DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA `5.00 ● WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 Hamara Sankalp Scan for more information Means Guarantee of elimination of Terrorism Modern weapons and powerful infrastructure provided for the Services ‘BRIBERY IS NOT PROTECTED BY PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE’ 161 70 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY SPP BOOKED FOR AIDING ACCUSED P 3 7-Judge Constitution Bench overrules 5-Judge Bench's majority verdict in JMM bribery case; PM hails order ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, MARCH 4 MEMBERS OF Parliament and state legislatures who take bribes to vote or speak in a certainmannerintheHousearenot immune from prosecution, the Supreme Court said in a landmark order on Monday, overruling its 1998 judgment (JMM bribery case) which granted immunity to such lawmakers. “Bribery is not protected by parliamentary privilege,” the seven-judge Constitution Bench headedbyChief Justiceof IndiaD Y Chandrachud said in a unanimous ruling. “The Constitution APURVA VISHWANATH NEW DELHI, MARCH 4 The seven-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud pronounces the verdict, Monday. PTI envisions probity in public life,” it said. “We disagree with and overrule the judgment of the majority (in the JMM bribery case),” said the bench, which included Justices A S Bopanna, M M Sundresh, P S Narasimha, J B Pardiwala, Sanjay Kumar and CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 FEMA violation: ED questions Hiranandani EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MUMBAI, MARCH 4 Niranjan Hiranandani comes out of ED office. Amit Chakravarty ‘PM matlab bada bhai’: Revanth seeks PM’s help for Telangana SREENIVAS JANYALA HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 TELANGANA CHIEF Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “bada bhai (elder brother)” while seeking support from the Centre for the development of his state. Reddy flew to Adilabad on Monday and shared the stage with the PM, who had arrived in the morning to inaugurate several projects. Reddy’s move was in contrast to his predecessor, former CM K Chandrashekar Rao,whoskipped meetingModi several times during the PM’s visits to the state. Addressing the Prime Minister in Hindi, Reddy said, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Apex court draws a red line, pushes the envelope on House privileges NIRANJAN HIRANANDANI, the founder and managing director of Hiranandani Group appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the agency’s Ballard Estate office in Mumbai onMondaywhereofficialsquestioned him in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation case. WhilecomingoutofEDoffice after a questioning session that lasted for nearly 10 hours, Hiranandani said, “We have answeredtheirsquestionsmultiple times. It is related to FDI. There is nothingnewtothecase.Wewere happy to answer their questions. Therewerenonewissuesraised.” The central agency had last month conducted searches at Hiranandani Group premises in and around Mumbai. After the searches,theagencysummoned NiranjanHiranandaniandhisson CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 legislature is not the sole judge of what privileges it enjoys and secondly, Parliament or legislature may only claim privileges which are essential and necessary for the functioningof theHouse,”the ruling stated. ● The ruling focuses only on the scope of immunity from prosecution when E IN HOLDING that Parliament is not the sole judge oftheprivilegesitenjoys,a seven-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court has extended the scope for judicial review of the House and the actions of its members. “In a consistent line of precedent this Court has held that – firstly, Parliament or the state WHEN LAWMAKERS TAKE BRIBES PAGE 11 TOP COURT PULLS UP UDHAYANIDHI OVER SANATAN DHARMA REMARK PAGE 6 LOKPAL TELLS CBI TO PROBESOREN’S TWO PROPERTIES IN SIX MONTHS PAGE 6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 R RADHIKA NEW DELHI, MARCH 4 MOVING AWAY from traditional evaluation methods that rely on marks and grades awarded by school teachers, the National Council for Educational and Research Training (NCERT) has introduced a new “holistic” report cardthatincorporatesfeedback from parents, classmates, and even self-evaluation by students to track their overall Says can’t meet March 6 deadline due to challenge of matching donation to donor ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, MARCH 4 CALLING IT a “time consuming exercise”, the State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline for submitting details on purchase of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to June 30. The Lok Sabhaelectionprocesswouldbe over by then. Last month, a five-judge Constitution Bench had struck down the electoral bonds scheme and directed the SBI, the authorised financial institution under the scheme, to submit by March 6 the details of electoral bonds purchased since April 12, 2019 to the ECI, which would publishtheinformationonitsofficial website by March 13. In its application to the SC on शालेय श ण व महारा शासन Monday, the SBI said it “intends to comply in full, with the directions issued” by the court. “However,therearecertainpractical difficulties with the decoding exercise and the timeline fixed for it... due to the stringent measures undertaken to ensure that the identity of the donors was kept anonymous,” it said, adding that “matching of the donor to the donations made would be a complex process”. Thebanksaidthat“asperthe gazettenotification”of January2, 2018, “whereby the central government framed the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018, it was categorically provided under Clause 7 (4)” that “the information furnished by the buyer shall be treatedasconfidentialbytheauthorised bank and shall not be disclosedtoanyauthorityforany purpose,exceptwhendemanded CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 डा वभाग, एकनाथ शदे नर मोदी मु धानमं ी मं ी KASHMIR, TELANGANA, GUJARAT, KARNATAKA Job hunt, YouTube channel: How Indian youths landed in Russia war MEAsaysworkingtobringmenback;kinsaycontacterratic 'आजचे िव ाथ - उ ाचे जबाबदार नाग रक' SREENIVAS JANYALA & BASHAARAT MASOOD HYDERABAD, SRINAGAR, MARCH 4 FROM KASHMIR to Karnataka, Gujarat to Telangana, a thread connects the Indian youths trappedfightingRussia’swarwith Ukraine—desperationforajob,a YouTube channel that provided hope, and a lie that became clear only after landing in Moscow. The families of men The Indian Express spoke to detailed how they were tricked into believing they were applying for jobs as helpers in Russian governmentoffices,butwereforced to head to the frontlines, putting their life in danger. Clockwise from above: Gurpreet Singh and others from India who were promised jobs as helpers in Russia government offices; Mohammed Samir Ahmed; Mohammed Sufiyan CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 दीपक के सरकर मं ी, शालेय श ण In new school report card, role of parents, classmates, self-evaluation PAGE 1 ANCHOR Poll bond details: Will comply, SBI tells SC, but need time until June 30 WHAT IS HOLISTIC PROGRESS CARD ■ New form of student evaluation based on recommendations of NEP 2020 ■ Doesn’t depend on marks or grades to evaluate a student’s academic performance ■ Instead, it gives greater role to parents in tracking a student’s achievements in class ■ Students’ own perception of their performance and what they wish to achieve in school included for the first time progress regularly. PARAKH, a standard-setting body under the NCERT, has devised the Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for foundational stage (Classes 1 and 2), preparatory stage (Classes 3 to 5) and middle stage (Classes 6 to 8) and is currently working on developing one for the secondary stage. TheNCERThasaskedallstates toeitheradopttheHPCoradaptit according to their requirements. Traditionally, assessment in schools has been primarily focusedonyear-endexaminations, with the responsibility solely placed on teachers. The HPC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 रा रीय पुर ार दान समारंभ ५ माच, २०२४ टाटा थएटर, एन.सी.पी.ए., न रमन पॉ ट, मुबई - ४०० ०२१ ं दपार १ वाजता ु OXeªFeAF¹F´FeAFSX-sqst-su-zrxq 130 ‘ANONYMITY MAKES TASK TOUGH’ SC: No immunity for MPs & MLAs who take bribe for vote, speech in House EXPLAINED 102 cbc 22201/13/0328/2324 Modi Sarkar ki Guarantee Viksit Bharat REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. 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