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The proclamation was issued last week by a special judge designated under the NIA Act and was pasted on Rather’s residence in Qazigund on Saturday, according to officials familiar with the development. The court has directed Rather to appear before it on January 28, 2026, at 10 am to face the complaint filed against him.
In its order, the court stated that a public proclamation was being made to secure the presence of Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, who is required to answer charges in the case. Investigators believe that Rather is currently hiding in Afghanistan. His brother, Dr Adeel Ahmad Rather, was earlier arrested in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the same case.
The terror module came to light after Srinagar police launched an investigation into threatening posters targeting police and security forces that were pasted on walls in Bunpora, Nowgam, in mid-October. The probe led investigators to Al Falah University in Faridabad, Haryana, where two doctors, Dr Muzaffar Ganaie and Dr Shaheen Sayeed, were arrested. During the operation, around 2,900 kilograms of explosive material was seized in November.
According to investigators, the module was allegedly run by a core group of doctors, including Dr Ganaie, Dr Umar Nabi and Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather. Dr Umar Nabi was identified as the driver of the explosives-laden car that exploded near the Red Fort, killing 15 people.
Section 84 of the BNSS outlines the legal procedure for declaring an individual a proclaimed offender when they abscond to evade arrest. The process includes issuing a public proclamation through local announcements, pasting notices at the accused’s residence or village, affixing the order in court premises and, if required, publishing it in newspapers.
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Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that Wani was unable to present any official decision from the trial court showing that his request for a meeting had been denied.
The court stated that the accused is not an exceptional case and that all applicants are required to follow the established legal process.
This observation came after Wani’s lawyer argued that the trial court had turned down the request verbally.
Wani was arrested by the NIA on November 17 as an alleged active collaborator of suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi in the November 10 Red Fort car explosion which resulted in the loss of fifteen lives.
He was placed in NIA custody for ten days following an order by the trial court on November 18.
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]]>The review plea has been filed by ministers from West Bengal (Moloy Ghatak), Jharkhand (Rameshwar Oraon), Rajasthan (Raghu Sharma), Chhattisgarh (Amarjeet Bhagat), Punjab (B S Sidhu) and Maharashtra (Uday Ravindra Sawant).
The plea has been filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes.
On Aug 17, the top court had refused to interfere with the conduct of medical and engineering entrance exams — NEET and JEE scheduled to take place in September saying that life must go on and students can’t lose a precious year due to the pandemic.
The apex court had dismissed a plea by one Sayantan Biswas seeking direction to National Testing Agency, which conducts both the NEET and JEE exams, to postpone them and said that there was absolutely” no merit in the plea.
– PTI
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]]>A bench led by Justice RD Dhanuka rejected an appeal filed by Bharadwaj in June this year, whereby she had challenged a special court’s order that denied her bail on health grounds.
Bharadwaj, 58, had approached the HC seeking bail, saying that she suffered from chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
She had said these co-morbidities put her at a higher risk of contracting corona virus while at the Byculla women’s prison where an inmate had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier.
The court, however, noted the submissions made by the NIA and the Maharashtra government that the prison authorities were taking all precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and that they were providing necessary medical care to Bharadwaj for her comorbidities.
NIA counsel, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, also told the court that if at any time, Bharadwaj’s condition needed further treatment or if she was required to be admitted to a hospital, even a private one, the state would provide for the same.
Bharadwaj has been lodged in the Byculla women’s prison since September 2018 following her arrest in the case.
The case pertains to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune district on December 31, 2017. It is alleged that speeches made by some activists at the conclave led to violence near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial on outskirts of Pune city the next day.
– PTI
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