Gautam Navlakha

Straw, spectacles, mosquito nets, books – a few things for which Elgar Parishad accused approached court

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 jailed for alleged Maoist links in the case

Supreme Court to hear Gautam Navlakha’s plea seeking house arrest on Nov 9

The 70-year-old activist has appealed to the apex court against the April 26 order of the Bombay High Court dismissing his plea for house arrest over apprehensions of lack of adequate medical and other basic facilities in Taloja Jail near Mumbai where he is lodged

A packed schedule: From bail plea of Siddique Kappan to Gautam Navlakha’s appeal, CJI UU Lalit has a busy first working

With a very short tenure of 74 days, Chief Justice UU Lalit is on mission mode. On his first working day, cases pertaining to the incarceration of Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan and activist Gautam Navlakha are on his 'master roster'

Bhima Koregaon violence: Dalit intellectuals dismiss Maharashtra Police's claims of instigation by radical Left

The base of all the press statements made by the Maharashtra Police is that these ‘Maoists and Maoist-sympathisers’ instigated Dalits to riot at Bhima Koregaon, through their anti-State songs at Elgar Parishad, a programme organised by individuals and organisations in Pune on 31 December, 2017, a day before commemoration of Shourya Divas at Bhima Koregaon.

Bhima Koregaon case: SC dismisses Gautam Navlakha's petition seeking default bail

Navlakha had sought bail on the grounds that the chargesheet in the case was not filed within the stipulated time period

SC reserves verdict on Gautam Navalakha's bail plea in Bhima Koregaon case

On 3 March, the apex court had sought the NIA's response on Navalakha's plea seeking default bail in the case, saying chargesheet was not filed within the stipulated time period

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay High Court rejects activist Gautam Navlakha's bail appeal

A bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik said it had gone through the order of a special NIA court , which dismissed Navlakha's bail plea, and said that it saw "no reason to interfere" with it

Plight of Father Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha exposes inhuman living conditions of elderly prisoners in India

Insufficient medical care and unhealthy conditions make elderly inmates dependent on fellow inmates and prison officers for care and daily chores.

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against 8, including Gautam Navlakha; Stan Swamy sent to judicial custody

82-year-old Swamy was arrested in Ranchi on Thursday and produced before a Mumbai court on Friday. He has been remanded to judicial custody till 23 October

Activists Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha named joint winners of new 2020 Shakti Bhatt Prize

While Teltumbde has authored over two dozen books, Navlakha wrote Days and Nights in the Heartland of Rebellion in 2012 and retired as editorial consultant of the Economic & Political Weekly.