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In a striking departure from the legal principle that “bail is the rule, jail the exception”, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that those accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case should “better be in jail” until acquitted or convicted.

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a petition which sought directions to widen public access to the hearings of the Central Information Commission under the Right to Information Act, Bar and Bench reported.

Byju Raveendran, the co-founder of ed-tech giant BYJU’s, was held guilty of contempt by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court in the US on Monday, July 7. The court also imposed civil sanctions worth USD 10,000 per day on him beginning July 1. Byju had maintained that the Delaware court does not…

From branding South Indians as “yandu gundu” in the 70s to targeting North Indians as “bhaiyas”, regional identity has long been the Thackeray brand’s go-to political weapon – first with Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, then with Raj Thackeray’s breakaway Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Decades later, with both Uddhav and Raj politically…