New Delhi: The Supreme Court expressed doubts about its earlier decision to allow Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, to shift from jail to house arrest.According to Bar and Bench, a bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and J.B. Pardiwala noted that the order did not deal with the merits of the overall case and proceedings against Navlakha.“We may have our own reservations, prima facie, but we will not say anything. Quite a lengthy order was passed. But without getting into merits if such an order is made applicable to everyone then,” said Justice Sundresh.The previous order was passed by another bench of the top court.The court made these remarks while hearing an application filed by Navlakha to change his address, in view of the earlier order for his house arrest.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) argued that the house arrest was unwarranted and that Navlakha hadn’t paid a portion of his security expenses.The central probe agency said that he is yet to pay up at least 25% of the dues to cover the expenses of his security cover, which amounted to Rs 1.1 crore, according to the local police.However, senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, representing Navlakha, refuted the allegation and pointed out that no break-up of such dues has been provided.The court adjourned the matter for eight weeks, allowing both parties to submit their responses.The apex court had on November 10 allowed Navlakha to be placed under house arrest on account of his health.However, the NIA had requested that Navlakha’s transfer from prison to house arrest be put on hold, raising concerns about the security of the premises.Navlakha had been arrested in August 2018. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the ‘Elgar Parishad’ conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, which Pune police claimed triggered violence the next day near the Koregaon Bhima war memorial on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city.The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by Maoists.The case was later handed over to the NIA.