The Supreme Court on Friday directed activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to deposit another ₹8 lakh as an expense for making available police personnel for his security.
While ordering his house arrest on November 10 last year, the apex court had initially directed Navlakha to deposit ₹2.4 lakh as the expenses to be borne by the state for making available police personnel to effectively facilitate placing the petitioner under house arrest.
The direction by a bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna was passed after Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju submitted that a total bill of ₹66 lakh was pending.
