Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the practice of granting ex post facto environmental clearances. He called them illegal, harmful to public health, and a major governance setback.
Former Justice M. Lokur expressed concerns about investigative lapses in the Kolkata rape-murder case, highlighting the premature cremation of the victim’s body and the delayed filing of the FIR. Questions also arose about postmortem findings and the handling of the crime scene. The CBI’s status report revealed details of tampering and the arrest of a suspect.
