Akhil Gogoi set free, slams govt for ‘misusing’ NIA, UAPA
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi set free, slams govt for ‘misusing’ NIA, UAPA

The Hindu  

Assam MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi walked out of jail on Thursday after a special court of the National Investigation Agency acquitted him of all charges in the second of the two cases related to the anti-Citizenship Act violence in the State in December 2019. Visits anti-CAA firing victim’s house Soon after his release, Mr. Gogoi visited the house of Sam Stafford, a schoolstudent who was among the five persons killed in the anti-CAA violence in Guwahati. Mr. Gogoi’s advocate Shantanu Borthakur said three others – Dharjya Konwar, Manas Konwar and Bittu Sonowal – who were arrested with him were also discharged on Thursday. The NIA court last week granted two days’ parole to Mr. Gogoi to meet members of his family in Guwahati and eastern Assam’s Jorhat.

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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi’s plea challenging sedition charges against him
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi’s plea challenging sedition charges against him

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India on July 21 sought a response of the Centre on a plea of RTI activist and independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi challenging the invocation of penal provision of sedition against him in a case related to anti-CAA protests. In a path-breaking order, the top court had on May 11 last year decided to put in …

Anti-CAA stir | Supreme Court grants bail to independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in NIA case
1 year, 8 months ago

Anti-CAA stir | Supreme Court grants bail to independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in NIA case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 18 granted bail to independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links. A Bench of Justices V. Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal, however, affirmed a Gauhati High Court Order which had set aside Akhil Gogoi's discharge in the case. Earlier, the high court had permitted the …

UAPA | Supreme Court Confirms Gauhati HC Order Setting Aside Discharge Of Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi, Grants Bail
1 year, 8 months ago

UAPA | Supreme Court Confirms Gauhati HC Order Setting Aside Discharge Of Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi, Grants Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday confirmed "in all aspects" the Gauhati High Court’s decision to set aside trial court's order discharging activist-turned-politician Akhil Gogoi in connection with offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. Besides, the high court ought not to have made observations on the merits of the case while setting aside the discharge order and remanding …

SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest in NIA case related to anti-CAA stir
1 year, 10 months ago

SC protects independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi from arrest in NIA case related to anti-CAA stir

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has granted independent Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi protection from arrest in connection with a case related to anti-CAA protests and suspected Maoist links, and sought a response from the National Investigation Agency on his plea. The lawmaker, who has allegedly been vocal against the Central government during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, moved the top court against …

Gauhati High Court Reserves Verdict In NIA's Appeal Against Discharge Order In Sedition Case Against MLA Akhil Gogoi
2 years ago

Gauhati High Court Reserves Verdict In NIA's Appeal Against Discharge Order In Sedition Case Against MLA Akhil Gogoi

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Monday reserved its verdict in an appeal moved by the National Investigation Agency challenging the Special Court's July 1, 2021 order to discharge Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi in a sedition case and clearing him of charges under the stringent UAPA.The bench of Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Malasri Nandi reserved the Judgement after the arguments …

Akhil Gogoi | Always in opposition
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi | Always in opposition

The Hindu  

Akhil Gogoi has had run-ins with the Assam government since he took the Right to Information route to expose alleged wrongdoings in 2005. In 2004-05, Mr. Gogoi led the Doyang-Tengani Sangram Samiti that concentrated on the Doyang-Tengani area of eastern Assam’s Golaghat district where the locals, some of them alleged encroachers on forest land, were experiencing ecological transitions due to …

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi to revive anti-CAA movement

The Hindu  

Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi has vowed to revive the anti-Citizenship Act movement that lost steam in Assam after a violent start in December 2019. “We will resume the anti-CAA movement and not allow any foreigner to stay in the State,” Mr Gogoi told journalists in Nagaon on Friday, about 125 km east of Guwahati, on the …

NIA Court Acquits Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi of All Charges, Walks Out of Jail
3 years, 6 months ago

NIA Court Acquits Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi of All Charges, Walks Out of Jail

News 18  

A National Investigation Agency court in Guwahati acquitted on Thursday activist and MLA Akhil Gogoi and three others in a case related to anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in the state in December 2019. Gogoi’s advocate said the investigating agency has presented a “protected witness” in the Chandmari case for which the NIA has filed an additional charge sheet in the …

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case
3 years, 6 months ago

Anti-CAA protests: Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi released from jail after being cleared in UAPA case

Firstpost  

“Truth has finally prevailed, though no efforts were spared to keep me behind the bars,” the Raijor Dal chief told reporters after his release Guwahati: Assam legislator Akhil Gogoi on Thursday walked free after more than a year-and-a-half in captivity as a special NIA court cleared him of all charges under UAPA for his alleged role in the violent anti-CAA …

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family
3 years, 6 months ago

Activist-politician Akhil Gogoi granted two-day parole to visit family

The Hindu  

Sibsagar MLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi was on June 25 allowed to go home after almost 550 days in captivity, but for two days. A special court of the National Investigation Agency granted him 48-hour parole after he wished to visit his wife and teenaged son in Guwahati and mother in Jorhat, about 310 km east. “We had …

NIA Court Grants 2-day Parole to Akhil Gogoi to Visit Mother, Son
3 years, 6 months ago

NIA Court Grants 2-day Parole to Akhil Gogoi to Visit Mother, Son

News 18  

An NIA court on Friday granted two-day parole to Independent Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on humanitarian grounds to visit his mother and son. The NIA court cleared Gogoi and two of his associates of charges in one of the two cases lodged against him under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967 for his alleged role in violent protests against the Citizenship …

NIA Court Discharges Akhil Gogoi In UAPA Chabua Case
3 years, 6 months ago

NIA Court Discharges Akhil Gogoi In UAPA Chabua Case

Live Law  

A Special NIA Court today in Gauhati has discharged Raijor Dal Chief, Akhil Gogoi in the Chabua case involving UAPA. Special NIA Judge Pranjal Das ordered thus: "In view of the materials on record as discussed above, I am of the considered opinion that the omissions and commissions of A- 1 revealed by the materials cannot be prima-facie said to …

Akhil Gogoi cleared of UAPA charge
3 years, 6 months ago

Akhil Gogoi cleared of UAPA charge

The Hindu  

A special court of the National Investigation Agency has cleared Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi in one of two cases he was slapped with under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, for allegedly inciting violence during the December 2019 protests in Assam against the Citizenship Act. On Tuesday, NIA Special Judge Pranjal Das did not frame charges against Mr. Gogoi in connection …

Akhil Gogoi wins Sibsagar from jail
3 years, 8 months ago

Akhil Gogoi wins Sibsagar from jail

The Hindu  

Activist Akhil Gogoi, in jail since December 2019 on charges of sedition and inciting violence during the anti-Citizenship Act movement, has won from Sibsagar, once a communist bastion that the Congress took over in 2001. Consolidation of the leftist votes, localised anti-CAA sentiments and an emotional campaign by his mother Priyoda Gogoi are believed to have worked for Mr. Gogoi. …

Gauhati HC Rejects NIA Plea against Bail Order of Activist Akhil Gogoi in Anti-CAA Stir Case
3 years, 9 months ago

Gauhati HC Rejects NIA Plea against Bail Order of Activist Akhil Gogoi in Anti-CAA Stir Case

News 18  

The Gauhati High Court has upheld the bail order of peasant activist Akhil Gogoi by a Special NIA Court in relation to his alleged role in violent protests against the Citizenship Act in Assam in 2019. Dismissing an appeal by the National Investigation Agency, a High Court bench comprising Justices Suman Shyam and Mir Alfaz Ali said any act aimed …

HC upholds Akhil Gogoi's bail order, says civil disturbance not under UAPA
3 years, 9 months ago

HC upholds Akhil Gogoi's bail order, says civil disturbance not under UAPA

India TV News  

The Gauhati High Court has upheld the bail order of peasant activist Akhil Gogoi by a Special NIA Court in relation to his alleged role in violent protests against the Citizenship Act in Assam in 2019. Dismissing an appeal by the National Investigation Agency, a High Court bench comprising Justices Suman Shyam and Mir Alfaz Ali said any act aimed …

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly Elections 2021 | Akhil Gogoi branded Maoist deliberately, says Medha Patkar

The Hindu  

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Thursday said people who orchestrate mob lynching have been labelling Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi as a terrorist of the Maoist kind to keep him behind bars. This was because the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government in Assam was scared of him, she told journalists in Guwahati after campaigning for the jailed Raijor …

'NIA tortured me, offered bail if I joined RSS, BJP': Akhil Gogoi in letter
3 years, 9 months ago

'NIA tortured me, offered bail if I joined RSS, BJP': Akhil Gogoi in letter

Firstpost  

Guwahati: Anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi in a letter from jail on Tuesday alleged physical and mental torture in custody and claimed that he was offered instant bail by NIA interrogators if he joined either the RSS or BJP. The letter released by Gogoi’s newly floated political outfit Raijor Dal said that the peasant leader was taken to Delhi on 18 …

Activist Akhil Gogoi Gets Bail in NIA Case Over CAA Protests
4 years, 3 months ago

Activist Akhil Gogoi Gets Bail in NIA Case Over CAA Protests

The Quint  

The case, which was filed at the Chabua police station, was later transferred to the NIA. The same special court, on 7 August, had rejected Gogoi's bail plea in another case that was registered at the Chandmari police station. Gogoi has challenged the verdict in the Gauhati High Court, the hearing for which is scheduled for 13 October. Gogoi, the …

NIA Court Sends Assam Leader Akhil Gogoi to Custody Till 13 May
4 years, 8 months ago

NIA Court Sends Assam Leader Akhil Gogoi to Custody Till 13 May

The Quint  

A case was filed at the the Chandmari Police station in the Gawahati against Gogoi in December. The Gauhati HC had issued an interim stay order on the default bail that Gogoi had received in the NIA's case in which he was accused of having Maoist links. Another case against Gogoi, also for inciting violence, had been filed at the …

Assam anti-CAA protests: NIA court extends KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi's judicial custody by 14 days
4 years, 11 months ago

Assam anti-CAA protests: NIA court extends KMSS chief Akhil Gogoi's judicial custody by 14 days

Firstpost  

Guwahati: A special NIA court on Friday again remanded Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti chief Akhil Gogoi, who has been arrested and booked under stringent UAPA for his alleged role in anti-CAA protests in Assam, to 14-day judicial custody, his lawyer said. Image courtesy Ibnlive Gogoi was produced before the court amid tight security at the end of his previous 14-day …

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi remanded to judicial custody for 14 days
5 years ago

RTI activist Akhil Gogoi remanded to judicial custody for 14 days

India TV News  

A special NIA court on Thursday remanded peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, who had been arrested by the agency, to judicial custody for 14 days. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from Jorhat on December 12 when large scale protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act was rocking Assam under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act. Earlier in the day the …

NIA raids 'activist' Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati
5 years ago

NIA raids 'activist' Akhil Gogoi's residence in Guwahati

Op India  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi in Guwahati and seized Akhil Gogoi’s old laptop and several documents, including RTIs filed by him. Akhil Gogoi’s wife, Karabi Gogoi said the NIA also took the diary he wrote when he was jailed the last time. Read: Understanding Assam …

Akhil Gogoi's mother on hunger strike, demands his release from NIA custody
5 years ago

Akhil Gogoi's mother on hunger strike, demands his release from NIA custody

India TV News  

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti Leader Akhil Gogoi’s mother, Priyada Gogoi, is on a hunger strike demanding his unconditional release from the NIA Custody. It’s a conspiracy to divert the movement but people of Assam must fight for justice,” local news portal GPlus quoted Akhil Gogoi as saying. Earlier, on December 17, a special NIA court in Guwahati sent Gogoi to …

Special NIA court sends Akhil Gogoi to 10-day custody amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests
5 years ago

Special NIA court sends Akhil Gogoi to 10-day custody amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests

India Today  

A special court of National Investigation Agency in Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday sent Assam peasant leader Akhil Gogoi to a 10-day NIA custody. Akhil Gogoi -- the adviser of Assam's farmers' organisation Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti -- was arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act amid protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act. Amid tight security the NIA had produced Akhil …

Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi arrested in Assam's Jorhat
5 years, 1 month ago

Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi arrested in Assam's Jorhat

India Today  

RTI activist and peasant leader Akhil Gogoi was arrested on Thursday in Assam's Jorhat district as a preventive measure, amid violent protests against the Citizenship Bill across the state, officials said. A senior official of the Jorhat administration told PTI that Gogoi was taken into custody to avoid any "untoward incident" in the district, as well as other parts of …

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