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Keeping Navlakha under house arrest will set “wrong precedent”: SC

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New Delhi, Sep 1: The Supreme Court said on Friday keeping activist Gautam Navlakha under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case further will set a “wrong precedent” and directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to apprise it of his current medical condition and the stage of trial.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and J B Pardiwala asked Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the NIA, to file an affidavit within four weeks. Navlakha, 70, is under house arrest at a public library in Mumbai since November 2022. “Prima facie we have our reservations, but a lengthy order has been passed. Without going into the merits of the case, this might set a wrong precedent. You may have 100 per cent merit, not saying anything about that. But to facilitate this, and do this for one person…file an affidavit. It should include the present condition of this person and the stage of the trial,” the bench observed orally.
As the hearing began, the lawyer appearing for Navlakha said the apex court had directed the NIA to file its reply in April on the activist’s plea seeking a change of accommodation but the federal anti-terror agency has not submitted its response till date. Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Navlakha, told the bench that the Bombay High Court is scheduled to hear the activist’s bail plea and sought time.
The ASG said Navlakha owes money to the State and urged the bench to direct them to pay at least Rs 20 lakh towards expenses for making available police personnel for his security. Ramakrishnan submitted that NIA’s own medical examination confirms Navlakha’s ailment. While ordering his house arrest on November 10 last year, the apex court had directed Navlakha to deposit Rs 2.4 lakh towards the expenses to be borne by the state for deploying police personnel to effectively place him under house arrest.(PTI)

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