1. Default bail to activist Sudha Bharadwaj after 3 years

On December 1, the Bombay High Court granted bail to lawyer-activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-violence case, but rejected the bail pleas of eight others. The special NIA court, in its ruling a week later, imposed bail conditions stating that she cannot travel out of Mumbai without permission, contact the co-accused or any other person who is directly or indirectly in similar activities or speak to the media.

2. Bail to Aryan Khan, two others in the cruise ship drugs case

“There is hardly any positive evidence on record to convince this court that all the accused persons with common intention agreed to commit the unlawful act,” said a single Bench of Justice N W Sambre on October 28, granting bail to Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and fashion model Munmun Dhamecha in the drugs on cruise case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each. In a detailed order, the court stated that no substance was found on Aryan, and that there wasn’t any evidence of a conspiracy against him or co-accused to commit drug-related offences.