Jaya Bachchan celebrates her birthday today. With a filmography spanning decades, the veteran has an indelible mark on Hindi cinema. To mark the special day, Amitabh Bachchan penned a heartfelt note.

Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog and wrote, “It is in the morn of another family birth .. of which that has required no explanation .. the better half celebrates her birthday TODAY, and all the greetings for her are recognised and shown gratitude, as always…”

Revealing that the family had a quiet celebration at home, he added, “A quiet family ‘bring in’ for the 9th on the midnight hour .. and the love of immediate family presence..”

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan have shared screen space in iconic films like Sholay, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and more. More recently, Jaya featured in a scene-stealing role in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani.

The Delhi High Court will give its verdict today on a petition by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma will pronounce the order shortly.

The AAP boss, who has dubbed the corruption case against him a political conspiracy, has also challenged his ED custody. He was later sent to judicial custody till April 15 and now remains in the Tihar jail.

During the April 3 high court hearing, Mr Kejriwal had questioned the “timing” of his arrest. The Chief Minister had said that his arrest was against the basic structure of the Constitution as it disturbed a level playing field in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The ED, which has called Mr Kejriwal “kingpin” in the alleged scam, opposed his petition and said the law is applied equally to him and an “aam aadmi“.

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“Aam aadmi has to go behind bars if he has committed a crime but because you are a chief minister you can’t be arrested? You will loot the country but no one can touch you because the elections are coming? You say your arrest will infringe on basic structure? what type of basic structure is this?” the ED had argued.

The Chief Minister had earlier claimed that there was no real evidence of his involvement in the alleged scam, but the agency insisted it had traced the money trail.

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Mr Kejriwal was arrested by the central agency on March 21 after the high court denied him protection from coercive action, leading to severe backlash from the opposition camp. On April 1, he was sent to jail for two weeks after 11 days of ED custody.

The liquor policy was introduced to bring an overhaul to the liquor business in Delhi but was scrapped after Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities in the policy. The ED believes the policy provided a high profit margin and bribe money was allegedly used to fund the AAP’s election campaigns.

The Election Commission has directed the CBDT, or Central Board of Direct Taxes, to verify any potential mismatch – between actual and declared assets, and income – in affidavits filed by the BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar, ahead of his candidature for the Lok Sabha seat in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram.

The poll panel’s direction to the CBDT came after the Congress – which leads the opposition United Democratic Front in the southern state – filed a complaint that claimed the Union Minister misrepresented information about assets and income streams. Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front – led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Communist Party of India (Marxist) also filed a complaint.

The law says candidates concealing information in nomination papers or affidavits – a violation of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 – could face a six-month prison sentence and/or get a fine

Controversy over Mr Chandrasekhar’s poll affidavit broke after it showed his income for FY 2021/22 was just Rs 680. For FY20 and FY23, however, he declared incomes of Rs 17.5 lakh and Rs 5.50 lakh.

Mr Chandrasekhar also declared total assets worth Rs 28 crore; these included cash, bank deposits, holdings in non-banking financial companies and cooperative societies, as well as investments bonds, debentures, shares, units in companies/mutual funds, and other financial instruments.

His movable assets included a vintage motorcycle – a 1942 Red Indian Scout – and other items valued at an estimated Rs 3.25 crore. His sole declared immovable asset was a plot of non-agricultural land in Bengaluru in Karnataka worth an estimated Rs 14.4 crore. The opposition had also alleged that the Union Minister did not disclose other owned real estate, including property in Bengaluru.

In addition, the ruling LDF has also claimed Mr Chandrasekhar neglected to disclose his connection to a holding company called Jupiter Capital, despite its website listing him as its ‘founder’. It has alleged this is an attempt to “hide the complex web of companies used to hide his true assets”.

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Mr Chandrasekhar has denied all charges and said, “All my disclosures are compliant with the law”.

Mr Tharoor has declared assets of Rs 55 crore.

Meanwhile, also today, the Supreme Court observed voters could not have an “absolute right” to details about every asset of an election candidate. The court said the candidates had a right to privacy regarding matters deemed irrelevant to their standing for public office.

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