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NEW DEHI: “Congress will suffer,” cautioned Community Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA Baby on the party’s decision to not fight the West Bengal assembly polls in alliance with the Left. The Congress leadership should have explored possibilities with the Left to bolster the fight to keep BJP-RSS out, he said. The Congress and Left Front had contested together in 2021. CPM, which has witnessed a decline in the state, is optimistic of improving its standing as CPI(ML) Liberation has come on board this time to fight the polls with the Left front and some smaller Left groups are expected to join. CPM general secretary felt together they will be able to put up a good fight.“CPM polit bureau has appealed to the people of West Bengal to defeat the authoritarian, anti-women and anti-poor rule of TMC and also the communal BJP by voting for the Left front,” the party said in a statement.Baby also rejected West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s statement that Kerala has been renamed as Keralam since there is an alliance growing between BJP and CPM. “The alliance is not unwritten any more after today,” Banerjee had said after the Union cabinet gave its nod to the name change.Baby said CPM and other Left parties were fighting hard in Kerala to keep out BJP. He went on to remind that it was Banerjee who had joined the BJP-led NDA govt in 1999 and had also held the railway minister’s portfolio.His remarks came at a briefing following the CPM polit bureau’s meeting where among various issues it resolved that alliances with INDIA bloc members must be explored wherever possible to defeat BJP. The leadership also reviewed the preparedness for the upcoming elections in Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry.Baby said that in Kerala, where there is a CPM-led govt, the party’s poll campaign will be led by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. The party also plans to take a decision on finalising the list of candidates by the end of first week of March. “In Kerala, despite the constant efforts of the BJP-led Union government to strangulate the LDF government, it had put up its best performance by focusing on the elimination of extreme poverty, the first state to do so in the country, improve public health and education, ensure the protection of the rights of the workers and regular supply of essential items through the PDS,” the CPM said in its statement. The Left party alleged that the Congress-led UDF is mobilising huge amounts of money and rallying various kinds of sectarian forces in its support. “It is playing a disruptive role inside the Assembly and outside by coordinating with the BJP. The BJP is also trying to expand in the state by promoting communal divisions. Both these forces have to be defeated,” it said. “We appeal to the people to re-elect the DMK alliance in order to defeat the communal machinations and strengthen the secular traditions of the state,” the party said.On Assam polls, the CPM alleged that the BJP is running a rabidly communal and divisive campaign and is hoping to benefit from it. “Considering the larger interests of the people of Assam, as the largest opposition party, it is upon the Congress to ensure that anti-BJP votes are not split and the BJP is defeated,” the Left party emphasised.

Mumbai: The Bombay high court frowned at Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Ltd for refusing Rs 50 lakh compensation to the widow of an employee who died due to Covid-19. She was given Rs 5 lakh payable to those not entitled to receive Rs 50 lakh.Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak on Tuesday allowed Sunita Jagtap’s petition and quashed and set aside MRSTC’s three letters of rejection. They directed MSRTC, after adjusting Rs 5 lakh, to pay her Rs 45 lakh within 8 weeks. If the amount is not paid within this period, MSRTC will pay 6% interest per annum till the date of realisation.

On March 23, 2021, Bapu Jagtap was deputed at BEST depot, Wadala. He joined duty the following day and worked till March 28. As he was unwell, he took 4 days’ leave and returned home to Manmad, Nashik district. On April 3, he was admitted to the sub-district hospital, Yeola. He was diagnosed as Covid-positive and died on April 7, 2021. MSRTC’s reason for rejecting the widow’s Rs 50 lakh compensation claim was that Jagtap “was not assigned essential services and he was not a driver...”His widow relied on MRSTC’s June 1, 2020, circular to pay Rs 50 lakh to drivers, conductors, controllers, security guards coming in direct contact with passengers. It was extended by Sept 30, 2021, circular which also provided for Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia in case of death of an employee not entitled to Rs 50 lakh.The judges noted the state govt’s May 29, 2020, GR clarified its benefits will extend to all employees of local bodies and state govt public undertaking, which includes MSRTC. They said Jagtap, who was supervising traffic, would qualify under MSRTC’s circulars, adding; “Even if the deceased was deputed to control the traffic, it does not mean that he was supposed to do the work by sitting in the office.” He was supposed to interact and came in contact with drivers and conductors “thereby exposing him to the same risk” as them.The judges were constrained to hold that the respondents—chairman, divisional controller and depot manager—”took a narrow view of the circular”. They “have forgotten the precarious situation prevailing during the Covid period when no one was ready to go out of the house for discharging their duties”. “The life of the general public came to a standstill” and public services, including transport, were kept open for limited services. Jagtap did his duty “at the risk of his life.” The respondents “cannot avoid their responsibility,” the court said.

NEW DELHI: CBI will file an appeal against the court order acquitting former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, amongst others, in the 2022 Delhi excise policy case.Sources confirmed that the agency was in the process of studying the order and was likely to approach the higher appellate court at the earliest.

On Friday, Special Judge Jitendra Singh pronounced the order in the case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The court observed that the alleged central conspiratorial role could not be substantiated. The bench also noted that the allegations “failed judicial scrutiny” and found “no criminal intent”.CBI filed multiple chargesheets in the case. The agency filed an FIR on August 17, 2022, against the then Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, excise officials and liquor businessmen on a complaint from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The charges included irregularities, including modifications in the excise policy, extending undue favours to the licensees, waiver or reduction in licence fee, and extension of the L-1 licence without approval.Arvind Kejriwal broke down emotionally after being discharged in the Delhi excise policy case by the Rouse Avenue Court on Friday.Addressing supporters after the court’s order, Kejriwal said, “I am not corrupt. The court has said that Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are honest,” asserting that the verdict had vindicated both him and senior party leader Manish Sisodia.In a post on ‘X’, Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal said, “In this world, no matter how powerful one becomes, one cannot rise above Shiva Shakti. Truth always prevails.”In total, a Delhi court discharged Arvind Kejriwal and 22 others, including Manish Sisodia, K Kavitha, Kuldeep Singh, Narender Singh, Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally, Arun Ramchandra Pillai, Mootha Goutam, Sameer Mahendru, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Arjun Pandey, Butchibabu Gornatla, Rakesh Joshi, Damodar Prasad Sharma, Prince Kumar, Chanpreet Singh Rayat, Arvind Kumar Singh, Durgesh Pathak, Amit Arora, Vinod Chauhan, Ashish Mathur, and P Sarath Chadra Reddy.

Mumbai: Bombay HC dismissed petitions against eviction by residents of unauthorised structures on Western Railway (WR) land at Chincholi Phatak in Malad East.At the same time, Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Abhay Mantri on Thursday said “it is pertinent to note that the fact remains” that the railway authorities do not dispute their occupancy, their identities and measurements of their structures. “Therefore, we have no hesitation in holding that the railways are equally responsible for the situation and for this reason are liable to provide some support to the persons likely to be affected by the removal of their structures”. They directed the petitioners to vacate within 60 days, failing which it will be open to WR “to initiate appropriate action to dispossess them forcibly” and to demolish or remove their structures with local police’s assistance.

The HC verdict was given on 25 petitions against the estate officer’s Jan 2025 order to vacate within 15 days. In Aug 2022, they were issued show-cause notices under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act. In May 2025, the city civil court dismissed their appeals. Their advocate, Aseem Naphade, argued that the estate officer failed to consider a Dec 2000 GR that would qualify them as project affected persons (PAPs) under phase I/II of Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and in terms of Corporate Plan 2014-34 for rehabilitation. He said even if they are assumed to be squatters, they have existed since 1980 and are eligible for rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R) benefits. Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation’s advocate said they are neither PAPs nor are their structures within 10m of the sixth railway line from Mumbai Central to Borivli. The judges noted that the petitioners failed to produce documents to demonstrate their structures are authorised, protected or affected by MUTP, or covered under railways’ scheme, or within 10m of the sixth line. On the contrary, in an undated representation, they stated they were located beyond 10m. The judges said it is “evident” that the structures are unauthorised and not covered by any scheme nor affected by any project. Therefore, the petitioners are “not entitled to get benefits” under the GR, they said. “Consequently, they are ineligible for PAP benefits under R&R policy.” HC said before commencement of eviction and removal of structures, the collector must ensure their personal details are recorded and preserved for considering their eligibility for suitable accommodation. If the state or the railways has a rehabilitation scheme, the petitioners may apply, it said. The authority concerned may provide them with suitable accommodation in lieu of rehabilitation, only if found eligible.