Bombay High Court Likely To Hear Activist Stan Swamy's Bail Plea In Elgar Case On Wednesday

Stan Swamy's lawyer has submitted a note in the high court detailing the lack of medical aid at the Taloja prison, impossibility of social distancing in the overcrowded jail, and his client's deteriorating health.

The Bombay High Court is likely to hear the medical bail plea of Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoists Links case, on Wednesday. The 84-year-old activist, arrested in October 2020, is currently lodged in the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai and is suffering from ill health. Stan Swamy's advocate, senior counsel Mihir Desai, has submitted a note in the high court detailing the lack of medical aid at the Taloja prison, the impossibility of social distancing (required during COVID-19) in the overcrowded jail, and his client's deteriorating health condition amidst all of this. Earlier this month, Mr Desai was granted permission by a high court bench, led by Justice SS Shinde, to move the vacation bench seeking hearing on Stan Swamy's bail plea on medical grounds.