The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamadar and Justice S. Manu, also nullified an earlier directive from a single judge, which had instructed the magistrate to issue an order for registering an FIR on the complaint.
Approximately 69.12 per cent of over 1.93 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the by-elections across seven assembly constituencies in Rajasthan on Wednesday.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan told the Ajit Pawar faction that they must fight the elections under their own identity and refrain from using Sharad Pawar’s name during the electioneering.
The outcome of this by-election is seen as a critical prelude to the upcoming municipal elections, with both parties keen to maintain their influence.
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Jai Ram Thakur said that the appointment of CPSs by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was an unconstitutional decision taken in a dictatorial manner.
In the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, where Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made her electoral debut, the polling percentage dropped significantly this time. The constituency recorded a lower voter turnout, with the figure at 64.53 per cent as of 6:40 pm on Wednesday.
The Indian Navy will conduct the fourth edition of the nationwide coastal defence exercise, Sea Vigil-24, on 20 and 21 November.
As voting continues in the crucial bypolls for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and the Chelakkara Assembly constituency, the alleged leak of excerpts from CPI-M leader and former LDF convener EP Jayarajan’s upcoming autobiography has sparked a political storm in Kerala.
Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Wednesday chaired the 35th Tri-services Commanders’ Conference (TSTCC) at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi.
After more than six decades, the famous Buddhist monastery at Ratnagiri in Odisha’s Jajpur district will come under further excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India in collaboration with three universities.
