Overview
- A bench of Justices J. K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi adjourned Surendra Gadling’s bail plea by a month and allowed him to renew it if there is no meaningful progress.
- The Supreme Court said it would seek clarity from the Bombay High Court on a judge’s posting to the special NIA court handling related proceedings.
- An officer is to bring the electronic and trial records for inspection within a week after counsel reported that key digital evidence overlaps with the Elgaar case and has not been furnished.
- Maharashtra authorities were directed to ensure functional videoconferencing after repeated failures during Gadling’s production before the trial court.
- The Bombay High Court granted bail to Sagar Gorkhe and Ramesh Gaichor on grounds of parity and long incarceration, leaving Gadling as the only Elgaar accused yet to secure bail.