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Twelve coaches of the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, injuring at least 15 people. Cases have been booked against at least 1,000 people who were involved in violent protests and Section 144 has been imposed in Ponnamaravathi and 30 surrounding villages. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

 

A former junior court assistant accused CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual misconduct. She wrote an affidavit to 22 judges of the court giving details about the harassment she and her the family endured during her stint at the Supreme Court.

It is quite likely that, with a serious charge of sexual harassment slapped on CJI Ranjan Gogoi, there is an attempt to derail these four cases that not only have a national import but that also involves high stakes of influential parties concerned
 

As is his wont, activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan had moved the Supreme Court once again with a PIL on an issue that should have been none of his business: Appointment of high court judges

While Bhushan appealed to the apex court to hear the matter soon, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi said the review petition hearing needed the constitution of the same bench that had heard the matter then

After alleged fake calls of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi surfaced, where an impersonator was urging high court judges to name lawyers for elevation and recommendation, the CJI has now ordered a probe. CJI Gogoi has requested  people not to fall for such calls
 

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge had written a letter to Prime Minister Modi expressing his dissent on the appointment of new CBI director Rishi Kumar Shukla and alleged that he did not have the needed experience to handle anti-corruption cases
 

The Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, ESL Narasimhan, administered the oath of office to chief justices of both the states respectively at separate functions.

Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, M R Shah and Ajay Rastogi, who are the Chief Justices of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Patna and Tripura High Courts, respectively, will be sworn in as Supreme Court judges today

On September 27, another apex court bench, headed by then CJI Dipak Misra had refused to send to a larger bench the 1994 observation that a mosque is not an integral part of Islam.