The Supreme Court Tuesday extended by one month its earlier order to place Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha under house arrest instead of jail [Gautam Navlakha v NIA].A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna extended the interim order of house arrest till the second week of January 2023, when the matter will next be heard. .The apex court had, on November 10, allowed a plea filed by Navlakha to be shift him from jail to house arrest for a month.Navlakha, a former Secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights, was arrested in August 2018, but was initially placed under house arrest.He was later moved to Taloja Central Prison in Maharashtra in April 2020 after a Supreme Court order.Relying upon the Supreme Court judgment in his default bail case, Navlakha moved the High Court pointing out that he was being denied basic medical aid and other necessities in Taloja and was suffering great hardships at his advanced age.The Bombay High Court, however, rejected the plea prompting the present appeal before apex court.The top court allowed the plea subject to various safeguards. .[Read order]
The Supreme Court Tuesday extended by one month its earlier order to place Bhima Koregaon accused Gautam Navlakha under house arrest instead of jail [Gautam Navlakha v NIA].A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna extended the interim order of house arrest till the second week of January 2023, when the matter will next be heard. .The apex court had, on November 10, allowed a plea filed by Navlakha to be shift him from jail to house arrest for a month.Navlakha, a former Secretary of the People's Union for Democratic Rights, was arrested in August 2018, but was initially placed under house arrest.He was later moved to Taloja Central Prison in Maharashtra in April 2020 after a Supreme Court order.Relying upon the Supreme Court judgment in his default bail case, Navlakha moved the High Court pointing out that he was being denied basic medical aid and other necessities in Taloja and was suffering great hardships at his advanced age.The Bombay High Court, however, rejected the plea prompting the present appeal before apex court.The top court allowed the plea subject to various safeguards. .[Read order]
