Speaker 1: This is the catch upon three Things by the Indian
Speaker 1: Express and I am Ichhasharma. Today is the thirtieth of
Speaker 1: July and here at today's headlines. Starting with major news,
Speaker 1: the Supreme Court today questioned how the Bihar government could
Speaker 1: retain a minister who has remained unelected beyond the six
Speaker 1: month constitutional limit and ask the state to explain its position.
Speaker 2: A three judge bench presidented over Chief Justice.
Speaker 1: Of India Surikant was hearing a request to fix a
Speaker 1: date for hearing a plea challenging the appointment of Deeper
Speaker 1: Prakash as Panchayati Raj minister in Bihar for the second
Speaker 1: time without having been elected as an assembly member. CGI
Speaker 1: can't ask the council appearing for the Bihar government quote,
Speaker 1: it is a pure legal issue. How are you retaining
Speaker 1: a minister beyond six months when he is not elected?
Speaker 2: Unquote? For those who may not know already, Article one.
Speaker 1: Hundred and sixty four subsection four allows a non member
Speaker 1: to remain minister for six months subject to getting elected
Speaker 1: as a member within that period. In other major news
Speaker 1: making national headlines, the Delhi government today approved the withdrawal
Speaker 1: of thirteen fires registered in connection with the Cookro Junta
Speaker 1: Party protest at Jhandtarmantar. It said no action will be
Speaker 1: taken against those involved in the protests, but made it
Speaker 1: clear that the protection would not extend to those with
Speaker 1: criminal antiseident As most of you would remember. On Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the Apex Courte ordered the release of children under the
Speaker 1: age of eighteen who have been reported to be arrested
Speaker 1: or detained in connection with ongoing protests and who do
Speaker 1: not possess any criminal antecedents. The Bench of Chief Justice
Speaker 1: of India Sura Kan, the Justice Joimalabakchi and Justice V.
Speaker 2: Muhana said, quote, the NCT of.
Speaker 1: Delhi and other states may proceed with the investigation of
Speaker 1: their fias registered. However, no coesive measures shall be taken
Speaker 1: against the protesting students. Such protection, nonetheless, shall not be
Speaker 1: extended to the persons with criminal antecedents unquote. Meanwhile, the
Speaker 1: Supreme Court yesterday gave a posthumous clean chid to the
Speaker 1: late former Prime Minister man Mohan Singh in a case
Speaker 1: pertaining to the alleged cold block scam that the Central.
Speaker 2: Bureau of Investigation was proving.
Speaker 1: A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surikhan, Justice Joimala
Speaker 1: Bakhchi and Justice V.
Speaker 2: Muhanna accepted the CBI's.
Speaker 1: Decision to close the case against Singh, who passed away
Speaker 1: on twenty sixth of December twenty twenty four and allowed
Speaker 1: his appeal challenging the summons issued to him by a
Speaker 1: trial court in twenty fifteen. Regarding the case. In August
Speaker 1: and October of twenty fourteen, the CBI had fired closure
Speaker 1: reports before the trial court of then Special Judge Barhad Pariser,
Speaker 1: finding no case against Singh.
Speaker 2: The special court, however.
Speaker 1: Rejected the reports, took cognizance of the case and summoned
Speaker 1: Singh in March twenty fifteen. The Supreme Court had stayed
Speaker 1: the summons to sing in.
Speaker 2: April twenty fifteen.
Speaker 1: In other major news, the Supreme Court today is said
Speaker 1: that pellet guns cannot be banned to legal provisions governing
Speaker 1: their use, that is, for crowd control and exceptional circumstances
Speaker 1: are changed. The court, however, indicated it is open to
Speaker 1: examining specific instances of misuse. The bench, headed by Chief
Speaker 1: Justice of India Surikant, was hearing petitions filed by former
Speaker 1: Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau yeshowardhan Azad and two
Speaker 1: individuals who allegedly sustained pellet gun injuries, seeking a ban
Speaker 1: on the use of such guns for crowd dispersal when
Speaker 1: dealing with civilian assemblies, and in the end in news
Speaker 1: making global headlines, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nathan Yahu and
Speaker 1: US Vice President J. D. Vans held a frank, one
Speaker 1: on one meeting in Washington on Tuesday to address growing
Speaker 1: to mentions over Iran Israel's policies and Van's recent public
Speaker 1: criticism of the Israeli government. The meeting at Blair House
Speaker 1: was described by an Israeli official as frank and candidate,
Speaker 1: while a US official categorized the conversation as direct. Van's
Speaker 1: office declined to comment. The meeting came amid simmering tensions
Speaker 1: between the two leaders. XOS reported that Nathania, who was
Speaker 1: unhappy with Vance's public criticism, including remarks accusing the Israeli
Speaker 1: leader of stoking opposition to the Memorandum of Understanding and
Speaker 1: of being insufficiently loyal.
Speaker 2: To President Donald Trump.
Speaker 1: Nathan ya who had also privately criticized Van's role in
Speaker 1: the war, and with that this was all for today.
Speaker 1: This was the catch upon three things by the Indian Express,