This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
It’s the 26th of February and here are the headlines.

The Allahabad High Court today dismissed an appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee challenging the Varanasi district court’s order to allow prayers in the Gyanvapi mosque. On 31st of January, the district court allowed prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque complex. The district court order was challenged by the mosque committee in the Supreme Court which asked the committee to approach the Allahabad High Court.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday clarified that there is no stay on the arrest of absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shajahan, who has been accused of sexual harassment and landgrab in Sandeshkhali. The court directed that Shajahan, the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI, the state home secretary be impleaded as parties in the suo motu matter initiated on the allegations of sexual atrocities and land grab reported from the area in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

The Assam assembly witnessed stormy scenes today, with the Speaker rejecting the Opposition’s bid to discuss the Cabinet’s decision to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorce Registration Act 1935. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had asserted that the decision had been taken to curb child marriage, stating that the Act has a provision that enables the marriage of brides and grooms below the ages of 18 and 21, respectively. The decision had been announced while the current Assembly session was ongoing and the Cabinet approved the ‘Assam Repealing Ordinance 2024’ for the repeal of the Act.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today told the Supreme Court that he “made a mistake by retweeting” an allegedly defamatory video posted by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018. Kejriwal had approached the court challenging a Delhi High Court order upholding the summons issued to him in the criminal defamation case. On 5th of February, the High Court had said, quote, “When a public figure tweets a defamatory post, the ramifications extend far beyond a mere whisper in someone’s ears.” Unquote.

The Haryana Police booked 12 people, including former Bahadurgarh BJP MLA Naresh Kaushik, in connection with the murder of Indian National Lok Dal state president and former MLA Nafe Singh Rathee on Sunday. They have been booked under murder and conspiracy charges. Nafe Singh’s family members and supporters have announced they will not cremate the bodies of the INLD leader and his security team member Jai Kishan, who was also killed in the attack, until the accused are arrested.

This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.