Dr Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Hany Babu Musaliyarveetil Tharayil, three members of Kabir Kala Manch, and Father Stan Swamy are among those named in the charge sheet.
The seven accused are academic and activist Dr Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha, Hanybabu Musaliyarveetil Tharayil, three members of Kabir Kala Manch (Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap, Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor), and Father Stan Swamy. The eighth accused Milind Teltumbde is said to be on the run
A single-judge bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal hearing the bail plea of Gonsalves and others also said that “such books” and CDs prima facie indicated they contained some material against the State.
This year, the conference will be organised by PB Sawant, former Supreme Court judge and BG Kolse-Patil, former Bombay High Court judge on the theme ‘Save the Constitution’