Govt not looking at blanket withdrawal of Bhima Koregaon violence cases, only of non-serious offences, says NCP’s Jayant Patil
5 years, 1 month ago

Govt not looking at blanket withdrawal of Bhima Koregaon violence cases, only of non-serious offences, says NCP’s Jayant Patil

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Maharashtra Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government was not looking for a “blanket withdrawal” of cases in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government was not looking for a “blanket withdrawal” of cases in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence. After assuming charge as the Chief Minister, Thackeray had ordered withdrawal of cases registered against protestors of the Aarey metro car shed works and Nanar Refinery projects. Earlier yesterday, NCP MLC Prakash Gajbhiye wrote to Thackeray seeking withdrawal of cases filed against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon violence. Later that year, the police filed a charge sheet against ten people including five arrested activists – Roma Wilson, Shoma Sen, Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut and Surendra Gadling and five absconding accused – Commander Dipak Milind Teltumbde, Kishanda Prashant Bose, Prakash Naveen Rituoam Goswami, Commanders Deepu and Manglu.

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Preliminary Inquiry Initiated On Complaint Alleging Uddhav Thackeray Holds Disproportionate Assets: Maharashtra Govt To Bombay High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Preliminary Inquiry Initiated On Complaint Alleging Uddhav Thackeray Holds Disproportionate Assets: Maharashtra Govt To Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Maharashtra Government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that the State has initiated an inquiry into the alleged disproportionate assets of former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family. Government Pleader Aruna Pai informed the division bench of Justice Dhiraj Thakur and Justice Valmiki Menezes that the Economic Offences Wing has initiated preliminary inquiry in the complaint filed …

Willing to transfer 2020 Palghar lynching case to CBI for 'impartial' probe: Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra govt to SC
2 years, 2 months ago

Willing to transfer 2020 Palghar lynching case to CBI for 'impartial' probe: Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra govt to SC

Firstpost  

The previous government led by Uddhav Thackeray had told the Supreme Court that the Maharashtra Police was competent and willing to handle the investigation Mumbai: The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it is ready and willing to transfer the probe in Palghar lynching to CBI. Till the time the Uddhav Thackrey-led government was in …

Enforcement Directorate files money laundering charges in Bhima Koregaon case
2 years, 4 months ago

Enforcement Directorate files money laundering charges in Bhima Koregaon case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case. Several activists and people linked to banned outfits were arrested by the Pune Police in the case, which was later transferred to the National Investigation Agency. On January 1, 2018, clashes were reported when a group of people were on their way to Bhima Koregaon …

CM Eknath Shinde led govt to withdraw cases filed against agitations during Dahi Handi
2 years, 5 months ago

CM Eknath Shinde led govt to withdraw cases filed against agitations during Dahi Handi

Op India  

On Wednesday, the Maharashtra government led by CM Eknath Shinde decided to withdraw all the legal cases filed in connection with the alleged agitations during the Dahi Handi and Ganeshotsav. “In the cabinet meeting today, it has been decided to withdraw all the cases up to March 2022 in political and social agitations in the entire state in connection with …

Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots
3 years, 3 months ago

Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots

Live Law  

The Pune police "took away" research papers and evidence that revealed right-wing extremist leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote instigated and initiated the riots at Bhima Koregaon in Pune, on January 1, 2018, an anti-caste activist alleged before an inquiry panel, on Wednesday. "Pursuant to the FIR, Police Officers from Swargate Police Station, conducted a raid on my office at …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against 8, including Gautam Navlakha; Stan Swamy sent to judicial custody
4 years, 2 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against 8, including Gautam Navlakha; Stan Swamy sent to judicial custody

Firstpost  

82-year-old Swamy was arrested in Ranchi on Thursday and produced before a Mumbai court on Friday. He has been remanded to judicial custody till 23 October Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a chargesheet against eight people, including activists Gautam Navlakha and 82-year-old Father Stan Swamy, for their alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima …

Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files chargesheet against Stan Swamy, Gautam Navlakha, 6 others
4 years, 2 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 …

Uddhav Thackeray directs withdrawal of cases against citizens who protested tree felling in Mumbai's Aarey Colony
4 years, 3 months ago

Uddhav Thackeray directs withdrawal of cases against citizens who protested tree felling in Mumbai's Aarey Colony

Firstpost  

The decision was taken in a state cabinet meeting after Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray raised the issue, which was supported by ministers Jitendra Awhad and Aslam Shaikh among others Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters in 2019 for opposing felling of trees for a proposed metro car …

Maharashtra CM Directs Withdrawal of Cases Against Activists Who Protested Felling of Trees in Aarey
4 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra CM Directs Withdrawal of Cases Against Activists Who Protested Felling of Trees in Aarey

News 18  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state Home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed in Aarey Colony, a prime green lung of the city. The request for withdrawal of cases was made at the cabinet meeting by state Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray, which …

Defying Law Ministry's Advice, 62 Criminal Cases against Karnataka BJP MPs and MLAs Withdrawn
4 years, 4 months ago

Defying Law Ministry's Advice, 62 Criminal Cases against Karnataka BJP MPs and MLAs Withdrawn

News 18  

The BS Yediyurappa-headed government in Karnataka has decided to withdraw 62 criminal cases which implicated various BJP leaders, including sitting MPs and MLAs even as the law department advised against it. Among the cases being withdrawn is the one against Law Minister JC Madhuswamy and Tourism Minister CT Ravi, who were accused and charged under IPC sections 143 147 and …

Bhima Koregaon : NIA Opposes Interim Bail Sought By Sudha Bharadwaj On Medical Grounds
4 years, 6 months ago

Bhima Koregaon : NIA Opposes Interim Bail Sought By Sudha Bharadwaj On Medical Grounds

Live Law  

Affidavit has been filed by Vikram Khalate, Superintendent of Police, Head Office Branch, NIA Mumbai after Sudha Bharadwaj moved the High Court in appeal against the order of the Special Court rejecting her bail on May 29. The 58-year-old Bharadwaj, who is booked for various offences under the Unlawful Activities Act, is currently lodged in Byculla women's prison where an …

Cases against Aarey protesters to be dropped in a month: Maharashtra minister
4 years, 10 months ago

Cases against Aarey protesters to be dropped in a month: Maharashtra minister

India TV News  

The cases filed against Aarey metro car shed protesters will be withdrawn within a month, Maharashtra Minister Satej Patil said on Thursday. "The cases will be withdrawn in the coming one month, Patil told reporters outside the state legislature building in south Mumbai. The MumbaiPolice had filed cases against several protesters, including green activists, in October last year after they …

Bhima Koregaon case won't be transferred to Centre, says Uddhav Thackeray after Sharad Pawar criticises handover of Elgaar Parishad probe to NIA
4 years, 10 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case won't be transferred to Centre, says Uddhav Thackeray after Sharad Pawar criticises handover of Elgaar Parishad probe to NIA

Firstpost  

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday clarified that the investigation related to the Bhima Koregaon case has not yet been handed over to the Centre and assured that it will not be transferred to the Centre. माझ्या दलित बांधवांचा जो विषय आहे तो भीमा कोरेगाव बद्दल आहे आणि त्याचा तपास मी केंद्राकडे दिलेला नाही आणि देणार नाही आणि …

Bhima Koregaon case: Shiva Sena nods Centre's decision, NCP cries foul
4 years, 10 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Shiva Sena nods Centre's decision, NCP cries foul

Op India  

The Shiv Sena has given a green signal to the decision of the Union Government to transfer the Bhima Koregaon case to the National Investigative Agency on Wednesday, thereby drawing the ire of its ally, the Nationalist Congress Party, in the Maha Vikas Aghadi. However, the central government had handed over the Bhima Koregaon violence cases to the NIA, taking …

Bhima Koregaon case: Some people have been wrongly charged, says Maharashtra home minister
4 years, 11 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Some people have been wrongly charged, says Maharashtra home minister

India TV News  

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday expressed displeasure against central government transferring investigation of Bhima Koregaon case from Maharashtra Police to National Investigation Agency. Most important Anil Deshmukh suggested that some of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case may have been wrongly charged. Harshali Potdar, poet Sudhir Dhawale Deepak Dhengle, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor and his wife Jyoti …

Centre vs Maharashtra over 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence: MHA hands over probe to NIA, NCP claims state govt's consent not taken before mov
4 years, 11 months ago

Centre vs Maharashtra over 2018 Bhima-Koregaon violence: MHA hands over probe to NIA, NCP claims state govt's consent not taken before mov

Firstpost  

During the probe into Bhima-Koregaon case, Pune Police had claimed that Maoists and their supporters in urban areas were discussing a “Rajiv Gandhi-type” assassination plan against Modi. In a late night tweet, Deshmukh said, “I strongly condemn the decision to transfer the investigation of ‘Koregaon-Bhima’ case to NIA by the Central Government without any consent of Maharashtra State Government.” The …

Centre transfers Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case to NIA
4 years, 11 months ago

Centre transfers Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case to NIA

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: On a day the Maharashtra government dubbed Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad cases as 'BJP's conspiracy', the centre on Friday decided to transfer the politically sensitive Elgar Parishad case to central agency-National Investigating Agency. On Thursday, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh reviewed the Bhima Koregaon and Elgar Parishad cases. Recently, the Maharashtra police had told …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance
4 years, 11 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Meeting to review violence in Pune underway; Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and state HM Anil Deshmukh in attendance

Firstpost  

While some rights activists were arrested in the Koregaon Bhima case by the Pune city police, their rural counterparts had booked Hindutva leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide for allegedly inciting violence. Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh met senior police officials in Mumbai on Thursday to review the case of violence at …

Sharad Pawar bats for Bhima Koregaon violence accused ‘Urban Naxals’, demands ‘fresh probe’ from CM Thackeray
5 years ago

Sharad Pawar bats for Bhima Koregaon violence accused ‘Urban Naxals’, demands ‘fresh probe’ from CM Thackeray

Op India  

After senior NCP leader Jitendra Awhad exhorted Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to drop charges against accused Urban Naxals in Bhima Koregaon violence case, now the party supremo Sharad Pawar has demanded a fresh probe on Bhima Koregaon violence case. pic.twitter.com/0aH9QZbKHa — TIMES NOW December 21, 2019 Casting aspersions on the investigative agencies’ role in the Bhima Koregaon case, Sharad Pawar …

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announces dropping of cases against Nanar protesters
5 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announces dropping of cases against Nanar protesters

India TV News  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday ordered the withdrawal of cases against people who had protested the construction of a multi-billion dollar refinery in Nanar in Ratnagiri district. The Sena had opposed the mega-complex, estimated to cost upwards of Rs 3 lakh crore, and Thackeray had promised to get these cases withdrawn at several poll rallies in the state. …

Twitterati thanks CM Uddhav Thackeray for halting work at Aarey car shed; others blame him for 'slowing down' infrastructural projects
5 years, 1 month ago

Twitterati thanks CM Uddhav Thackeray for halting work at Aarey car shed; others blame him for 'slowing down' infrastructural projects

Firstpost  

Not only this, on Sunday, CM announced that the state government has ordered the withdrawal of all cases filed against environmentalists during the agitations against the construction of Aarey metro car shed. As the newly-formed Maha Vikas Aghadi government of Maharashtra took over, new chief minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered the stopping of work on the Mumbai Metro car shed project …

Cases against Aarey activists to be withdrawn: CM Uddhav Thackrey
5 years, 1 month ago

Cases against Aarey activists to be withdrawn: CM Uddhav Thackrey

India TV News  

Cases registered against green activists who tried to stop felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony will be withdrawn, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced on Sunday night. Cases were registered after clashes broke out between the police and green activists opposing axing of trees by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd in Aarey Colony early October for construction of …

Bhima-Koregaon case: Bombay HC declines relief to Navlakha
5 years, 3 months ago

Bhima-Koregaon case: Bombay HC declines relief to Navlakha

The Quint  

Mumbai, Sep 13 The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a plea by New Delhi-based civil liberties activist Gautam Navlakha to quash the FIR filed against him early last year by Pune police for his alleged Maoist links and involvement in Bhima-Koregaon Bhima and Elgar Parishad case. The case is not without basis and absence of material, and not restricted …

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused Surendra Gadling refuses to depose before commission probing Elgar Parishad-Maoist link
5 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Accused Surendra Gadling refuses to depose before commission probing Elgar Parishad-Maoist link

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Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told the commission probing the Bhima Koregaon violence on Friday that he did not want to depose as it would prejudice his case before the trial court Pune, Sep 6 Surendra Gadling, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told the commission probing the Bhima Koregaon violence on Friday …

What Has Happened A Year After Bhima Koregaon Arrests?
5 years, 7 months ago

What Has Happened A Year After Bhima Koregaon Arrests?

Live Law  

It was exactly a year ago that the Pune police arrested five activists for alleged Maoist links in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Surendra Gadling, a Nagpur-based advocate who had taken up cases of several UAPA accused, Sudhir Dhawale, Dalit activist-writer and founder of Republican Panthers, Mahesh Raut, a TISS alumnus working on tribal rights in Gadchiroli, Shoma Sen, a retired professor …

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