The Union government asked the Delhi Gymkhana Club to explain why it should not be evicted from its 27.3-acre premises in central Delhi. The club has been told to respond to the show cause notice by July 7.

The club’s continued occupation of the property was “unauthorised” after its lease ended on May 22, stated the Centre.

The Delhi Gymkhana is one of the national capital’s oldest and most exclusive social and sporting clubs. The property was leased in 1928 to the then Imperial Delhi Gymkhana Club under a perpetual lease deed. Clause 4 of the lease allows the government to resume possession if the land is required for a public purpose. Read on.

Eggs and vegetables were hurled at Trinamool Congress office in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar when Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was inside. In a social media post, she said that “goons” from the Bharatiya Janata Party were responsible. In a video she shared on social media, a group of persons were seen carrying the BJP’s flag.

The police were also at the spot. “These are no public outbursts,” Moitra wrote on social media. “These are coordinated BJP attacks. See the BJP flags.”

The TMC alleged that West Bengal has been “spiralling into unchecked violence, fear, and absolute anarchy every single day” since the BJP came to power in the state. Read on.

The Delhi High Court refused to pass an order directing the blanket takedown of allegedly defamatory content about Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha. However, the judge ordered that five “profane and vulgar” social media posts be removed, saying that they fell outside the purview of harmless satirical humour.

On a preliminary reading, the content flagged by Chadha did not violate his personality rights and was political criticism, the judge added. He asked the MP whether he could be “so sensitive” as a political leader.

In April, seven of the Aam Aadmi Party’s 10 Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Chadha, split from the party and joined the BJP’s legislature unit in the Upper House. Chadha had moved the court against several social media posts, flagging content that alleged that he had sold himself for money. Read more.

The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin Act came into effect, with the Union government notifying revised wage rates under the Act. The new law replaces the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

The government set the interim base wage at Rs 300 per day. This is the first time a wage floor has been set under the national rural employment guarantee programme.

The VB-G Ram G Act received presidential assent on December 21, two days after it was passed by Parliament amid protests by Opposition parties. Economists and labour rights experts have criticised the programme, saying that it consolidates decision-making with the Union government. Read on.

If you haven’t already, sign up for our Daily Brief newsletter.