The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe – under the oversight of a retired Justice of the top court – into the sale of (now banned) electoral bonds amid allegations of “quid pro quo” arrangements between political parties and their corporate donors.

The court said individual grievances – referring to discrete claims of quid pro quo deals between a political party and a corporate organisation – “will have to be pursued on basis of remedies available under the law”, which includes options should authorities decline to investigate specific claims.

“At present, absent recourse to remedies available in law, it would be premature and inappropriate for this court (to interfere)… because intervention must proceed (after) failure of those remedies… at this stage the court cannot say if these normal remedies will not be efficacious,” the court said.

Paris Olympics 2024 LIVE Updates: Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh eye a place in the 25m Pistol Women’s Precision final at Paris Olympics. Manu, who has already won two medals at Paris Olympics, was joint after the Precision round, while Esha was just outside the qualification spots, 10th to be precise. In archery, the pair of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat reached the quarterfinals after beating their Indonesian counterparts. Meanwhile, shooter Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is also in action in Skeet Men’s Qualification round. In Judo, Tulika Mann lost her women’s +78kg bout against Cuba’s Idalys Ortiz. Shuttler Lakshya Sen will be facing Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in the quarter-final match of badminton. The Indian men’s hockey team will take on Australia in its last group-stage match. (India’s Day 7 Schedule | Medal Tally)

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Ismail Haniyeh’s burial caps a week of soaring tensions in the Middle East. 

​Ismail Haniyeh’s burial caps a week of soaring tensions in the Middle East.