The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued formal notice to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on a plea for permanent medical bail filed by 83-year-old poet-activist P. Varavara Rao in the Bhima Koregaon case.
A Bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit posted the case for final hearing on August 10. The court gave the NIA time till August 2 to file its counter-affidavit and Mr. Rao was allowed time till August 8 to file his rejoinder to it
Meanwhile, the interim protection granted to Mr. Rao by the Supreme Court on July 12 would continue to operate.
