Taloja Jail

The debate between personal liberty and national security concerns has been growing. In this context, the norms surrounding solitary confinement and speedy trial along with ensuring human dignity while being incarcerated need to be reemphasised.

New Delhi (ILNS): Justices S. S. Shinde and Madhav J. Jamdar of the Bombay High Court today heard the bail application of poet-activist Dr Varavara Rao, seeking release on medical grounds and ordered a video examination to assess his health situation by a team of doctors.

Pendyala Hemlatha, wife of 81-year-old poet-activist Dr Varavara Rao, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking the release of her husband, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, on medical grounds.