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Elgar Parishad case: SC refuses to entertain Sudha Bharadwaj's bail plea on medical grounds
•The lawyer-activist withdrew her plea after the court suggested she file a regular bail application on merit
Elgar Parishad case: Mumbai court rejects activist Gautam Navlakha's bail plea
•Navlakha had sought default bail under Section 167 of the CrPc, claiming he had been in custody for over 90 days.
Centre vs Maharashtra over 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence: MHA hands over probe to NIA, NCP claims state govt's consent not taken before mov
•During the probe into Bhima-Koregaon case, Pune Police had claimed that Maoists and their supporters in urban areas were discussing a "Rajiv Gandhi-type" assassination plan against Modi.
Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance
•While some rights activists were arrested in the Koregaon Bhima case by the Pune city police, their rural counterparts had booked Hindutva leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide for allegedly inciting violence.
Bhima-Koregaon case: SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing more time to file charges; says activists can now seek regular bail
•The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Bombay High Court order refusing to grant 90 days extension to Maharashtra Police for filing the chargesheet in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case.
Bhima Koregaon activists' arrest case: 'Pleased to know SC protected their liberty, dignity', says Romila Thapar
Fp Staff •Romila Thapar read out a joint statement by the petitioners detailing why they had approached the Supreme Court.
'Only one place for idiocy and it's called Congress,' says Amit Shah, claims party supports Maoists, fake activists
Fp Staff •Amit Shah was responding to a tweet posted by Congress president Rahul Gandhi on 28 August criticising the arrests of five activists in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence,
Bhima Koregaon activists' arrest case: SC orders four more weeks of house arrest, rejects demand for SIT probe
Fp Staff •The Supreme Court on Friday said that the interim order passed by the court for house arrest of activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case shall continue for four more weeks.
Bhima Koregaon riots: Thousands suffered losses, but compensation ‘inadequate’, reached 260 families at most
Parth Mn •When thousands of people had been victimised in Bhima Koregaon riots, the compensation of Rs 7.97 crores sanctioned by the Maharashtra state government seems to have reached only 260 families at the most.
Bhima Koregaon violence: Testimony of witnesses begins; public prosecutor claims 'third group' was behind incident
Fp Staff •Manisha Khopkar, a 40-year-old graphics designer from Maharashtra's Thane district in her testimony said that people carrying saffron flags were not the ones to pelt stones at her and 48 others who travelled to Bhima Koregaon on 1 January.