The apology was tendered before the division bench comprising justices Sidharth Mridul and Talwant Singh on Tuesday, and the bench asked Agnihotri to be present before the court in the next hearing.

The Supreme Court on Thursday in an interim order permitted Gautam Navlakha, Bhima Koregaon accused case, to be placed under house arrest for a period of one month considering his health condition and old age.

The Supreme Court has allowed the parties to inspect the reports filed by the hospital regarding the health status of Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy posted the matter for hearing on November 9 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta... The post appeared first on .

The Supreme Court has allowed the parties to inspect the reports filed by the hospital regarding the health status of Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy posted the matter for hearing on November 9 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Superintendent of Taloja prison in Maharashtra to shift jailed activist Gautam Navlakha to Mumbai's Jaslok hospital for medical checkup and treatment.

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Mumbai Oct 24 PTI Activist Gautam Navlakha arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case has been shifted to the Anda Circle high-security barracks in the Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai his partner Sahba Husain said on Sunday and claimed the 70-year-olds already fragile health has deteriorated further due to shifting In a statement Husain claimed the activist was shifted to the Anda circle from the regular barracks on October 12 and questioned as to how long will Navlakha be persecuted for his views and to what extent will the authorities go to break his spirit The statement further said the accused in the Elgar Parishad case have had to face indignities and humiliation for the smallest and basic needs in prison In the Anda circle he is deprived of daily walks in the jails non-concreted greener areas and fresh air and his health has deteriorated further making specialised medical care an absolute necessity if he is to live to fight this unjust and false case hoisted on him Husain said These are prisoners of conscience who have had to face indignities and humiliation for the smallest needs and wage court battles for basic dignities in prison Husain said referring to the recent incident wherein Navlakhas spectacles went missing and it was difficult to send him a replacement in time Gautam has faced his unjustified incarceration with courage and spirit How much longer is he going to be persecuted for his views and to what extent will the authorities go to break his spirit Husain asked Navlakha was arrested in the case on August 28 2018 for his alleged involvement in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case While he was initially kept under house arrest he was subsequently sent to judicial custody and is lodged at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai The statement further said that Navlakhas telephone calls to Husain and his lawyers have been discontinued by the prison authorities on the pretext that inmates can now be met in jail physically It added that without his weekly calls to Husain and his lawyers Navlakhas life and his defence will be severely compromised Gautams fragile health and well-being will be further jeopardized by this withdrawal of phone call facility to his family and lawyers the statement said Husain also quoted what Navlakha wrote to her confinement in the Anda circle means denial of fresh airoxygen as there is not a single tree or plant in the open space of the circle We are forbidden to step outside of the Anda circle In other words we spend 16 hours out of 24 cooped inside our cell and the 8 hours we are let out we are confined to a corridor for our daily walk on the cemented floor surrounded by high walls all around Husain stated quoting Navlakha The statement also referred to the recent death of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy a co-accused in the Elgar Parishad case who too had allegedly struggled in prison to get basic facilities and died while awaiting bail on the health grounds Husain added that since she lives in Delhi she has to travel frequently to Mumbai to meet Navlakha in jail for the allotted ten minutes Gautams only contact with me is through the two phone calls he was allowed every week to me that enabled me to send him articles of need including medicines books and so on With the discontinuance of phone calls all this will now depend on letters that take a minimum of two weeks to reach me the statement said It added that apart from calls to her regular access to lawyers through phone calls is also an essential facility for undertrial prisoners To deprive an undertrial prisoner of this effective and efficient mode of securing legal advice and help or access to family is the height of unfairness Husain said Navlakha had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court in September seeking to be shifted from the Taloja prison to judicial custody in the form of house arrest owing to his advanced age and the medical ailments he suffers fromThe plea is pending before the HC PTI SP NSK NSK