The Supreme Court on Monday extended the house arrest of Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon case, till February 17.
A bench headed by Justice KM Joseph said the interim order allowing Navlakha’s house arrest would continue as Additional Solicitor General SV Raju was not available for the hearing today.
Appearing for Navalakh, senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan told the bench that her client’s daughter was living abroad and sought permission if could take a call from her.
She said, “He can’t call an international number. I thought we’d file an application, but while we’re here. I’ll pass on the information to the NIA.”
Previously, the bench extended to today’s Navlakha house arrest.
On November 10, the Supreme Court, in an interim order, allowed Navlakh to be placed under house arrest for a period of one month, considering his health and old age.
Navlakha had approached the Supreme Court requesting that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody in Maharashtra’s Taloja jail.
The Supreme Court imposed several conditions on Navlakha, including that he is not allowed to use any mobile phone, laptop, communication device, or gadget. He will use the phone provided by the police service.