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• NEW DELHI

The DMRC on Wednesday notified the high court that the Delhi government is not inclined to contribute towards the payment of unpaid dues of arbitral award to Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd (DAMEPL), promoted by Reliance Infrastructure.

On Tuesday morning, the national capital's Air Quality Index was recorded at 339 under the "very poor" category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Khan, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that his client would not get a fair trial in Uttar Pradesh and pointed out that several cases have been registered against him in the state.

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sought a report from Air India into the incident which came to light weeks after a drunk man urinated on a woman co-passenger in the business class of an Air India flight in November last year.

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in nine states and the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to deploy a force of about 3,000 'Vistaraks' (expansionists) across the country to strengthen the party, sources said.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the cinema halls have the right to set terms and conditions for the sale of food and beverages inside the halls and bar carrying of food items from outside.

A panel of three doctors at the Maulana Azad Medical College on Monday evening conducted the post-mortem on Anjali. The autopsy report stated that the woman was not raped and her private parts did not have any injury marks.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar who has often described Pakistan as the "epicentre of terrorism", has said that considering the neighbouring country's role in promoting cross-border terrorism, he could have used "much harsher words than epicentre" for it.

Pakistani actress Kubra Khan has threatened to sue YouTuber Adil Raja for defamation after a video in which he said that four "top models and actresses" had illicit relationships with former top generals.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to list two petitions on January 6, seeking to transfer to it pleas pending in the Delhi High Court and the Kerala High Court in connection with recognition of same-sex marriage.

"The Indigo A32Neo aircraft VT-ILM operating flight 6E-1763 was involved in Air turnback due to loss of Hydraulic Green system. During flight Hydraulic green Reservoir low level, system low pressure and pump low pressure warning got triggered," said a DGCA official.

According to the cause list uploaded on the top court's website, two separate judgments will be pronounced by Justice Ramasubramanian and Justice Nagarathna. The top court had reserved the judgment in the matter on November 15.

Union Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Monday asked the Congress not to "misinform" people after its senior leader P. Chidambaram commented about the Supreme Court's decision on demonitisation.

Pakistani actress Sajal Aly has responded to social media posts tarnishing her character after the ex-military man apparently levelled vile allegations against her and some other female actors, Samaa TV reported.

The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has said that female law interns will now be allowed to wear black and white salwar kameez, and not just white shirt with black tie, black pant and black coat, to courts.

According to its annual financial statement with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), during the last quarter of FY22, Swiggy turned "decacorn" (with a valuation of $10 billion and above) after raising a $700 million round led by Invesco.

Mentioning the past of Kashmir, he said, "Stone pelting has come to a halt in Kashmir, bank accounts of PFI were frozen. Demonetisation has done a great service in breaking the back of terror financing. This has been the biggest blow to terrorism."

Supreme Court judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who dissented with the majority view on the Centre's 2016 demonetisation decision, said the demonetisation of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes was unlawful and vitiated.

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the validity of Centre's November 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, saying that from the record, it appears that there was consultation between the RBI and the Central government for a period of six months.