India, Dec. 18 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha to move to his house in Delhi till the trial in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence case begins.

The court's decision comes with a few caveats as the 74-year-old has been asked to surrender his passport to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and has been banned to leave Delhi without prior permission from the special NIA court, which is trying 16 accused, including Navlakha, in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon violence case. Navlakha has also been ordered to be present at the trial court when charges are framed against the accused, and attend every other hearing after that as directed by the NIA.

After additional solicitor gene...