One-liner: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the National Investigation Agency's appeal challenging the Bombay HC order granting default bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
No reason to interfere: A bench said there is no reason to interfere with the high court order and refused to consider the submissions raised by the NIA which had moved the apex court against the Dec 1 order.
Entitled to bail: The activist lawyer was entitled to bail and its denial would be in breach of her fundamental right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, the high court had said.
Background: The case relates to inflammatory speeches delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave, held in Pune on Dec 31, 2017, which the police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial.
Source: PTI