Intellectual Insurgency and Mahesh Raut

We are witnessing a pretend politics which lives on the time borrowed from a deferred revolution, write Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan (excerpted from the authors' book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics)

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https://thewire.in/rights/mahesh-raut-elgar-parishad-book-excerpt

Bhima Koregaon: Gautam Navlakha gets bail as Supreme Court lifts stay on Bombay High Court order

A Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti refrained from extending the stay as the High Court order was detailed and also because the trial would take years to complete.

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https://www.barandbench.com/news/bhima-koregaon-gautam-navlakha-gets-bail-supreme-court-lifts-stay-bombay-high-court-order

New Book on Bhima Koregaon Case Tells Uncomfortable Truths, But Brings Hope

Alpa Shah’s book, ‘The Incarcerations’, is alive with stories of fearlessness, but also of the cost it extracts.

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https://www.thequint.com/opinion/the-incarcerations-alpa-shah-new-book-bhima-koregaon-case

Bhima Koregaon: A new book recounts how 16 activists were imprisoned as terrorists, without trial

An excerpt from ‘The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search for Democracy in India’, by Alpa Shah.

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https://scroll.in/article/1065430/bhima-koregaon-a-new-book-recounts-how-16-activists-were-imprisoned-as-terrorists-without-trial

Bhima Koregaon: NIA court directs prison authorities to provide Sagar Gorkhe treatment

An application was filed by Sagar Gorkhe, praying the court to direct urgent and necessary treatment for his mental and physical health. According to the application, the prison authorities have deprived Gorkhe of medicines and treatment for his psychiatric conditions.

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https://theleaflet.in/bhima-koregaon-nia-court-directs-prison-authorities-to-provide-sagar-gorkhe-treatment-at-j-j-hospital/

Activist Mahesh Raut’s bail stayed by Supreme Court for another week in Bhima Koregaon case

Raut was granted bail on last week but was stayed by the Bombay High Court as the National Investigation Agency said it will file an appeal against the order,

https://scroll.in/latest/1056694/activist-mahesh-rauts-bail-stayed-by-supreme-court-for-another-week-in-bhima-koregaon-case

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India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says

The Indian government has exploited the assessment reports of a global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog to target “legitimate human rights work of civil society”, a new report by Amnesty International said. More than 20,600 NGOs had their licences cancelled in India in last ten years, Amnesty says.

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-fatf-amnesty-terrorism-funding-latest-report-b2419340.html

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Judge quotes Varavara Rao to Q Branch in Maoist case

Unhappy with the way the investigators are dragging the case for nearly seven years, Judge Pa. U. Chemmal quoted from, ‘Captive Imagination: Letters from Prison’, by Varavara Rao, who was arrested by NIA in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence.

https://www.dtnext.in/news/tamilnadu/judge-quotes-varavara-rao-to-q-branch-in-maoist-case-738350

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What is Section 207 CrPC, an essential piece of the Bhima Koregaon case puzzle?

What is the law embedded in Section 207 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and why does it keep getting invoked in the Elgar Parishad–Bhima Koregaon case?

https://theleaflet.in/why-is-section-207-crpc-an-essential-piece-of-the-bhima-koregaon-case-puzzle/

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NIA says bail condition for Bhima Koregaon accused violates privacy of investigating officers

The Supreme Court had told Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves to pair their mobile phones with those of the investigating officers.

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https://scroll.in/latest/1054525/nia-expresses-concern-over-bail-condition-asking-officers-to-pair-mobile-with-bhima-koregaon-accused