Coronavirus | India records 3.55 lakh new cases, 3,461 deaths in 24 hours
The Hindu
Maharahstra, Karnataka top list
India recorded 3,55,174 new COVID-19 cases until 9.30 p.m. on Sunday. As many as 3,461 new deaths were also registered. The country has so far reported a total of 2,26,51,267 cases and 2,45,860 deaths. Maharashtra reported 48,401 infections, followed by Karnataka (47,930) and Kerala (35,801). Maharashtra also recorded 572 casualties, followed by Karnataka (490) and Uttar Pradesh (296). The figures do not include cases and deaths from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Ladakh. The data are sourced from the respective States’ health bulletins.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.