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A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice on Tata Chemicals’ plea against the high court’s May 25 judgment. The bench asked the Gujarat government to respond by November 2. “Meanwhile, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners,” the Supreme Court said.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana issued notice on Tata Chemicals’ plea against the high court’s May 25 judgment. The bench asked the Gujarat government to respond by November 2. “Meanwhile, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners,” the Supreme Court said.

The HC’s remarks came while examining concerns over voter deletions during the SIR exercise. The bench referred to observations made by the Supreme Court that ensuring the inclusion of Indian citizens in the final voter list is the ECI’s responsibility. The comments was in the backdrop of the wider legal challenge to the voter revision exercise, with concerns being raised over the manner in which names could be excluded from electoral rolls.

The HC’s remarks came while examining concerns over voter deletions during the SIR exercise. The bench referred to observations made by the Supreme Court that ensuring the inclusion of Indian citizens in the final voter list is the ECI’s responsibility. The comments was in the backdrop of the wider legal challenge to the voter revision exercise, with concerns being raised over the manner in which names could be excluded from electoral rolls.

A series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday

A series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday

Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country’s presidential elections.

Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country’s presidential elections.

With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

Pike’s lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.

Pike’s lawyer says doctors are still trying to clear two lethal doses of pentobarbital from her body.

Polls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival.

Polls suggest the election will be a closely run contest between the left-wing incumbent and his right-wing rival.

The Latin American country will vote for its next president, as Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro clash over sovereignty, security and ties with Washington.

The Latin American country will vote for its next president, as Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro clash over sovereignty, security and ties with Washington.

The BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain’s Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis.

The BBC’s Guy Hedgecoe is in Madrid, where a series of marches have been scheduled, after Spain’s Congress rejected measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis.