
The tribal rights activist had been suffering from Covid and Parkinson's disease, and was admitted to a private hospital on 29 May from the Taloja prison.
Bombay HC seeks NIA reply on bail plea of activist Sudha Bharadwaj in Bhima Koregaon case
Bharadwaj, who was arrested on 28 August 2018, had sought default bail contending the trial judge wasn't authorised to take cognisance of the 2019 charge sheet filed against her.
‘Left to die’: Families of Bhima Koregaon accused demand their release, say jail conditions poor
The families and friends of Bhima Koregaon prisoners organised a webinar Friday to highlight the deteriorating health of the prisoners and unhygienic conditions in jails.
In Pakistan, a state of fear among children—inspectors enter schools to ensure Quran reading
Magistrates accompanied by rifle-bearing policemen are interrogating 12-year-olds. Their teachers are asked to stand silently in the corner.
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Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.