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Watch the State

@watchthestate

@project_polis

#WatchtheState: Our weekly update on patterns of state violence in #India.

Here's a quick review of reported instances of #stateviolence. @project_polis

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Human rights activist Khurram Parvez sent to 3-week judicial custody, shifted to Tihar jail. #Kashmir
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@suchitrav

"In #Kashmir, the draconian #UAPA terror law has become a lethal weapon to silence and intimidate: anyone can be arrested and disappeared indefinitely without any formal records." @suchitrav & @kiccovich: thepolisproject.com/read/the-mask-… via @project_polis

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Bar & Bench - Live Threads

@lawbarandbench

@NIA_India

#BombayHighCourt is hearing the application filed by #BhimaKoregaon accused #VaravaraRao seeking extension of the interim bail granted to him.

@NIA_India

Rao was granted interim bail in February 22, 2021 by the Bench led by Justice SS Shinde for 6 months.

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Matter kept back as ASG is not present. To be heard post lunch break at 2.30 pm.

#BombayHighCourt #VaravaraRao

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Levina🇮🇳

@LevinaNeythiri

https://twitter.com/Resonant_News/status/1378563835917856768

Everyone's bn asking- Y CANT A STRONG ACTION b taken? #Sukma
This is GUERILLA WARFARE!
Not even AMERICA hs bn able to win agnst GUERILLAS.
Only solution is stifling their funding frm #lSl & Cheen.
It'll take a lil longer to solve the N@XAL prob.
Hamare Jawan Amar rahe! 🙏🇮🇳

https://twitter.com/Resonant_News/status/1378563835917856768

Since my above tweet hs bn misread by few---
The causality rate in FIBUA (Fighting in built up area) like Kashmiri towns has a ratio of 4-5 :1, (for every 4-5 terrorists killed 1 Soldier is lost), similarly GUERILLA WARFARE comes with it's perils.

The above is true for all the nations across the world.
And they hv not bn able to change this ratio, so far.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

Sr Adv Anand Grover mentioned application on behalf of #BhimaKoregaonCase accused #varavararao for allowing deposit of temporary cash bail valid for a period of 2 months till they make arrangements for solvent sureties.

He stated that the application is being filed and they have to procure the signatures of Rao on the affidavit.

#BhimaKoregaonCase
#VaravaraRao

Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale orally requested Chief PP Deepak Thakare to allow Rao’s lawyer Adv Satyanarayanan to visit him in the hospital for signatures.

#BhimaKoregaonCase
#VaravaraRao

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

#BombayHighCourt will hear #BhimaKoregaon accused #VaravaraRao’s application tomorrow seeking directions for making change in the formality of submitting surety to the Special NIA Court for releasing Rao on bail.

Rao was granted temporary bail of 6 months by Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale on Monday.

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Sr Adv Anand Grover mentioned to the court that the procedure for obtaining surety was taking a long time.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

#BombayHighCourt will pronounce its verdict today in the plea filed by #BhimaKoregaon accused Dr. Varavara Rao seeking bail on medical grounds.

#VaravaraRao
#elgarparishad

Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale will render the verdict.

#VaravaraRao
#BhimaKoregaon

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Bench has assembled. Pronouncement will begin shortly.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

[VERDICT ALERT]

#BombayHighCourt will pronounce the verdict in the plea filed by #BhimaKoregaon accused Dr. Varavara Rao for grant of bail on medical grounds.

Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale will render the verdict on Monday @ 11 am

#VaravaraRao
#ElgarParishad

Senior Advocates Anand Grover and Indira Jaising contended that the medical condition of Rao may relapse to a critical state if he is sent back to Taloja Central Prison, and the decision to do so would be against his fundamental right to health.

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ASG Anil Singh opposed the application on behalf of NIA submitting that on the hypothetical possibility of a medical emergency faced by Rao and considering the serious offences charged against him bail ought not be granted.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

@NIA_India

#BombayHighCourt will begins hearing the plea of #BhimaKoregaon accused Dr. Varavara Rao for grant of bail on medical grounds along with his the plea seeking Court’s intervention against violation of his fundamental right to health.

@NIA_India

In the previous hearing ASG Anil Singh commenced submissions on behalf of NIA.

The Court had also directed for a fresh report on the health status of Rao from Nanavati Hospital.

Chief PP Deepak Thakare submitted the fresh report as per the order.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

#BombayHighCourt begins hearing plea of #BhimaKoregaon accused #varavararao raising grievance against violation of his fundamental rights by not providig adequate medical facilties to him.

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh begins by submitting that Rao was in hospital and now as per the hospital he can now be discharged.

Court indicates that they want to hear the plea finally.

ASG pointed out that the reliefs sought by the petitioners are on medical grounds.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

Justice (retd.) Madan Lokur to shortly speak on the theme "Defending Liberties" in a virtual discussion hosted by the Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum and WCLA.

Justice (retd.) Lokur will also interact with Warisha Farasat, Tara Narula, Shalini Gera and Sowjhanya Sukumaran.

Webinar begins.

The organisers introduce Justice (retd.) Lokur and other speakers.

@taranarula1

Adv Tara Narula starts off the discussion with a query to Justice (retd.) Lokur on the writ of habeas corpus.

@taranarula1

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

[Live Thread]

#BombayHighCourt to hear today the bail plea moved for Dr Varavara Rao's release on medical grounds from #Talojajail where he is presently in custody following his arrest in connection with the #BhimaKoregaon case.

#varavararao

@IJaising

Court had posted the matter today in physical court after facing audio difficulties during the virtual hearing yesterday.

Sr Adv @IJaising submitted yesterday that the State's medical report submitted on Rao's health condition was an eyewash

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Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Madhav Jamdar begin hearing the matter.

#BombayHighCourt
#varavararao

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

@NIA_India

[Vacation Court hearing]

#BombayHighCourt to hear the plea filed by wife of activist and #BhimaKoregaon case accused Varavara Rao for his immediate release on bail citing medical grounds.

Bench of Justices SS Shinde and Madhav Jamdar will commence hearing at 3 pm

@NIA_India

In the last hearing, the Court directed that a medical examination be conducted to gauge the health status Rao and to submit the medical assessment report by November 16.

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Bench has assembled. Hearing will commence shortly.

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Bar & Bench

@barandbench

@NIA_India

#BombayHighCourt will begin hearing the pleas filed by wife of activist and #BhimaKoregaon case accused Varavara Rao seeking his release from #Talojajail where he is presently in custody.

Bench of Justices AK Menon and SP Tavade will commence hearing at 3 pm.

@NIA_India

In the new plea filed by Rao’s wife under Art. 226, she has sought Rai’s immediate release from detention citing medical grounds and failure by government authorities to provide appropriate medical treatment in jail.

#BhimaKoregaon
#VaravaraRao

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Bench assembles.

Sr. Adv. Indira Jaising addresses the court, asks for court for a minute to set up her mike and video.

#BhimaKoregaon
#VaravaraRao

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The POLIS PROJECT

@project_polis

#PROFILESOFDISSENT is a series that centers on amplifying stories of courage that are both ordinary and remarkable in India, and their personal and political histories, as a way to reclaim our public spaces
Here is a thread with what we have published so far:

“Above all, there should be dignity and respect in the affairs related to the birth or death of human beings” – a profile of Varavara Rao #ProfilesOfDissent #VaravaraRao
thepolisproject.com/profiles-of-di…

We need groups organised to fight, they’re the ones who can make a dent” – a profile of Sudha Bharadwaj thepolisproject.com/we-need-groups…
#SudhaBharadwaj #FreePoliticalPrisoners #ProfilesOfDissent

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Parth MN

@parthpunter

Outrageous:

Varavara Rao's family writes another letter. This time to the home minister of Maharashtra for having gotten NO INFORMATION about his health condition or treatment at Nanavati Hospital for the last TWELVE DAYS.

#VaravaraRao

"We hope you will understand the anxiety of a family who is kept in dark for 12 days when a member is lodged in a hospital in a grave condition," the letter reads.

We have been calling Nanavati Hospital also every day since July 20, 2020 but received no response from them. We contacted the PRO of Nanavati Hospital on July 21, 2020. In response to our message to the hospital authorities (the PRO of Nanavati Hospital)...

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Parth MN

@parthpunter

@newsclickin

With #VaraVaraRao testing positive for #COVID__19, it has exposed Vernon Gonzales to the virus as well. Before being brought to JJ Hospital, Rao hadn't even been able to brush on his own. Vernon was assisting him.

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My report for @newsclickin

On July 15, when Rao's family visited him in the hospital, they found him lying "like an orphan" on a urine-soaked bed in the transit ward.

“The ward was stinking, and he was unattended,” his nephew Venugopal told me on the evening of July 15.

Is it too much to expect "mainstream media" to discuss the shameful treatment being meted out to #VaraVaraRao? Are they waiting for him to die?

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Parth MN

@parthpunter

#VaraVararao has been shifted to JJ Hospital. Hopefully, he won't be hurriedly discharged like he was 40 days ago.

#VaraVararao nephew N Venugopal has posted on Facebook that there was no official confirmation from the authorities. They got to know from a CPM leader.

Important:

#VaraVararao has been taken to JJ Hospital for tests. The results of the tests would determine whether they admit him or send him back to Taloja.

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Parth MN

@parthpunter

From Varavara Rao's Press Conference:

"Yesterday evening was a scary call. When Hemalata asked him how was he, he couldn't even understand the question, and started talking about his father's funeral, which happened 75 years ago."

This is scary. What have we done?
#VaraVararao

"Varavara Rao has been hallucinating. He has not been able to walk on his own, brush on his own. He needs assistance. Our immediate demand is to get him better treatment."

"Don't kill him in jail," #VaraVararao's tearful nephew says.

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The Hindu

@the_hindu

#VaravaraRao was first taken to Gandhi hospital for check-up before being presented at Nampally criminal court, when reports last came in. bit.ly/2MzQkgF

Other activists arrested are Vernon Gonsalves in Mumbai, Gautam Navlakha in Delhi, Sudha Bharadwaj in Haryana bit.ly/2Myu9re

JNU professor Jayati Ghosh, accompanying Sudha Bhardwaj, alleged that the Maharashtra Police seized two laptops, two mobile phones and a pen drive from the house of Ms. Bhardwaj.

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