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Russia cutting natural gas to Finland Saturday: Finnish company. (AFP)

SC: Unless due arrangements have been made for wazu we request the district magistrate to consult with parties and appropriate arrangements been made for wazu. (Bar and Bench)

SC ORDER: Having regard to the sensitivity of this civil suit case. this case before the civil judge Varanasi shall STAND TRANSFERRED and be HEARD BY Senior and Experienced judicial officer of UP Judicial services. (Bar and Bench)

Cong leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, sentenced in a 1988 road rage case by apex court, proceeds to surrender before a court in Patiala. (PTI)

Ahmadi: even after that order where the area should be protected, that shivling or fountain is in centre of the pond. that middle area can be protected. But let the pond be used. this is an attempt to gag. (Bar and Bench)

SC: We are here in a joint mission to preserve a sense of unification in the country. Once commission report is there, there cannot be selective leaks. Do not leaks thing to the press. Only judge opens the report. (Bar and Bench)

SC: These are complex social problems and no solution by the human being can be perfect. our order is to maintain a certain degree of peace and calm. Interim orders calms some frayed nerves with some healing touch. (Bar and Bench)

SC: If there is suggestion to tweak the order to maintain peace on the ground then please tell us.

SC: Having seen merit in your argument, we are not allowing trial court to run amuck. Therefore we hold the balance. We have created a framework to maintain peace and an atmosphere of fraternity between communities as constitution envisages and its our duty to uphold that msg.

(Bar and Bench)

Ahmadi: till that application is decided what will happen in the ground? You have to see how this case is being used for 4 or 5 mosques across the country. this will create public mischief which the act wanted to avoid. taste of the pudding is in the eating.

Ahmadi: if today this is allowed, and tomorrow you say that another mosque was temple, not even a title suit. Then report of the commission is leaked. a narrative is being created. look at the egregious effect it has on the ground, Look at how this is being raked across India.

(Bar and Bench)

SC: In this sensitive matter, the suit should be heard by a District judge. (Bar and Bench)

Supreme Court beings hearing of Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee's plea against the Varanasi district court order which directed videographic survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex, adjacent to the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. (ANI)

Pegasus row | Supreme Court-appointed technical committee seeks more time from the top court to submit the report on the Pegasus probe

Court says the supervising judge would study the technical committee's report and give his opinion to the court by June end. (ANI)

1988 road rage case: Cong leader Navjot Singh Sidhu seeks few weeks' time in SC to surrender for undergoing one-year sentence imposed on him. (PTI)

PM Modi addresses a key BJP meeting in Jaipur. (NDTV)

COVID19 | 2,259 new cases recorded in India in the last 24 hours; Active caseload at 15,044. (ANI)

Patna, Bihar | RJD leaders and workers protest against ongoing CBI raids at multiple locations of party chief Lalu Yadav. CBI is conducting raids in connection with a fresh case relating to the alleged 'land for railway job scam'. (ANI)

Sensex rebounds 906.98 points to 53,699.21 in early trade; Nifty climbs 308 points to 16,117.40. (PTI)

Rupee inches 7 paise higher to 77.46 against US dollar in early trade. (PTI)

Karnataka | Holiday has been declared in all schools and colleges across Dharwad district today, due to continuous rainfall in the region. (ANI)

Uttar Pradesh | Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan released from Sitapur district jail, in a case of cheating relating to Kotwali PS in Rampur. (ANI)

CBI registers fresh case against Bihar ex-chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav; carries out searches at multiple locations, say officials. (PTI)

10 labourers missing in tunnel collapse at Khooni Nala Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in the Makerkote area of Ramban, rescue operation underway: J&K Disaster Management Authority. (ANI)