The Bombay High Court granted bail to former Delhi University professor Hany Babu, citing over five years of incarceration without trial in the Elgar Parishad case. The NIA’s request to stay the order was rejected as the trial remains far from completion.
Lakhs of people congregate every year at the 'Jay Stambh' to offer tributes on the anniversary of the battle, which was fought on January 1, 1818, between the East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy