his is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
It’s the 8th of January and here are the headlines.

The Supreme Court today struck down the remission granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts, who are out of jail, in the Bilkis Bano case. The court also directed them to report to jail authorities within two weeks. The bench said the Gujarat Government had no jurisdiction to entertain the application for remission of the convicts or to pass orders granting them remission as it was not the "appropriate government" to do so under the relevant provisions of the law.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will visit Jammu tomorrow to review security and the progress of development works initiated in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah’s visit also comes weeks after four Indian Army personnel were killed and three others injured in a militant attack in the Poonch district on the 21st of December. Three civilians, who were picked up for questioning by the security forces after the attack, also allegedly died in custody.

The High Commissioner of Maldives to India Ibrahim Shaheeb met officials of the Ministry of External Affairs today amid a row over remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a number of Maldivian ministers on social media. Reportedly, MEA officials conveyed concern over the remarks. On Sunday, the Maldives government of President Mohamed Muizzu suspended three ministers for making derogatory remarks about PM Modi and the people of India.

Though no ‘Cold Wave’ warnings have been notified by the Met Department in the coming days, ‘Cold Day’ and ‘Severe Cold Day’ alerts have been issued over parts of north India like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Rajasthan. Fog and dense fog conditions are likely to prevail in the mornings over Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and isolated parts of Bihar from 8th to 10th of January. The weather agency predicted chances of rainfall in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadeep, Puducherry, and Karaikal.

The Supreme Court today stayed the judgement of the Bombay High Court that had directed the Election Commission of India to immediately conduct a bypoll for the Pune Lok Sabha seat. It became vacant after the death of MP Girish Bapat. The SC bench issued notice to respondents in an appeal made by ECI challenging the Bombay HC order and said they will "lay down the law in March or April". This means the bypolls for Pune Lok Sabha seat cannot be held until SC decides the matter in March or April.

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