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“I will begin the probe into the affidavit filed by lawyer Utsav Bains in the Supreme Court (SC). My probe will be limited to his affidavit only. It will be totally independent of the sexual harassment complaint [against the CJI],” said former SC Justice (Retd) AK Patnaik to The Quint.

The Supreme Court on 25 April 2019 constituted a one-man panel with former apex court judge, Justice (Retd) AK Patnaik, to hold an inquiry into the allegations raised by Bains of a “larger conspiracy” to frame the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi.

The conspiracy is allegedly at the behest of an important corporate figure, in collusion with judgment ‘fixers’ and disgruntled employees of the court. It also directed the Directors of theCentral Bureau of Investigation, the Intelligence Bureau and the Delhi Police Commissioner to cooperate with Justice Patnaik’s inquiry.

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Lok Sabha election results have always weighed on the share market. Like previous general elections, the anticipation of the outcome of this years’ elections is also affecting the stock prices.

Over the last few days, the stock markets have been falling . The benchmark BSE Sensex extended its losing streak by falling over 250 points in early trade on Wednesday.

Why is the stock market getting anxious? Is it revising its numbers in the expectation of a coalition government?

Among other news, the Opposition parties are taking an unusual step and planning to meet President Ram Nath Kovind after the elections to tell him to not call the single largest party to form the government in case of a hung parliament.

All this and more on this episode of Chunav Tracker. Tune in!

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The Bhojpuri music scene and election campaigns have collaborated since years. As election season begins, there is a rise in demand for singers for stage shows and campaigns for political parties.

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A 28-year-old female student at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) has accused a member of the non-teaching staff of sexually harassing her, more than once. The accused continues to work on campus. “I access the admin building almost everyday, so I have to see him all the time. It makes me very uncomfortable. Sometimes, I feel really hopeless," she tells The Quint.

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On 24 April 2017, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had announced that 32 school education boards, including the CBSE, had taken a decision to stop the practice of unfairly increasing students’ marks in order to show higher-scoring results.

Yet, just like in 2018, a data-driven investigation by The Quint shows how the CBSE has once again betrayed that promise made to all the other boards and indeed students across the country, by unfairly and unequally tampering marks of students who appeared for the CBSE Class 12 examinations in 2019.

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