New Delhi: Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has distanced himself from a case in the Bhima-Koregaon violence case. The CJI on Monday distanced himself from hearing a petition challenging the Bombay High Court order denying the FIR lodged against civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha accused in the case. The Chief Justice said that the matter should be listed before the bench in which I am not involved.
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The case was presented before the bench of Chief Justice, Justice SA Bobde and Justice S Abdul Nazir. The Maharashtra government filed a caveat in the matter and requested that it be heard before passing any order. On 13 September, the Bombay High Court refused to quash the FIR lodged against Navlakha for the Koregaon-Bhima violence and alleged Maoist contacts in 2017. The High Court had said that given the seriousness of the case, we feel that a detailed investigation is needed.
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Pune Police filed an FIR against Navlakha and others in January 2018 after Elgar Parishad on 31 December 2017. A day after organizing the Elgar Parishad, violence erupted in Koregaon Bhima in Pune district. The police had accused Navlakha and other accused in this case of having links with the Maoists. Explain that this case provoked Dalit politics.