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The Supreme Court has said that no coercive action should be taken against the owners of diesel vehicles older than 10 years and of petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi-National Capital Region. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai passed the interim order in response to a review petition filed by the Delhi government.

The Delhi government has sought a review of a Supreme Court verdict from 2018 that had ordered the ban. The curbs, however, took effect on July 1.

Under the directive, the end-of-life vehicles would not be allowed to refuel. To enforce the ban, automatic number plate recognition cameras were installed at petrol pumps.

The Delhi government on Tuesday argued that the ban on old vehicles was arbitrary and was no longer needed due to stricter monitoring of emissions and increased pollution testing. Read more.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has set up a committee to investigate allegations against High Court judge Yashwant Varma in the unaccounted cash row. The three-member inquiry panel will comprise Supreme Court judge Arvind Kumar, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Maninder Mohan Srivastava and BV Acharya, a senior advocate in the Karnataka High Court.

The panel will submit its report “as early as possible”, Birla told the Lower House of Parliament.

The proposal to impeach Varma will remain pending till the committee submits its report.

Unaccounted cash was allegedly recovered at Varma’s official residence in Delhi when emergency services responded to a fire there on March 14. The judge said that he was in Bhopal when the cash was discovered and claimed that it did not belong to him or his family. Read more.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that the Supreme Court’s order to relocate all stray dogs from Delhi, Noida and Gurugram was a “step back from decades of humane, science-backed policy”. He said that such blanket removals “are cruel, shortsighted and strip us of compassion”.

On Monday, the court directed the Delhi government and the municipal corporations of Noida and Gurugram to capture and shift street dogs to shelters, saying immediate action was needed to address the situation.

Even as Gandhi criticised the Supreme Court order, his party colleague P Chidambaram said that the directions should be implemented across the country.

In Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has supported the directive, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stating that it would be carried out in a systematic manner. However, BJP leader and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has argued that the order is impractical. Read more.

Several persons at a pastor’s home were injured in Bihar’s Katihar district after alleged members of the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal attacked them during a prayer. The Bajrang Dal claimed they had information about religious conversions being conducted at the gathering, with their district coordinator saying they had arrived to find "efforts...to entice and persuade 200 to 250 innocent Hindus."

However, a witness has said that 30-40 men, some carrying weapons, attacked the prayer meeting of around 45 individuals.

A complaint was filed at the Sahayak police station against the violence.

Shikhar Choudhary, the Katihar superintendent of police: “We are identifying those involved in the assault, and an FIR has been lodged against them for further action.” Read more.

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