The Supreme Court declared the Bihar law enabling the takeover of Patna’s historic Sinha Library unconstitutional, calling the Rs 1 compensation “illusory” and arbitrary. The Court ordered that the management of the nearly century-old library be restored to the original trust.
The Supreme Court heard the bail plea of Shabir Ahmad Shah, accused under the UAPA of conspiring to secede Jammu and Kashmir from India. Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta heard Senior Advocates Colin Gonsalves and Siddharth Luthra arguments.
