NIA Court Allows Jailed Activist Sudha Bharadwaj to Access Five Books a Month
Special judge D.E. Kothalikar said the lawyer will be allowed to access books from outside the Byculla prison, but only after the superintendent carefully examines them for objectionable content .
Sudha Bharadwaj. Photo: File
Rights14/Jan/2021
New Delhi: A special NIA court has allowed lawyer and activist Sudha Bharadwaj, who is in custody for her alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon case, to access five books a month from outside the Byculla prison.
The Hindu, special judge D.E. Kothalikar directed the Byculla district prison’s superintendent to “carefully examine the books” for objectionable content.
Court allows 5 books a month to Sudha Bharadwaj
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They should not contain objectionable material, it says.
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They should not contain objectionable material, it says.
The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has allowed access of five books a month to Sudha Bharadwaj, accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, from outside the Byculla prison.
Special judge DE Kothalikar directed the Superintendent of the Byculla district prison to grant the access to Ms. Bharadwaj, trade unionist and human rights lawyer. The court said, “The Superintendent shall carefully examine the books and if they contain objectionable material, which preaches violence, vulgar, obscene, pornographic or the material propagating the banned organisation namely Revolutionary Democratic Front or CPI (Maoist), in that case he shall not allow the applicant [Ms. Bharadwaj] to accept such books.”