The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha seeking his transfer to house arrest from the Taloja Central Jail.
A Division Bench of Justices S.B. Shukre and G.A. Sanap was hearing a plea by Mr. Navlakha, 70, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence case.
He is seeking house arrest on the grounds of his ill-health and “poor sanitation conditions” in the jail. He has been lodged in the ‘anda’ cell (solitary confinement), where he is allowed a walk in the open space for half an hour and has to clean it.
