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Review: From Phansi Yard by Sudha Bharadwaj

Through 76 sketches of inmates she met during her own imprisonment, activist Sudha Bharadwaj’s From Phansi Yard looks at the material conditions, the food, the celebrations and the humiliations of life in jail

Sudha Bharadwaj is back in court, this time for others

When she was released on conditional bail in the Bhima Koregaon case, for which she spent over 3 years in jail, one of the first things Sudha Bharadwaj asked her daughter to send from her home in Bilaspur were her black coat and her lawyer’s sanad.

Sudha Bharadwaj walks out of prison after 3 years

Byculla jail superintendent Yashwant Phad said that they received court papers ordering the release of Bharadwaj on Thursday morning

NIA court orders Bharadwaj’s release on ₹50,000 cash surety

Sudha Bharadwaj on Wednesday appeared before special NIA judge Dinesh Kothalikar, who ordered her release on a personal bond of ₹50,000.

Activist Sudha Bharadwaj to be released from jail on ₹50k bail bond

Sudha Bharadwaj was arrested in August 2018 under the provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.

SC junks NIA plea against bail to Bhima-Koregaon activist Sudha Bharadwaj

The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave, held at Shaniwarwada in Pune on December 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Bhima-Koregaon war memorial located on the city's outskirts.

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay high court grants bail to Sudha Bharadwaj

The Bombay high court granted bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj while rejecting default bail pleas of her eight co-accused arrested in connection with alleged inflammatory speeches at the December 2017 Elgar Parishad conclave in Pune.

Bombay HC says Sudha Bharadwaj entitled to default bail in Elgar Parishad case 

The high court directed Bharadwaj to approach the special NIA court by December 8 so that it may decide on her release and bail conditions.

Bharadwaj says Pune judge who denied bail not of correct rank

Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel Yug Chaudhry submitted that the judge who granted the 90-day extension of her custody to Pune Police in 2018 was not competent and that the order was illegal.

At Singhu border, banners ask protesters to uphold dignity of stir

Another banner read, “The farmers are conducting peaceful protests in different parts of the country. Kindly cooperate with them to uphold the dignity of their movement. They (farmers) are innocent and responsible for providing food to the nation.”

There is an environment of fear in India. The State must renew the commitment to rights

The action against a range of intellectuals and activists and journalists — Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, Stan Swamy, Apoorvanand, Harsh Mander are among the better-known examples — indicates that the space for free expression and dissent is jeopardised

SC says Sudha Bharadwaj has ‘good grounds’ for bail on merits

Activist Sudha Bharadwaj seeks bail on medical grounds, SC advises this

Sudha Bharadwaj’s counsel decided to withdraw her bail plea filed on medical grounds on the Supreme Court’s suggestion.

Elgar Parishad accused Sudha Bhardwaj’s bail application rejected

Sudha Bharadwaj had sought bail citing her co-morbidities and the crowded Byculla women’s prison where she is kept.

Elgar Parishad case: HC directs state to provide medical reports of accused to their families

The court has held that the inmates and their families have the right to know the status of their health condition and, as a result, the reports must be shared with them at the earliest

Elgar Parishad case: NIA opposes bail pleas of Sudha Bharadwaj, Varavara Rao

After hearing arguments from the NIA, the HC, however, directed the state prison authorities to permit Rao’s family members to contact him through video call and directed the Maharashtra government to submit the latest health report of the Bharadwaj.

NIA opposes Sudha Bhardwaj’s bail plea, says she is getting best treatment in jail

Sudha Bhardwaj has been lodged in jail since 2018 after her arrest in the Elgar Parishad case.

Elgar Parishad case: 9 accused sent to judicial custody till March 13

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday remanded nine people accused in the Elgar Parishad case in judicial custody till March 13. The nine accused in the case – Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale, Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj, Shoma Sen and Vernon Gonsalves – were produced the special judge, DE Kothalikar, on Friday.

Bhima-Koregaon case: HC denies bail to three activists

Justice Sarang Kotwal rejected their bail pleas, noticing that there was sufficient material and reasonable grounds to believe that the accusations made against the trio were prima facie true.

High Court rejects bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira

The activists were arrested by Pune police on October 27, 2018 on a charge of being part of a banned Maoist organisation and inciting violence after the Elgar Parishad held at Pune.

Gautam Navlakha’s arrest shield extended by Supreme Court till October 15

Navlakha’s request to cancel a first information report (FIR) filed against him in the January 1, 2018 caste clashes at Bhima Koregaon in Maharasthra’s Pune district had been rejected by the Bombay high court.

Nothing incriminating in docus used against Sudha Bharadwaj, says her lawyer

Choudhary, while replying to queries posed by a bench of justice Sarang Kotwal regarding admissibility of letters recovered from the computers of co-accused Surendra Gadling and Rona Wilson, submitted that as per the Evidence Act, the documents could suffice to implicate the two if the said documents were written by them and recovered from their possession, but not Bharadwaj.

Activists’ Bhima Koregaon case: media asked to leave court as Ferreira alleges police violence

Judge Vadane then asked the media and other advocates present to leave and recorded Ferrira’s statement in the presence of just the public prosecutor and the defence counsels

Elgar Parishad case: Bail hearings of accused to be heard in Pune court on November 13-14

The judge in his order stated that prima facie there appeared to be serious charges against all the accused of conspiring and indulging in anti-national activities

Bhima Koregaon case: Pune court remands activists Sudha, Vernon and Arun to police custody till November 6

Advocate Siddhartha Patil, who represented Ferreira, said necessary material had been seized long ago and the police had two months to check and investigate the matter.

Activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira sent to police custody till Nov 6

Public prosecutor Ujjwala Pawar told the court that the activists were “involved in a larger conspiracy that could harm the security and integrity of the country”.

Elgar Parishad arrests: Pune court rejects bail pleas of civil rights activists

The Pune Police had arrested these three activists along with two others - poet P Varavara Rao and Gautam Navlakha - on August 28 in connection with the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31. These civil rights activists were charged with inciting violence at Bhima Koregaon the next day as per the investigations done by Pune Police.

Bhima Koregaon case: Activists taken into custody after Pune court rejects bail petitions

A Pune Court rejected the bail rejected the bail pleas of Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Sudha Bharadwaj who were arrested by Pune police for their alleged Maoist links and also refused to grant them any relief by staying their arrest to enable them to approach the HC.

Bhima-Koregaon case: Pune court rejects bail pleas of activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves

The prosecution had argued against the bail of all three left-leaning activists saying they have “corroborative evidence” against the activists which establishes their links with banned outfit CPI (Maoist).

#UrbanMaoists probe: Pune court rejects bail applications of Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves

Pune Police had arrested these three activists along with two others - poet P Varavara Rao and Gautam Navlakha -- on August 28 in connection with the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, which allegedly triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima the next day.