Mumbai Apr 20 PTI Justice Sadhana Jadhav of the Bombay High Court has recused herself from hearing a bunch of petitions about the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case the third judge of the HC to do so this year The accused in the case include 16 scholars and activists including the late Jesuit priest Stan Swamy Earlier this year Justice SS Shinde and Justice PB Varale of the Bombay high court had recused themselves from hearing the pleas arising from the Elgar Parishad case Justices Sadhana Jadhav and Milind Jadhav were presiding over two petitions filed by activists Rona Wilson and Shoma Sen seeking quashing of the case against them a bail plea filed by lawyer Surendra Gadling and a plea filed by priest Frazer Mascarenhas seeking that he be allowed to litigate on behalf of Swamy who died in custody while waiting for medical bail Justice Sadhana Jadhav on Tuesday said that she must recuse herself from hearing the cases and that no Elgar Parishad or Koregaon Bhima case matters be placed before her She did not assign any reasons for her decision to recuse herself Generally judges refrain from hearing a matter if they have any personal interests associations or stakes in a matter or if they have legally represented any of the accused persons in the past This is the third instance when a judge of the Bombay HC has recused from hearing the Elgar Parishad related cases Earlier this year Justice SS Shinde had recused himself from hearing the pleas arising from the Elgar case Incidentally Justice Shinde had been presiding over these matters between 2019 and 2021 It was his bench that had granted temporary medical bail to poet-activist Varavara Rao and default bail to lawyer cum activist Sudha Bharadwaj both accused in the Elgar case The matters had then been transferred to a bench led by Justice PB Varale who too recused from hearing them The high court then assigned a special bench led by Justice SB Shukre to hear the matters Earlier this month Justice Shukre was shifted to the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court following which the matters were referred to Justice Sadhana Jadhav The petitioners counsels will now have to move an application before the high court chief justice Dipankar Datta seeking that a special bench is assigned once again to hear the Elgar matters The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31 2017 which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon Bhima war memorial located on the citys outskirts The Pune Police claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists PTI AYA NSK NSK

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigation Agency’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order that granted default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj regarding the Elgar Parishad- Moaist Case. “We see no reason to interfere with the high court order,” said a bench of Justices U U lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi. Court refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the December 1 order.

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj. Although, court rejected default pleas of the eight co- accused arrested in connection with alleged inflammatory speeches at the December 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune. Bharadwaj will be produced before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on December 8, where the bail conditions will be listed and her release finalized. The case pertains to the violence that erupted on January 1, 2018, at an event organised to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle leaving one person dead and several others injured.

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj. Although, court rejected default pleas of the eight co- accused arrested in connection with alleged inflammatory speeches at the December 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune. Bharadwaj will be produced before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on December 8, where the bail conditions will be listed and her release finalized. The case pertains to the violence that erupted on January 1, 2018, at an event organised to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle leaving one person dead and several others injured.

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj. Although, court rejected default pleas of the eight co- accused arrested in connection with alleged inflammatory speeches at the December 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune. Bharadwaj will be produced before the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on December 8, where the bail conditions will be listed and her release finalized. The case pertains to the violence that erupted on January 1, 2018, at an event organised to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle leaving one person dead and several others injured.