Elgar Parishad case | Supreme Court extends stay imposed by Bombay High Court on order granting bail to Gautam Navlakha

The court referred the agency’s appeal to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) after being told that similar bail matters of other accused in the same Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case are pending before other benches of the top court.

The NIA had appealed challenging the December 19 order of the Bombay HC that granted bail to the 72-year-old activist. The HC had suspended its order for three weeks so that the NIA could file an appeal in the top court, which was about to lapse on January 9.

“Since the high court by its order of December 19 has stayed its decision for three weeks, the same stands extended till the CJI allocates the matter before a bench,” the SC bench of justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti said on Friday.