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The Supreme Court directed that central forces be deployed to provide security to judicial officers helping complete the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. A bench issued the order after taking note of seven judicial officers allegedly being gheraoed for hours in Malda district a day earlier.

They were reportedly held by a mob protesting against the alleged mass deletion of voters during the revision exercise. The officers were released after midnight following the intervention of the Calcutta High Court chief justice.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party had paid “some traitors to provoke” voters, and urged people to remain calm. The Trinamool Congress claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was at fault for the incident. Read on.

Millions of Bengalis may lose their vote. Not over citizenship but due to clerical errors, writes Shoaib Daniyal

The Aam Aadmi Party wrote to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat seeking the removal of MP Raghav Chadha as its deputy leader in the Upper House. The party recommended MP Ashok Mittal as his replacement.

The move came against the backdrop of Chadha’s absence from recent party activities. He also did not publicly react after a Delhi court in February cleared former Chief Minister and party chief Arvind Kejriwal, and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the Delhi excise policy case. Read on.

Five of the richest families in India saw their wealth increase by 400% between 2019 and 2025, a study titled Wealth Tracker India 2026 said. It also noted that a progressive wealth tax imposed on the top 1,688 ultra-rich Indians can generate more than Rs 10 lakh crore for welfare.

The study released by non-profit organisation Centre for Financial Accountability and Tax The Top campaign categorised the ultra-rich as those who hold a net worth of more than Rs 1,000 crore. The share of the bottom 50% in the country’s wealth stagnated at 6.4% by 2024, it added

“India is witnessing inequality at levels that are comparable to colonial times,” it added. “The country’s richest 1% control over 40% of the national wealth.” Read on.

The Chhattisgarh High Court convicted Amit Jogi, son of former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, in a murder case from 2003. He was directed to surrender before the court within three weeks.

Amit Jogi was accused of conspiring to murder the Nationalist Congress Party’s Ramvatar Jaggi ahead of a massive rally by the party in Raipur. Jaggi was shot dead in Raipur on June 4, 2003, when Ajit Jogi was the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.

On May 31, 2007, a trial court had convicted 28 persons for the murder, but had acquitted Amit Jogi. The Central Bureau of Investigation had challenged the acquittal, but the High Court had rejected the plea on the grounds of delay.

The CBI then moved the Supreme Court, which directed the High Court to consider its application afresh. Read on.

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