The Supreme Court witnessed an interesting exchange during the hearing of a PIL that challenged the rules of Delhi municipal council elections. The bench presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud was not inclined to entertain it and asked the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court. As the counsel for the ECI was present at the hearing, the CJI asked if it should record his presence in the order. In a lighter vein, the CJI added that he would then be able to charge his client. The ECI counsel said he had given word not to charge for an ineffective hearing. The court appreciated the gesture and went on to record his presence, saying “we have been there too and know how important these things are”. Cannes Again After walking the red carpet at the Cannes film festival in May this year, MoS for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan will lead the Indian delegation to the Tashkent International Film Festival this weekend. The festival was started in 1968, and Indian film ‘Amrapali’ was screened in its opening edition. The minister had turned heads at Cannes when he walked the red carpet in the traditional ‘veshti’, with the national flag pinned on the left side and the G20 logo on the right. Guessing Game The buzz in BJP circles is that Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is not sure whether he will be projected as the BJP’s face for the Assembly polls. Sources in the party say that Chouhan’s team was taken aback after seeing seven MPs, including three Union ministers, being fielded by the party while his name did not figure in the list.
