LS secretariat justifies expulsion of Moitra for sharing portal access. Ethics committee finds prima facie quid pro quo. Citing a 1961 ruling by an eight-judge bench of SC, LS secretariat said power, privileges and immunities conferred under Articles 105 and 194 would not be void on occasion of their repugnancy with fundamental rights or other provisions of the Constitution – a response which may appear to be a pushback of sorts against the backdrop of a few orders pointing to judiciary’s inclination to extend its oversight to matters which have traditionally belonged to the realm of legislatures.

Supreme Court orders SBI to submit anonymous donation details. SC warns SBI of contempt proceedings. CJI-led bench rules secret corporate funding affects free and fair elections. A five-judge bench also directed ECI to immediately publish on its website information already provided by political parties on funds they had received through electoral bonds. This data was furnished following SC’s interim order on April 12, 2019.

According to maritime analytics provider Marine Traffic, Chinese ship ‘Xiang Yang Hong 01’ departed from the Chinese port of Qingdao on Feb 23. Open-source intelligence expert Damien Symon showed the 4,425-tonne ship’s entry into the Bay of Bengal on Sunday on social media platform X. The Xian Yang Hong 01, is now less than 260 nautical miles – about 480 km – off the coast of Visakhapatnam, which is believed to have the base of India’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.