Elgar Parishad accused demand probe into Stan Swamy's death, stage hunger strike in jail
3 years, 6 months ago

Elgar Parishad accused demand probe into Stan Swamy's death, stage hunger strike in jail

India Today  

The Elgar Parishad case accused, who are awaiting the beginning of their trial and are currently lodged at the Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai, held a daylong hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of the “institutional murder” of tribal activist, Father Stan Swamy. The protesting Elgar Parishad case accused have also sought a judicial enquiry on the death of Stan Swamy, for which they plan to request Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old activist, had been shifted to a hospital after the Bombay High Court got to know about his depleting health conditions. The other accused in the Elgar Parishad case held a hunger strike against the NIA and the Taloja Jail superintendent who they said are responsible for Stan Swamy’s death.

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‘Bhima Koregaon 16’ go on hunger strike to mark Stan Swamy’s death anniversary
6 months ago

‘Bhima Koregaon 16’ go on hunger strike to mark Stan Swamy’s death anniversary

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Fifteen of the sixteen accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, known as the BK-16, a moniker referring to the accused, went on a day-long hunger strike on Friday to mark the third death anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, the sixteenth accused, who died in prison, in July 2021, at the age of 84, awaiting bail. Mumbai, India …

Bombay HC seeks reply of NIA, Maharashtra govt on plea filed by Father Stan Swamy's next of kin
2 years, 10 months ago

Bombay HC seeks reply of NIA, Maharashtra govt on plea filed by Father Stan Swamy's next of kin

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the National Investigating Agency and the Maharashtra government, seeking their reply on a petition filed by Father Frazer Mascarenhas. Mascarenhas is the next of kin of late Father Stan Swamy who died while in judicial custody last year. Father Stan Swamy was arrested by the NIA in connection with the 2018 Elgar …

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC asks Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh plea against NIA court's observations
3 years, 1 month ago

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC asks Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh plea against NIA court's observations

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has directed late Father Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh proceedings raising grievances against the observations made against the tribal rights activist by the special court under the National Investigation Agency Act. However, more than four months after Swamy's death, the bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal asked the lawyers to file a fresh …

Maharashtra: Elgar case accused observe hunger strike in jail against 'institutional murder' of Stan Swamy
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Elgar case accused observe hunger strike in jail against 'institutional murder' of Stan Swamy

India TV News  

Ten accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case went on a one-day hunger strike in the Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Wednesday to protest against what they termed as an "institutional murder" of co-accused Jesuit priest Stan Swamy. The other accused in the case termed Swamy's death an "institutional murder" and held the "negligent jails, indifferent courts and …

Stan Swamy, 84-year-old activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy, 84-year-old activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies

Live Mint  

Activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has passed away, his counsel informed the Bombay High Court on Monday. The 84-year-old Jesuit priest died at 1.30 pm today, Dr Ian D'Souza, director of the Holy Family Hospital in suburban Bandra, told the HC's division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar. Swamy's counsel …

Why was Stan Swamy arrested when NIA did not want to question him, lawyer asks in court
3 years, 6 months ago

Why was Stan Swamy arrested when NIA did not want to question him, lawyer asks in court

India Today  

The lawyer of Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy has questioned the arrest of the Elgar Parishad case accused when the National Investigation Agency did not want his custody even for a day. The Bombay High Court was informed minutes before Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy's bail application was going to be heard that the Elgar Parishad case accused had passed …

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC says Stan Swamy entitled to bail, issues notice to NIA
3 years, 8 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC says Stan Swamy entitled to bail, issues notice to NIA

India Today  

A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Investigation Agency and sought its response on a medical bail plea filed by Stan Swamy. Hearing the medical bail plea, a bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale directed the Maharashtra government to file a report on Stan Swamy's current health condition by May …

Elgar Parishad case: Activist Stan Swamy moves Bombay HC for bail
3 years, 8 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Activist Stan Swamy moves Bombay HC for bail

India Today  

Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist case, has approached the Bombay High Court for bail on health grounds. The 83 year-old in his appeal, filed in the HC on Monday, has challenged an order passed by a sessions court here last month refusing him bail. The sessions court, while refusing bail to Swamy, had noted that …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy had conspired with Maoists to overthrow govt, says NIA court
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy had conspired with Maoists to overthrow govt, says NIA court

India TV News  

The special NIA court that refused bail to 83-year-old Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case has held that prima facie Swamy had hatched a "serious conspiracy" with members of a banned Maoist organisation to create unrest in the country and to overthrow government. Special judge DE Kothalikar, who rejected Swamy's bail plea on Monday, …

Elgar Parishad case: Special NIA court in Mumbai rejects activist Stan Swamy's bail plea
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Special NIA court in Mumbai rejects activist Stan Swamy's bail plea

Firstpost  

Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea filed by tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Additional sessions court judge Judge DE Kothalikar rejected bail pleas of 83-year-old Swamy on merits as well as on medical grounds. The National Investigation Agency had opposed Swamy’s bail plea saying the probe …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected by special NIA court
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected by special NIA court

India Today  

A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai rejected the bail plea filed by 83-year-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy on Monday. Additional sessions judge DE Kothalikar rejected Swamy’s bail plea, which had been filed on merit, as well as on medical grounds in November 2020. Arguments against bail Arguing against Swamy’s bail plea, the NIA claimed that the investigation …

Elgaar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgaar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected

India Today  

The special NIA court in Mumbai has rejected the bail of Father Stan Swamy, 83, a Jesuit priest and activist working with tribals for decades in Jharkhand. Father Stan Swamy is an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, linked to the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence. Swamy’s lawyer Sharif Shaikh had filed the bail plea on merits of the case as …

We Don’t Have a Sipper For Stan Swamy: NIA Responds After 20 Days
4 years, 1 month ago

We Don’t Have a Sipper For Stan Swamy: NIA Responds After 20 Days

The Quint  

Swamy has been lodged in the Taloja Central Jail in Maharashtra. Other than his Parkinson’s, father Stan Swamy has also almost lost hearing in both his ears and has fallen down in jail multiple times. A special NIA court, had last month, denied Swamy's bail application which was filed on medical grounds. The NIA had at the time opposed bail, …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy files plea to use straw, sipper in jail due to health issues, NIA to reply by 26 Nov
4 years, 2 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy files plea to use straw, sipper in jail due to health issues, NIA to reply by 26 Nov

Firstpost  

Reports said that the 82-year-old activist, who is accused of “receiving funds for furthering the Maoist agenda”, has Parkinson’s disease which leads to shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with walking, balance, and coordination Eighty-two-year-old Father Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, has filed an application before a special court, seeking that he be allowed to use a …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA chargesheet alleges link to Pakistan's ISI
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA chargesheet alleges link to Pakistan's ISI

Op India  

A mammoth 10,000-page supplementary charge sheet was filed by the National Investigation Agency on Friday against eight accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, including Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Hany Babu and Stan Swamy. The NIA charge sheet mentioned that the accused had “active links” with banned outfit Communist Party of India. In its charge sheet, the National Investigation Agency has charged …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha, 6 others
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha, 6 others

Live Mint  

In the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, the National Investigation Agency on Friday has filed a charge-sheet against eight persons, including prominent activists Gautam Navlakha, Anand Teltumbde, Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Jagtap, Stan Swamy and Milind Teltumbde. The anti-terror agency has reportedly filed a 10,000-page charge-sheet against eight accused for "criminal conspiracy, waging war …

Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Arrests 83-Year-Old Social Activist Father Stan Swamy from Ranchi
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Arrests 83-Year-Old Social Activist Father Stan Swamy from Ranchi

News 18  

Facing criticism over the arrest of 83-year-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, the National Investigation Agency has alleged that the Jesuit priest is an active member of CPI Maoist. Though the agency is yet to release an official statement on the arrest of Swamy from Ranchi, officials told News18 that the priest was part of “Maoist conspiracy” in the Elgar …

Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Questions Activist Stan Swami in Jharkhand
4 years, 5 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case: NIA Questions Activist Stan Swami in Jharkhand

News 18  

The NIA on Thursday questioned social activist Stan Swami at his residence here in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, an official said. A team of the National Investigation Agency reached his house in Ranchi's Namkun area and questioned him for over two hours, an NIA spokesperson said. The case relates to an Elgar Parishad event of December 31, 2017, …

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