Aakar Patel | Don’t forget 16 of Bhima Koregaon: It’s symbol of what needs to change

Stan Swamy, suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was disallowed a glass with a sipper straw in jail for weeks

Won’t depose before commission: Surendra Gadling

The commission allowed Mr Gadling’s plea and discharged him from deposing.

Both of them are currently lodged in judicial custody at Yerawada jail.

Rao and Gadling were lodged in Yerawada jail following their arrest in the Elgar Parishad case, being probed by the Pune police.

All of them were arrested on June 6 for having links with banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

SC granted time to file chargesheet in Bhima-Koregaon violence case.

The court will give its ruling on the bail application of Shoma Sen and Surendra Gadling on November 1.

The Act mandates that if the trial court is satisfied with the report, it can extend the time for filing the charge sheet up to 180 days.

Justice Mridula Bhatkar of the Bombay high court was hearing petition filed by Mr Gadling challenging the order passed by the Pune sessions court.

Public prosecutor Ujjawala Pawar opposed the bail plea of the activists.