Rush Hour: Assam told to compensate woman forced into Bangladesh, SC questions UP about NSA and more

The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay Rs 2 lakh in compensation to the son of a Bengali-origin Muslim woman who was forced into Bangladesh. Jahanara Begum was declared a foreigner by a foreigners tribunal in 2019 and deported to Bangladesh in June.

The High Court on Monday passed a similar order in the case of Mumtaz Begum, who had also been forced out into Bangladesh, directing the state to pay her Rs 2 lakh in compensation.

These are the first instances in which the court has imposed costs on the state for forcing a person to Bangladesh in violation of deportation rules. Read on.

In a first, Gauhati HC asks Assam government to pay Rs 2 lakh to woman pushed into Bangladesh, reports Rokibuz Zaman

The Bombay High Court refused to quash the criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for remarks in which he referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “choron ke sardar” or “leader of thieves”. Gandhi had been booked on a complaint by a Bharatiya Janata Party worker.

The complainant contended that Gandhi’s remarks, made in September 2018 while he was speaking about the Rafale fighter jet deal, were directed at Modi and, by extension, at the BJP and its members. This lowered the...

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