Top news of the day: SC constitutes Special Bench headed by CJI to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act; Prospects for South Korea’s President impeachment are dim with ruling party boycotting vote

SC constitutes Special Bench headed by CJI to hear challenges to Places of Worship Act Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has constituted a Special Bench to hear petitions challenging the validity of the Places of Worship Act Act of 1991, a statute that protected the identity and character of religious sites as they existed on August 15, 1947. The hearing is scheduled on December 12 at 3.30 p.m. Prospects for South Korea’s President impeachment are dim with ruling party boycotting vote Most ruling party lawmakers were boycotting a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority sought by the opposition to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as protests grew nationwide calling for his removal. Samajwadi Party decides to leave MVA after Babri Masjid demolition post by Uddhav’s aide The Samajwadi Party announced on Saturday that it would walk out of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi after Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide hailed the demolition of Babri mosque and a related newspaper India vs Australia second Test: Travis Head’s hundred, bowlers put Australia on top against India The faithful, who congregated at the Adelaide Oval, relished the local hero’s exploits. Mumbai police receives message threatening attempt on PM Modi’s life Mumbai Police on Saturday received a message threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official said. Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva performed a ‘havan’ along with his wife with the party’s state election in-charge Baijayant Panda, election coordination committee chairman and Union minister Harsh Malhotra, MPs, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Manoj Tiwari, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Bansuri Swaraj, Yogendra Chandolia, Praveen Khandelwal and others in attendance.