
Mumbai: Court rejects plea by Elgaar accused Ferreira seeking order to NIA on interception of mails
A special court on Monday rejected an application filed by lawyer-activist Arun Ferreira, an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, seeking directions to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit an order from a competent authority for interception of emails.
On a separate application filed by lawyer Surendra Gadling, the court directed the jail authorities to return the letters addressed to him that were not delivered.
Last month, Ferreira had submitted that certain emails relied on as evidence by the prosecution were “intercepted” without authorisation and sought directions to the NIA to submit an order from a competent authority for the interception. The NIA denied that there was any interception, stating that the emails referred to by Ferreira were downloaded with proper procedure from co-accused Rona Wilson’s electronic device.