<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court has&nbsp; dismissed a plea seeking a review of the September 28 majority verdict by which the apex court had refused immediate release of five rights activists held in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud yesterday&nbsp; dismissed the plea filed by historian Romila Thapar&nbsp; .</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On September 28, the court rejected a plea for immediate release of the five rights activists arrested by the Maharashtra police&nbsp; and said&nbsp; they will remain under house arrest for four more weeks.By a majority verdict of 2:1, it had also refused to appoint an SIT to probe their arrest.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp; </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The activists were arrested in connection with an FIR filed following a conclave – 'Elgaar Parishad' – held on December 31 last year that had allegedly triggered violence later at Koregaon-Bhima village in Maharashtra.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;They were put under house arrest on August 29.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 27, 2018 2:31 PM
Koregaon-Bhima case: SC dismisses review plea for release of activists