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Stan Swamy death ‘institutional murder by inhuman state’, kin of Bhima Koregaon accused say

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Bombay HC extends Bhima Koregaon accused Stan Swamy’s stay at hospital till 18 June

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Swamy's counsel said that his stay at the private hospital should be extended as he has tested positive for Covid. The Jesuit priest and activist has been in the hospital since 28 May.

HC asks Maharashtra to submit Bhima Koregaon accused Sudha Bharadwaj’s medical report

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According to her counsel, Sudha Bharadwaj was kept in a ward of the prison with 50 other women under extremely unsanitary conditions, and with just three toilets for all of them.

SC seeks response of NIA on Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea in Bhima Koregaon case

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A bench headed issued notice to NIA on the plea of the activist against the Bombay HC order dismissing his bail plea and asked the probe agency to respond by 15 March.

Varavara Rao gets interim bail on medical grounds in 2016 Surjagarh iron ore mine arson case

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Rao, who is currently admitted in the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, had sought bail on medical grounds in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, which is being probed by the NIA.

Bombay HC dismisses Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea in Elgar Parishad case

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The bench said it had gone through a special NIA court's order of last year rejecting Navlakha's bail plea, and stated it saw 'no reason to interfere' with the order.

Sharjeel Usmani will be arrested wherever he is for speech at Elgar event — Maharashtra govt

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Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Wednesday said police have conducted a probe into video clippings of the Elgar Parishad conclave at which Usmani spoke and a case has been registered against him.
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