Supreme Court to consider setting up Bench to hear pleas against passage of laws as Money Bills
The HinduThe Supreme Court on July 15 agreed to consider a submission for setting up a Constitution Bench to hear pleas challenging the validity of passage of laws such as the Aadhaar Act as Money Bills allegedly to bypass the Rajya Sabha. Arvind Kejriwal lost 2 kg in prison, say Tihar sources amid AAP’s allegations A day after the AAP claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had lost 8.5 kg in prison, Tihar jail sources on July 15 said he had only lost 2 kg and he was being regularly monitored by a medical board of AIIMS. The sources said the jail administration has written to the Delhi Government’s Home Department regarding the allegations levelled by AAP Ministers and leaders, saying that such a narrative “confuses and misleads the public”. Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi had expressed concern over Kejriwal’s “unexplained weight loss of 8.5 kg” since his arrest and claimed that his sugar level had dropped below 50 mg/dL more than five times in prison. Jagtap has moved the apex court challenging the October 17, 2022 order of the Bombay High Court that refused to grant her bail, saying the National Investigation Agency’s case against her was “prima facie true” and that she was part of a “larger conspiracy” hatched by the banned CPI outfit.