Elgar case: Court refuses Gautam Navlakha permission to live in Delhi
The Hindu
Court denies activist Gautam Navlakha permission to live in Delhi due to Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, citing jurisdiction concerns.
A court here on Thursday (June 19, 2025) denied activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, the permission to live in Delhi.
Chakor Bhaviskar, special judge for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases, rejected the plea.
"Granting permission to the accused to travel beyond the jurisdiction of the court is a different thing and allowing him to reside permanently beyond the jurisdiction of the court is an entirely different thing," the court said.
The Bombay High Court, while setting his bail conditions, had not granted such liberty to Navlakha, the judge noted, adding, "this unnecessary application deserves to be rejected".
Navlakha (72), a resident of Delhi, was arrested in the case in April 2020.
He was granted bail by the Supreme Court in May 2024. One of his bail conditions was not to leave Mumbai without the permission of the special NIA court. He has been living in Mumbai with his partner.
Saying that it had become "extremely difficult for him to sustain a stable lifestyle" in Mumbai, the accused in April sought the court's nod to live in Delhi.
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