Bombay High Court Judge Justice Sadhana S Jadhav on Tuesday, 19 April, recused herself from hearing a batch of petitions in the Elgar Parishad case. She is the third judge to recuse from hearing in the matter this year.
On Tuesday, when pleas related to the case came up before the bench led by Justice Jadhav, the judge said, "This matter (not to be listed) before me."
Tuesday's pleas include those filed by accused Rona Wilson, Shoma Sen, Surendra Gadling, and next of kin of late Father Stan Swamy, Father Frazer Mascarenhas.
The matter had reached the bench led by Justice Jadhav after going through multiple judges.
A bench under Justice Sunil B Shukre was specially assigned to hear the matter. He was, however, transferred to the Nagpur bench. The case then came to be listed before the next alternate bench led by Justice Jadhav.
Earlier, in February, Justice S S Shinde had recused himself from hearing cases pertaining to the matter. Before that, in January, Justice Prasanna B Varale had recused himself from hearing the plea by Rao seeking extension of medical bail. Thereafter, Justice Varale also recused himself from hearing other Elgaar Parishad matter.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday, 13 April, had dismissed pleas filed by Elgar Parishad case accused Varavara Rao, who had sought permanent medical bail and permission to shift to his residence in Hyderabad, Telangana, citing ill health and high expenses in Mumbai.
The court, however, extended the interim bail granted to Rao by three months so that the octogenarian can undergo cataract surgery.
Earlier, the Bombay High Court had permitted Anand Teltumbde, one of the accused in the Elgar Parishad case, to meet his nonagenarian mother for two days, from 8 to 10 March, in Chandrapur. This came three months after the death of his brother and Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde, who died in an encounter with Maharashtra police personnel on 13 November 2021.
(With inputs from The Indian Express.)
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