The Supreme Court has relaxed V. Senthil Balaji’s strict bail condition, saying he must now appear only when officially summoned. The court noted his flawless compliance for 1.5 years and called the previous requirement unnecessarily burdensome.
Uddhav Thackeray slammed the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, warning that “democracy is dying at the Supreme Court’s doorstep” and appealed to the CJI to safeguard people’s rights. Opposition leaders and activists unitedly vowed to challenge the controversial law in court and on the streets.