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Sep 20 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
September 20, 2022: Ongoing update on India's Political Prisoners:
1. Yesterday, the hearing on bail #SiddiqueKappan's bail application in Lucknow Enforcement Directorate sought adjournment because Additional Solicitor General SV Raju will appear at the next hearing.
The next date of September 23 (via @ZafarAafaq )
"Former Lucknow Varsity VC Roop Rekha Verma at the age of 79, volunteered to stand as surety to fulfill the court condition for the release of #SiddiqueKappan in the UAPA case. Bail conditions required 2 UP natives, but no one in Yogi land was willing."
2. The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail plea filed by Delhi University’s associate professor and vocal anti-caste activist Hany Babu, an undertrial prisoner in the 2017 Elgar Parishad case.
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