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The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition filed by activist Umar Khalid challenging its January 5 order denying him bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. The court held that it did not find “any good ground and reason to review the judgement”.

On January 5, the court had denied bail to Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the case. However, the bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria had granted bail to Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Shifa-ur-Rehman, Shadab Ahmed and Muhammad Saleem Khan.

Khalid had challenged this order last week. Although his petition was dismissed on Thursday, the order was made public on Monday. Read on.

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Amid allegations that the appellate tribunals set up to hear appeals against the deletion of voters in West Bengal were not functioning, the Supreme Court said that it will ask the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court to submit a report. Chief Justice Surya Kant also expressed displeasure that matters related to the special intensive revision of voter rolls were being mentioned before the court almost every day.

Earlier in the day, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra alleged on social media that “all 19 appellate tribunals for SIR hearings housed in the same building in Joka is closed for entry, guarded by CAPF” or the Central Armed Police Forces. Read on.

‘Live or die, we have to vote TMC’: How SIR has left Bengali Muslims with no political choices, reports Anant Gupta

The Congress’ Tamil Nadu unit chief K Selvaperunthagai alleged that officials from the Income Tax department had “unlawfully confined” him under the “pretext of a search”. The action coincided with party leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Tamil Nadu in the run-up to the Assembly elections.

The case in connection with which the searches were conducted was not immediately clear.

The Congress alleged that the department’s action was “not routine”, but was a “blatant misuse of central agencies by the Bharatiya Janata Party to intimidate and obstruct Opposition leaders at a crucial moment”. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin also alleged that the searches were a “conspiracy to silence” Selvaperunthagai. Read on.

Congress leader Pawan Khera moved the Gauhati High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered against him by the Assam Police. This came two days after the Supreme Court declined to vacate a stay on a Telangana High Court order granting him transit anticipatory bail.

Khera has been accused of defamation, forgery and criminal conspiracy by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, for claiming that she holds passports of multiple countries. Read on.

Iran stated that it has no plans to participate in the second round of negotiations with the United States in Pakistan. This came after United States President Donald Trump said that a US delegation will arrive in Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday for talks with Iran.

Meanwhile, the Congress said that Pakistan playing a role in facilitating the talks between the US and Iran was a “monumental setback” for the Narendra Modi government’s foreign policy. Read on.

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