Passport case: Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera denied anticipatory bail by Gauhati HC
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera, against whom Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma has filed a defamation complaint.
The Congress leader has alleged that the CM’s wife possesses multiple passports as well as foreign property, following which Bhuyan Sarma filed the complaint against Khera and other people who concurred with him.
Khera filed a plea for an anticipatory bail on Monday and Justice Parthiv Jyoti Saikia, who heard the case on Tuesday, had reserved the judgment. On Friday, the judge rejected Khera’s plea for an anticipatory bail.
Bhuyan Sharma has filed criminal cases against Khera and others at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The Telangana High Court had earlier granted him a seven-day transit anticipatory bail, but the Assam Police moved the Supreme Court against it.
According to a Congress leader, the apex court passed an interim order to stay the Telangana HC’s grant of anticipatory transit bail and asked Khera to approach the Gauhati High Court, which has now denied him the bail.
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Karnataka Cabinet approves internal reservation within SC quota
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has taken a key decision on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes during a special Cabinet meeting held in Bengaluru.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced at Vidhana Soudha, along with Cabinet colleagues, that the government has decided to distribute the existing 15 per cent reservation available for Scheduled Castes among different groups.
According to the decision, 5.25 per cent reservation has been allocated to the Dalit Left-Hand community, 5.25 per cent to the Right-Hand community, and 4.5 per cent to other groups within the Scheduled Castes category.
The issue of internal reservation had remained sensitive due to differences between Left-Hand and Right-Hand Scheduled Caste communities.
An earlier Cabinet meeting had been called to discuss the matter, but it was postponed in view of the by-elections in Davanagere and Bagalkot constituencies.
The Cabinet has now taken a final decision on the issue.
