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Venugopal alleges Centre using FCRA as tool against civil society, demands rollback of new rules

Congress general secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Friday stepped up the party's attack on the Centre over the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of misleading the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) and alleging that the Narendra Modi government has weaponised the law to target civil society organisations and minority-run institutions.

Justice Yashwant Varma moves SC against recommendation for his removal

Seeking the quashing of the three-judge committee’s May 3 report and of the former CJI’s communication recommending his removal, Justice Verma in his petition has stated that the inquiry was triggered without a formal complaint, conducted in a manner that violated basic fairness, and then used to push an outcome the Constitution reserves exclusively to Parliament.