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Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC grants two-week interim bail to activist Mahesh Raut
The Supreme Court has granted interim bail for activist Mahesh Raut, accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, for attending rituals following his grandmother's death. The bail will begin on June 26 and end on July 10, 2024. The terms and conditions of the release will be determined by a special court, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) can request stringent conditions.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC seeks NIA's stand on activist's plea seeking interim bail
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to provide instructions regarding a plea filed by activist Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, seeking interim bail to attend rituals following his grandmother's death. A vacation bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Augustine George Masih scheduled the matter for hearing on June 21. The court questioned the necessity for further ceremonies, noting that the funeral had already taken place on May 26.
Head constable hacked to death in Sukma, Chhattisgarh
A police head constable was fatally attacked by unidentified individuals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district while he was visiting a fair in Gadiras village. The attackers used sharp-edged weapons, and the constable, Sodi Laxman, died at the scene. Authorities suspect the involvement of a small Naxalite group but are investigating all angles, including personal motives. In a separate incident in Narayanpur district, Naxalites killed a 45-year-old man, Shaluram Potai, whom they accused of being a police informer.
Elgar Parishad case: SC grants bail to Gautam Navlakha
The Supreme Court granted bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, refusing to extend the stay on his bail granted by the Bombay High Court. Navlakha, held for over four years without charges framed, was directed to pay Rs 20 lakh for security expenses during house arrest.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC grants bail to activist Shoma Kanti Sen
Shoma Kanti Sen, linked to Elgar Parishad-Maoist case, granted bail by Supreme Court with GPS monitoring. Conditions include staying in Maharashtra, informing NIA officer of residence. Case involves Elgar Parishad conclave triggering violence.
SC rejects Maha govt's plea for stay of acquittal of ex-DU prof G N Saibaba in Maoist links case
The Supreme Court rejected Maharashtra government's request for a stay on the acquittal of G N Saibaba and others in the Maoist links case. The court admitted the government's appeal against the well-reasoned Bombay High Court order by BHC. Saibaba was wheelchair-bound and lodged in Nagpur Central Jail since his arrest in 2014.
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Can't live without teaching, want my job back, says acquitted former DU professor G N Saibaba
Addressing a press conference, the 58-year-old said he can't live without teaching and wants to resume his job as a professor. Saibaba was terminated from his service from DU's Ram Lal Anand College in 2021 after being implicated in the case. He said he still feels as if he is in a jail cell after spending seven years in prison.
Reading Mein Kampf doesn't a fascist make
The power of ideas is undeniable, capable of influencing individuals and societies. However, possessing material deemed controversial or undesirable by the state should not automatically incriminate individuals. The recent decision by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court to free former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba and others, charged under UAPA for alleged Maoist links, highlights the importance of separating ideas from actions. Police need to focus on evidence linking ideas to actual criminal acts, rather than acting as "thought police." Depoliticizing police forces and investing in the justice system can prevent wrongful incarcerations.
It's a wonder I came out of jail alive: Ex-DU professor Saibaba after release from Nagpur jail
Former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, who was released from the Nagpur Central Jail after his acquittal in an alleged Maoist links case, expressed wonder at his ability to come out alive despite suffering a "brutal" jail life. Saibaba, who works for the rights of tribals in central and eastern India, called his arrest an "afterthought" and claimed that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
DMK leader A Raja's remarks stir uproar
BJP's IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya posted the link of Raja's speech on X and said,"The hate speeches from DMK's stable continue unabated. After Udhayanidhi Stalin's call to annihilate Sanatan Dharma, it is now A Raja who calls for the balkanisation of India, derides Bhagwan Ram, makes disparaging comments on Manipuris and questions the idea of India, as a nation."
Maoist links case: HC acquits ex-DU professor Saibaba, says prosecution failed to prove charges
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, noting the prosecution failed to prove the case against him. The court also set aside the life sentence imposed on 54-year-old Saibaba.
Maoist links case: Maharashtra govt moves SC against HC verdict acquitting ex-DU professor G N Saibaba
The Maharashtra government has challenged the Bombay High Court's decision to acquit former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba of links to the banned CPI (Maoist). The court acquitted Saibaba, set aside his life sentence, and acquitted five other accused. The high court deemed the prosecution's case "null and void."
Mumbai courts 2023: Naresh Goyal goes to jail, Sooraj Pancholi acquitted, bail for Elgar accused
In 2023, notable court developments in Mumbai included the judicial custody of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a loan fraud case, the granting of bail to two accused in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, and actor Sooraj Pancholi's acquittal in the Jiah Khan suicide case.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: HC grants bail to Mahesh Raut
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to activist Mahesh Raut, who was arrested in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case. Raut had sought bail on constitutional grounds, claiming that his custody was unwarranted. The court granted his plea and stayed the operation of its order for a week. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) requested a two-week stay on the order to file an appeal in the Supreme Court. Raut is one of 16 activists arrested in the case, with five currently out on bail.
SC grants bail to Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira, lodged in jail since August 2018, in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. The court said, "it grants bail to Gonsalves and Ferreira while considering that almost 5 years lapsed since they were taken into custody. There is a case for bail."
SC directs activist Gautam Navlakha to pay Rs 8 lakh as expense for police protection during house arrest
The direction by a bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna was passed after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju submitted that a total bill of Rs 66 lakh was pending. The top court also directed Raju to file reply within two weeks on Navlaka's plea seeking to be shifted from the public library in Mumbai, where he is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to some other place in the city as the public library needed to be vacated.
Dantewada: Police suspects locals helped Maoists to plant IED
According to sources, the police is investigating how 50 kg of explosives were packed under the crucial state highway, which was constructed under heavy security cover. Sources said when the construction was beginning, about 110 explosive tunnels, including three foxhole tunnels, were cleared indicating that the Naxals had spread them to prevent the administration from laying down the black top road.
Supreme Court sets aside Bombay HC order acquitting ex-DU professor Saibaba in Maoist links case
The top court had earlier suspended the high court's order which had acquitted Saibaba and others from the case. The high court had acquitted Saibaba after more than eight years of arrest in 2014, noting that the sanction order issued to prosecute the accused under the UAPA was "bad in law and invalid".
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: Bombay HC issues notice to NIA on bail plea of Gautam Navlakha
The plea was listed for the first time on Monday before the division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and PD Naik. The bench issued notice to the National Investigation Agency on the bail plea of the accused. The matter will be posted for hearing in due course of time.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: SC to hear on Friday NIA's appeal against Anand Teltumbde bail
Teltumbde, 73, is the third accused of the total 16 arrested in the case to be released on bail. Poet Varavara Rao is currently out on bail on health grounds, and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is out on regular bail. The high court, however, had stayed its bail order for a week so that the NIA, the probe agency in the case, could approach the SC. Teltumbde will not be able to walk out of jail till then.
NIA moves SC against Navlakha's house arrest order, says he doesn't deserve any extra leeway
Contending Navlakha need not be given any special treatment, the NIA said in its application that he being a charge-sheeted accused in a case involving threat to national security and integrity, does not deserve any extra leeway. The anti-terror agency, while referring to the evidence on record, claimed Navlakha was working in urban areas and assigned the job to unite intellectuals against government forces to defeat them.
SC to hear plea of Gautam Navlakha, NIA on Friday in Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case
A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday took note of the submissions of senior lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Navlakha, that the apex court's November 10 direction to shift him from Navi Mumbai's Taloja prison to house arrest owing to his deteriorating health has not been compiled with so far.
Straw, spectacles, mosquito nets, books - things for which Elgar case accused knocked on court's door
On Thursday, the Supreme Court permitted jailed activist Gautam Navlakha to be kept under house arrest because of deteriorating health, recalling for many the several Left leaning activists and intellectuals others jailed for alleged Maoist links in the case.
68-year-old man arrested for alleged Maoist links in Assam
“In a late night operation on Sunday Assam police's crime branch arrested 68-year-old Cachar district's Borkhola resident for his alleged link with Maoist leader Kanchan Da. He is a supporter of Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee alias Kanchan Da, taken to Guwahati for further investigation,” a senior police officer said.
SC suspends Bombay HC order acquitting Saibaba, others in Maoist-links case, convicts to remain in jail
An apex court bench of justices M R Shah and Bela M Trivedi, which sat on a non-working day to hear the matter, also rejected Saibaba's request for putting him under house arrest in view of his physical disability and health conditions.
Home Minister Amit Shah to talk Ken-Betwa link at zonal meet
The Ken-Betwa project was approved by the Union Cabinet last December with a total cost of Rs 44,605 crore. The project will be completed in eight years and benefit the Bundelkhand region, including Banda, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur of Uttar Pradesh and Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Damoh, Datia, Vidisha, Shivpuri and Raisen of Madhya Pradesh.
Elgar Parishad case: Accused Sudha Bharadwaj released from jail
Bharadwaj was granted default bail by the Bombay High Court on December 1. The HC had then directed a special NIA court to decide on the conditions to be imposed on her. On Wednesday, the special NIA court directed Bharadwaj to be released on bail on a bond of Rs 50,000.
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