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Delhi Police question larger Bench notation connected UAPA bail
The Delhi Police connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) told the Supreme Court that the question of whether prolonged incarceration and proceedings delays tin override the statutory restrictions on bail nether anti-terror laws specified arsenic the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, warrants information by a larger Bench successful presumption of 2 “conflicting” judgments rendered by coordinate Benches. The submission was made earlier a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale during the proceeding of a bail plea filed by 2020 Delhi riots accused Abdul Khalid Saifi, laminitis of the United Against Hate campaign, challenging the September 2, 2025, bid of the Delhi High Court denying him bail on with Jawaharlal Nehru University scholars Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
President Putin to be BRICS acme successful New Delhi connected September 12-13: Kremlin aide
Russian President Vladimir Putin volition be the BRICS acme successful New Delhi connected September 12-13, according to a statesmanlike aide. India, arsenic the seat of BRICS, volition big the grouping’s yearly acme successful September. President Putin volition instrumentality portion successful the BRICS acme successful New Delhi connected September 12 and 13, Kremlin adjutant for planetary affairs Yury Ushakov was quoted arsenic saying by the state-run TASS quality agency. He besides added that a bilateral gathering betwixt President Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping is planned connected the sidelines of the BRICS acme successful New Delhi.
Supreme Court allows for euthanasia of ‘rabid and unsafe dogs’
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) refused to modify its November 7, 2025, order directing each States and Union Territories to ensure the removal of stray dogs from high-footfall nationalist institutions, including acquisition institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, autobus depots, and railway stations, portion clarifying that specified dogs cannot beryllium released backmost into these areas adjacent aft sterilisation. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N.V. Anjaria dismissed each applications seeking modification of its earlier directions and besides rejected challenges to the 2025 modular operating process framed by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), pointing to the “alarming” emergence successful dog-bite incidents crossed the country.
Delhi tribunal rejects Umar Khalid’s interim bail plea
A Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) dismissed the bail plea of jailed activistic Umar Khalid, accused successful the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was proceeding Mr. Khalid’s exertion seeking 15 days of interim bail to be the 40-day post-death ritual (Chehlum) of his uncle and instrumentality attraction of his mother, who has to acquisition surgery. Mr. Khalid and others were booked nether the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), an anti-terror law, and provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly being the “masterminds” of the 2020 riots that near 53 radical dormant and much than 700 injured successful northeast Delhi.
Name a state that does not usage nuke powerfulness for vigor needs, asks Supreme Court
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) appeared wary astir rocking the vessel connected a new atomic instrumentality which caps liability astatine little than ₹4,000 crore adjacent arsenic the petitioner, a retired bureaucrat, reminded the tribunal of its ain 40-year-old judgement that held that the “larger and much prosperous” an endeavor carrying connected a hazardous enactment is, the greater indispensable beryllium the compensation for causing a mishap which whitethorn impact thousands of lives. “Name a azygous state that does not fulfil its vigor needs done atomic plants?” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Bench, asked the petitioner, E.A.S Sarma, a retired IAS officer.
Supreme Court asks MeitY to analyse PIL seeking betterment oregon demolition of stolen idiosyncratic information of citizens connected overseas servers
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to see a PIL arsenic a representation seeking a robust mechanics to retrieve oregon destruct the idiosyncratic data of Indians allegedly stolen and stored connected overseas servers. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi was proceeding a PIL filed by Nitish Kumar, a cybersecurity consultant. While refusing to entertain the PIL connected grounds that it pertained to accusation exertion and had hardly thing to bash with ineligible aspects, the CJI asked the petitioner to attack the authorities with his grievances.
High Court seeks basal of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia successful transgression contempt case
The Delhi High Court connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) issued notices to AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and others successful suo motu contempt proceedings initiated by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma over an alleged scandalous societal media campaign targeting her. A seat of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja issued announcement to the politicians connected the suo motu contempt lawsuit initiated against them by Justice Sharma and granted them 4 weeks to record their response. “Issue notice. The alleged contemnors volition record their effect wrong a play of 4 weeks from the receipt of notice,” the seat stated, arsenic it listed the lawsuit for adjacent proceeding connected August 4.
Rahul Gandhi takes excavation astatine PM Modi connected Norway pension money dropping Adani shares from portfolio
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking if Norway agreed to his “personal request” to region Adani from the pension money achromatic list. Mr. Gandhi posed his query after Norway’s sovereign wealthiness money dropped Adani Green from its portfolio successful February. “We get precise bully accusation these days. Modi ji, did Norway hold to your idiosyncratic petition to region Adani from their pension money achromatic list?” Mr. Gandhi said successful a station connected X. He utilized a representation of quality reports: 1 from February 27 saying, “Norway’s sovereign wealthiness money drops Adani Green Energy from its portfolio” and different from May 18 saying “PM Modi begins historical Norway sojourn - the archetypal by an Indian Prime Minister successful 43 years”.
PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Finland PM Petteri Orpo
The Ministry of External Affairs connected Monday (May 18, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Norway marked a important milestone successful India-Norway ties, with some countries elevating their narration to a greenish strategical partnership. Addressing reporters aft the Prime Minister’s engagements successful Oslo, MEA Secretary (West) Sibi George said the caller concern would adhd a strategical magnitude to bilateral practice successful clime action, renewable energy, resilient proviso chains, greenish technologies and the bluish economy.
Israel subject issues caller evacuation warnings for southbound Lebanon
The Israeli subject connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) warned residents of 12 towns and villages successful confederate Lebanon to instantly evacuate up of expected attacks against Hezbollah, the latest contempt a ceasefire. “Hezbollah’s continued violations of the ceasefire compel the IDF to run against it. The IDF does not mean to harm you. For your safety, we impulse you to region yourself from the country and instantly determination astatine slightest 1,000 metres away,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted connected X.
European Union prepares to chopped U.S. import duties to debar Trump tariff hike
European Union (EU) negotiators were expected to hold connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) to scrap import duties connected U.S. goods to comply with the commercialized woody struck with the United States last twelvemonth and ward off U.S. President Donald Trump‘s menace of overmuch higher tariffs. Under the presumption of the deal struck astatine Mr. Trump’s Turnberry play edifice successful Scotland past July, the EU agreed to remove import duties connected U.S. concern goods and assistance preferential entree to U.S. farm and oversea produce. In exchange, the United States would enforce tariffs of 15% connected astir EU goods.
WHO disquieted astir ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) main voiced interest connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) astir the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak successful the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRO), which has killed an estimated 131 people. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an planetary wellness exigency and volition clasp an exigency gathering connected the situation connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026). No vaccine oregon attraction exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola liable for the latest outbreak of the disease, which has killed much than 15,000 radical successful Africa successful the past fractional century.
New Zealand’s authorities plans to chopped 14% of nationalist assemblage jobs to slash spending
New Zealand‘s authorities volition laic disconnected astir 9,000 workers, amounting to 14% of nationalist assemblage jobs, by mid-2029 arsenic portion of a bid to slash billions successful spending, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026). Ms Willis said her medication would besides instrumentality 3 consecutive years of fund cuts for astir nationalist agencies, “significantly reduce” the fig of departments, and request faster adoption of artificial quality (AI) exertion crossed the sector. The cutbacks would prevention 2.4 cardinal New Zealand dollars (US $1.4 billion) during that period, the Minister told a concern assemblage successful New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland.
India vs Afghanistan series: Rishabh Pant dropped from ODI squad, loses Test vice-captaincy to Rahul
Flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) removed arsenic vice-captain of the Indian Test squad for the upcoming one-off lucifer against Afghanistan and dropped from the ODI line-up for the ensuing three-match bid against the aforesaid opponents. K.L. Rahul replaced Pant arsenic the vice-captain of the Indian Test squad that is being led by Shubman Gill. Senior all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been rested from the Test match.
