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Rahul Gandhi To Visit UK This Month, Deliver Lecture At Cambridge

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the United Kingdom later this month and will also deliver a lecture at the Cambridge University’s business school. Sharing information about his visit to the UK, Gandhi said he is looking forward to visiting his alma mater and that he will be engaging with some of the brightest minds in geopolitics, international relations and democracy, reported NDTV. 

“Looking forward to visiting my alma mater Cambridge University and delivering a lecture at @CambridgeJBS,” Gandhi tweeted.

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“Happy to engage with some of the brightest minds in various domains, including geopolitics, international relations, big data, and democracy,” the Congress MP said.

In a tweet, the Cambridge Judge Business School said it was delighted to welcome back Gandhi to the Cambridge University later this month.

“He will lecture on @CambridgeMBA and hold closed-door sessions on Big Data and Democracy and India-China relations, with @shrutikapila, supported by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge and the History Faculty, University of Cambridge,” it said.
From February 24 to 26, Gandhi will be attending the Congress’ 85th plenary session in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, where the party will brainstorm its strategy for the 2024 general elections and will deliberate on several internal matters.
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SC Defers Decision On Question For Larger Bench Reference, Next Hearing On Feb 21

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In the cases related to rift within Shiv Sena, a 5-judge of the Constitution Bench on Friday observed that it will decide the plea for reference to a larger bench after hearing the merits of the matter, reported Live Law. 

The plea for reference is made by the Uddhav Thackeray side to revisit the correctness of the Constitution Bench judgment in Nabam Rebia vs Deputy Speaker (2016).

In Nabam Rebia, the opinions of the then Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice Deepak Misra held that a Speaker cannot decide on disqualification petitions when a notice seeking his removal is pending. However, Justice MB Lokur in his judgment observed that this point did not arise in the case.

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Today, the Constitution Bench observed that it has to be ascertained from the facts whether the principles of Nabam Rebia are attracted in the instant case. Therefore, the Bench decided to hear the issue of reference along with the merits of the matter. The bench has listed the case for hearing from next Tuesday.

“The issue of whether a reference to a bench of 7-judges is to be made cannot be considered in the abstract, isolated and divorced from the facts of the case. Whether the principle formulated in Nabam Rebia has an impact on the factual position in the present case needs deliberation.

Against the above backdrop, the issue of whether the reference of the decision in Nabam Rebia to a larger bench is warranted would be determined together with the merits of the case. Consequently, the batch of cases is set down for hearing on merits on Tuesday, February 21”, CJI Chandrachud read out the operative part of the order.

A 5-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was hearing a bunch of petitions relating to the political developments in Maharashtra, which resulted in a change of State Government in July 2022, following a rift within the Shiv Sena party between Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde groups.

The bench, also comprising Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha, heard arguments on the need for a reference for three days.

 

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