By Jose Kavi New Delhi, July 28, 2023: Activists and others have cheered India’s Supreme Court granting bail to a trade unionist and a lawyer jailed in the Bhima Koregaon case. “The granting of bail to Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves by the Supreme Court is indeed a significant step.Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 3, 2022: A year ago, on July 5, 2021, when Father Stan Swamy left us, the world mourned the death of a great human being who epitomized compassion, courage, collaboration and commitment. “Stan,” as he was lovingly called by those close to him, died whileContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, March 18, 2022: Jesuit Father Stan Swamy’s death in custody will forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record, asserts United Nation Working Group on Human Rights. The UN body’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention adopted this opinion at its ninety-second session, November 15–19 2021.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 7, 2021: The Supreme Court on December 7 refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order granting bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case. The default bail order of Bharadwaj, 60, comes into effect fromContinue Reading
New Delhi: A day after activist Stan Swamy’s death in custody, senior opposition politicians have written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the release of all activists jailed in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case. “We are urging your immediate intervention as the President of India to direct ‘your government’ toContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on May 12 dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The top court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as theContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has posted Father Stan Swamy’s medical bail plea to May 17. A bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pital on May 4 adjourned of the 84-year-old priest’s plea with directions to the Maharashtra government to submit a report on his health on or beforeContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on February 22 granted bail for six months on medical grounds to Varavara Rao, who has been in jail for over two years in the Koregaon-Bhima case. “With all humility and human considerations, we are of the opinion that this is a fit case forContinue Reading
Mumbai: A key accused in the Bhima Koregaon case has moved the Bombay High Court after a US firm revealed that a hacker had planted incriminating evidence on his computer. A report by Arsenal Consulting, a digital forensic analyst from Chelsea, US, has debunked the electronic evidence gathered by India’sContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy will have to wait until December 4 for a straw and a sipper cup he needs as a patient of Parkinson’s disease. The National Investigation Agency or the NIA on November 26 told a special court in Mumbai thatContinue Reading