Bombay HC judge in Vernon Gonsalves case clarifies War and Peace referred to was Biswajit Roy's, not Tolstoy's
5 years, 4 months ago

Bombay HC judge in Vernon Gonsalves case clarifies War and Peace referred to was Biswajit Roy's, not Tolstoy's

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The Bombay High Court on Thursday, 29 August 2019, said it knew that Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace was a literary classic and that it didn’t mean to suggest that all the books seized by Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case were incriminating. Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday, 29 August 2019, said it knew that Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace was a literary classic and that it didn’t mean to suggest that all the books seized by Pune police in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case were incriminating. The observation by Justice Sarang Kotwal came a day after media reports said he asked accused Vernon Gonsalves to explain why he kept “objectionable material” like a copy of War and Peace at his home. I was making a query on the entire list that police has mentioned.” Yug Chaudhary, counsel for co-accused Sudha Bharadwaj, then told the court that the War and Peace that the court had referred to on Wednesday was a collection of essays edited by one Biswajit Roy, and was titled W_ar and Peace in Junglemahal: People, State and Maoists_.

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case. The single-judge bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing …

‘Referred to War and Peace by Biswajit Roy, not Tolstoy,’ says Bombay HC judge
5 years, 4 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

The Bombay high court on Thursday expressed anguish at the “misinterpretation of the book title” seized from activist Vernon Gonsalves’s house, during the hearing on his bail application on Wednesday. The court of justice Sarang Kotwal was unhappy with the conclusion that it had raised questions over the presence of the book, War and Peace, construed to be the one …

‘Why have you kept ‘War And Peace’ book at home,’ Bombay HC asks Vernon Gonsalves in Bhima-Koregaon case
5 years, 4 months ago

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The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case accused Vernon Gonsalves to explain why he kept “objectionable material” like a copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace and some CDs at his home. A single-judge Bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal hearing the bail plea of Mr. Gonsalves and others also said that “such books” and CDs prima …

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