Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on National Farmers' Day urged protesting farmer leaders to end their prolonged hunger strike, citing serious health risks and the fading media attention on their cause.
In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court of India has recently declined to interfere with a second First Information Report (FIR) filed against Pawan Kumar Ahluwalia and other directors of KJS Cement (I) Ltd.
Advocate Ramdas, appearing for the accused, said that these students of Osmania University were protesting peacefully when the police attacked them, prompting them to act in self-defence.
Several MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the national capital approached the Delhi High Court, seeking directions to the Delhi Government to forward 14 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports to the Speaker of the state Legislative Assembly in a time-bound manner.
The Delhi High Court has extended the interim bail of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, convicted in the Unnao rape case, for one more month. Sengar had approached the court requesting a five-month extension of his bail on medical grounds.
In a statement, the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels said, "The European Union notes with concern the sentencing of twenty-five civilians by a military court on 21 December in Pakistan."
A case of gang rape has been registered against BJP MLA Harish Shakya, his brother Satendra Shakya, among 16 others, in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Civil Lines Police Station filed the case following a court order. The allegations include sexual assault, land grabbing, and other offenses.
The amendment by the Centre is based on a recommendation from the Election Commission of India. This came in the wake of a recent Punjab and Haryana High Court directive in the Mahmoud Pracha vs ECI case, where the court ordered the sharing of all documents related to the Haryana Assembly el
"It is most unfortunate that while a proceeding was going on in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and certain directions were given by the High Court, the election conduct rules, specifically with regard to those directions, have been changed," Tewari stated.
The amendment by the Centre now restricts public scrutiny of certain electronic documents, including CCTV footage, based on a recommendation from the ECI. The Union Law Ministry recently amended Rule 93(2) to specify which documents are open to public inspection.