SC grants interim bail to Kejriwal till June 1
Supreme Court ( SC ) on Friday , granted interim bail to
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case till June 1 to
campaign for the Lok Sabha elections .
The two judge bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta
was delivering the verdict.
The Court ordered Kejriwal not to sign files , visit his
office , or comment on liquor policy case .
ED had contended that releasing politicians for poll campaigning
would send a wrong message that politicians were immune from arrest . ED had
said that other politicians may also use elections for bail .
Some of the observations of SC were :
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SC said that each such case should be seen differently
. Court negated any propensity to use the present case for granting interim
bail in other cases .
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SC highlighted that AAP was a national party and
General Elections was the most
“significant and important “ event this year
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SC in its verdict confirmed that bail conditions
restricting political leaders from political activities and public rallies
amount to breach of fundamental right .
Kejriwal exports supporters to join ‘ fight against
dictatorship ‘
Minutes after walking out of Tihar Jail Mr Kejriwal asked
country to save from dictatorship .
Mr Kejriwal said “ I appeal to all of you to come together
and fight against dictatorship in the country “ .
“ I had promised you ,I will be out soon . Here I am in
front of you “ , Mr Kejriwal said .
12 Naxalites gunned down by police in Chhatisgarh
As many as 12 Naxals were gunned down in N encounter with
security personnel in Chhatisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday .
Kharge’s letter an attempt to push a biased narrative :
EC
Recently Congress
President Mallikarjuna Kharge posted a public letter to his colleagues of INDIA
bloc leaders . In the letter Mr Kharge casts doubt on EC’s functioning and wondered whether the “
unusual spike “ in the final voter turnout in comparision to the one released
at the end of the day , was an attempt to “ doctor “ the final results .
Election Commission ( EC ) on Friday rebutted Mr. Khrge’s
letter as an “ attempt to push a biased
narrative under the guise of seeking clarifications “ .
EC said that such a letter in mid of election was to “
create confusion , misdirection and impediment to the conduct of smooth , free
and fair elections . “
In a meeting of INDIA bloc just after EC’s rebuttal the
members discussed EC voter turnout
figure .
The voter turnout reported after first and second phase of
elections on 19 April and 26 April were 60 % and 60.95%.
The revised turn out by EC released on 30 April said the
turnout in the two phases to be 66.14 and 66.71% .
World
India backs palestinian’s
bid for full UN membership
Arab Group brought a resolution in UN General Assembly ‘
Admission of the new mene rs to the United Nations ‘ in support of state of
Palestine’s full membership to the UN.
The resolution got 143 votes in favor , nine against and 25
abstention .
The resolution determined that “ the state of Palestine is qualified for
membership of UN “ and “ should therefore be admitted to the membership in the
United Nations “ .
Palestine currently is a observer state to UN . It can not vote
to UNGA or put its members to UN organs .
India was the first no Arab state to recognise the
Palestinian labor organisation as representative of Palestinian people .
India was also the one of the first countries to recognise
the state of Palestine in 1988 and in 1996 .
Russia launches offensive across border in northeast
Russia has launched a ground offensive in Ukraine’s
Northeast Kharkiv region and civilians were being evacuated , amid ongoing
fighting , Ukrianian officials said on Friday .
Ukraine said that it had repelled Russia’s incursion but “
fighting of varying intensity “ was ongoing .
A high ranking Russian official said that Russia has
advanced into Ukraine by 1 km , and was “ trying to create a buffer zone “ to
prevent attacks on Russia. Territory .
Biden set to impose tariffs on China strategic sector
US president Joe Biden is set to announce new tariffs on
Chinese imports . The new tariffs will be on strategic and security related
trade .
Electric Vehicles , Batteries and Solar Panel is expected among this .
The measure could draw retaliation from China .
India withdrew its troops , says Maldives
Maldivian foreign
minister Moosa Zameer met EAM S Jaishankar on Thursday .
India withdrew its last remaining soldier stationed in Maldives on Friday , Maldivian
Foreign Ministry official said .
After coming to power Maldivian President Muizzue had
ordered 88 Indian soldiers who had been stationed in the territory to assist with maritime
patrols .
Chasm between Biden and Netanyahu widens as Israel vows
to continue war
The recent decision by US to not deliver offensive arms to
Israel has widened the gulf between the two nations .
US has been main ally
to Israel during the war . It vetoed most of the resolutions against
Israel brought by other countries .
US has been major supplier of arms to Israel .
But as casualties in Gaza grew , which currently has
surpassed 34,000 US became cautious
about civilian killings .
US President Biden
recently cautioned Netanyahu against any offensive in Rafah .
But getting no clear indication from Israel , IS halted transporting
offensive arms last week .
Another pressure point could be the pro Palestinian protests
in US universities , that demanded US not to support Israel .
Meanwhile , Netanyahu seems to be committed for Rafah
offensive . Civilian in Rafha has been
asked to move to near by settlement .Recently Netanyahu said to press “ If we
have to stand alone , we will stand alone .
After 18 months,
China sends ambassador to India
China has sent a senior diplomat Xu Feohong as new Diplomat
to India .
Mr Xu said that his priority would be to restore exchanges
and cooperation in various fields and create steady condition for sound and steady
India China relationship
