NIA’s plea dismissed by SC, Teltumbde may be freed today, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the NIA's plea for cancellation of bail granted to UAPA accused Anand Teltumbde, who allegedly had a nexus with the banned CPI-Maoist organisation, but clarified that his trial in the Elgar Parishad case would be held uninfluenced by the Bombay high court's observations on...

SC to hear NIA’s appeal against Teltumbde bail on Friday, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an appeal by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against the bail granted to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, took note of the submissions by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta...

SC slams NIA, asks it to shift jailed Gautam Navlakha to house arrest in 24 hours, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday trashed the National Investigation Agency's renewed attempt to recall the court's November 10 order for four-week house arrest of 70-year-old Gautam Navlakha, who is facing charges under UAPA for alleged collaboration with banned Maoist organisations. It ordered his shifting to CPI-owned premises within 24...

HC grants him bail in Elgar case, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

MUMBAI: Holding that at this pretrial stage based on case record it cannot be concluded that Anand Teltumbde,73, an ex-management professor and Dalit rights scholar indulged in a ‘terrorist act’, Bombay high court on Friday granted him bail, a first on merit in the 2018 Elgar Parishad case of Pune....

Four days after SC order, surety papers keep Gautam Navlakha in jail, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

MUMBAI: The defence for activist Gautam Navlakha recently told the special NIA court that the office of the Navi Mumbai police commissioner had refused to accept a demand draft of Rs 2.4 lakh which they had furnished in compliance with a Supreme Court order allowing him to be placed under...

Gautam Navlakha’s medical report ‘tainted’, NIA tells SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the Supreme Court on Thursday that activist and Bhima Koregaon case accused Gautam Navlakha's medical report is "tainted".During the hearing on his plea seeking to be placed under house arrest, Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, representing the NIA, contended before a bench...