Bhima Koregaon case: Delhi High Court pulls NIA for shifting Gautam Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai© thequint.com

Bhima Koregaon case: Delhi High Court pulls NIA for shifting Gautam Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai

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The Delhi High Court has said that the NIA showed “inexplicable, frantic hurry” in moving activist Gautam Navlakha, who has been charged under the UAPA in the Elgaar Parishad Case, from Delhi to Mumbai when his interim bail plea was pending for hearing before it.

Navlakha was transferred to Mumbai on Tuesday, a day before his interim bail application was listed for hearing.

“While ordinarily this court would not see too much cause for hurry in this case, in view of the inexplicable, frantic hurry shown by the NIA in moving the applicant from Delhi to Mumbai while this matter was pending and the NIA had itself sought time to file status report, this court does get a sense that all proceedings in this jurisdiction would be rendered utterly infructuous if an element of urgency is not brought to bear on the present proceedings,” Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani observed.