elgar parishad case

The state prosecution on Friday opposed the National Investigation Agency’s plea for transfer of the elgar parishad case records, seized properties and proceeding to the special NIA court in Mumbai, stating that it was “not legally tenable” under the provisions of law.

The Bombay high court on Thursday directed prison authorities to give all medical records, including test results to Elgar Parishad accused and former law professor Sudha Bharadwaj on request.

Tuesday, July 5, marked the first death anniversary of Fr Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who was among the 16 elgar parishad case accused.

Yug Chaudhary, counsel for accused Sudha Bharadwaj in the elgar parishad case, on Friday argued his client was arrested “only on typed, unsigned and unverified letters” recovered allegedly from computers of a co-accused and said in the Bombay high court,

Two accused in the elgar parishad case -- P Varavara Rao (80) and Shoma Sena (61) -- have sought bail citing the coronavirus and their advanced stage. The court is likely to pronounce an order on Tuesday.

The NIA on Wednesday opposed the interim bail pleas of three accused, Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha and Vernon Gonsalves, in the elgar parishad case. The court will hear arguments on the plea on August 9.

Citing the report by Arsenal Consulting, a US-based digital forensics firm, and alleging planting of electronic evidence, 65-year-old Vernon Gonsalves, accused in the elgar parishad case, moved the special NIA court seeking discharge on Wednesday.

Special UAPA judge Ravindra M Pande on Thursday rejected the plea of the nine accused in the elgar parishad case challenging the special court’s jurisdiction to take a direct cognisance of the offence and seeking a default bail.

A prosecutor on Wednesday submitted a sealed envelope containing material against civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde to argue for his arrest in the elgar parishad case.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday claimed that the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra had misused police machinery in the elgar parishad case. The former Union minister also said the elgar parishad case and the case of violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district on January 1, 2018, were two completely different cases.

The family members of elgar parishad case accused have alleged they have been “systematically” denied medical care, citing activist Vernon Gonsalves’s condition as yet another act of “criminal negligence” on the part of Taloja jail authorities.

In the detailed draft charges submitted against 15 surviving accused and six absconding accused in the elgar parishad case, the prosecution has invoked a section relating to waging war against the government of India. The special NIA court will now hear arguments on the draft charges from both the prosecution and defence and then decide what charges, if any, are to be framed against the accused.

A special court in Mumbai rejected applications made by few of the 2018 elgar parishad case accused for cloned copies of digital hard disc recovered by the investigating agency on Wednesday.

The prayer against their transfer to other jails by the accused in the 2018 elgar parishad case, who constantly complained about the poor conditions and overcrowding in Taloja prison, “appears to be paradoxical”, said the Bombay high court on Friday.

The lawyer for poet P Varavara Rao (81), an accused in elgar parishad case, has written to Taloja jail superintendent for information on his health after he could barely speak during a phone call to his family on Saturday evening. Rao has been admitted to the jail hospital.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil Tharayil, an associate professor in Delhi University, for his involvement in the elgar parishad case that allegedly led to caste-based violence in Koregaon Bhima in January 2018, reports Bharti Jain.

Three inmates of Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai, who are accused in the elgar parishad case, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday after RT-PCR tests were conducted on 57 inmates this week.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he suspected the Centre had something to hide about the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra, which is possibly why the probe into the elgar parishad case was hurriedly transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The Bombay high court bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar gave three weeks to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to file a reply to a bail plea made by Anand Teltumbde, an accused in the elgar parishad case registered in Pune in January 2018.

The nine activists arrested in the elgar parishad case were on Wednesday shifted to Arthur Road and Byculla jails in Mumbai from the Yerawada central prison, days after the Pune police handed over the investigations to the National Investigation Agency.

Bombay high court on Friday granted interim protection till December 2 to human rights activist Gautam Navlakha (65), accused last year in the elgar parishad case for alleged Maoist links.

The city police on Wednesday rejected the application of Justice (Retd) B G Kolse Patil-led Lokshasan Andolan Sanstha seeking permission to organise Elgar Parishad at the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch between 2pm and 7pm on December 31.

The nine activists arrested in the elgar parishad case on Saturday filed a plea before a magisterial court seeking default bail citing that the city police had failed to submit chargesheets against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act within 180 days.

NCP chief spokesperson and state minister Nawab Malik said, "Legally, any state government can set up a parallel investigating team for a single incident. According to Article 10 of the NIA Act, a separate committee can be set up (to conduct a parallel probe)." Last week, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government had given its nod to handover the investigation into the elgar parishad case to the NIA.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted before Bombay high court that it would provide remaining cloned copies of electronic evidence in the elgar parishad case to accused Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha, based on provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), but objected to their plea for a stay of the trial till the copies are handed.

The Bombay high court on Monday began hearing quashing petitions filed by accused Rona Wilson and Shoma Sen in the 2018 elgar parishad case citing lack of evidence

Retired professor Shoma Sen, an accused in the elgar parishad case, has filed a petition before Bombay high court to challenge her prosecution under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Accused of alleged Maoist links, Sen claims the case against her is based largely on electronic evidence and has cited a February 8, 2021,