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A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to two and a half years in prison for lying under oath to a grand jury to protect his once-powerful boss

By Akash Sriram

Drivers’ group announced that on Valentine's Day, numerous drivers from Uber (NYSE:UBER), Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT), and the food delivery service DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) will participate in a nationwide strike to demand fair pay.

Uber, Lyft and food delivery app DoorDash will strike across the United States on Valentine's Day seeking fair pay, drivers' groups said on Monday. The strike call is the first since Uber and Lyft went public in 2019. Drivers will picket outside airports and Uber offices, two of the groups said.

Reuters on Monday. The drivers, considered independent contractors, have accused the platforms of taking disproportionately high amounts as commissions. The Justice For App Workers coalition, representing about 130,000 drivers and delivery workers, said its drivers would not provide rides to and from airports between 11 am and 1 pm in 10 U.S.

Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the «devastating plight» of MGNREGS workers in West Bengal and urged his government to facilitate the release of central funds to the state for clearing their pending wages. In his letter to Modi, Gandhi said that during his recent visit to West Bengal as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra, a delegation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers from the Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Samity apprised him of the issues faced by them. Flagging the «devastating plight» of MGNREGS workers in West Bengal and their relentless fight for justice, he said, «Lakhs of our brothers and sisters have been denied work and wages under MGNREGS due to the stoppage of central funds to West Bengal since March, 2022.» «I was informed that many workers have not been paid for work completed in 2021 due to shortfall in funds,» the former Congress chief said in his letter to Modi dated February 10.

National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA). The anti-profiteering provisions under the GST law makes it is mandatory for suppliers of goods and services to pass on the benefit of any reduction in the rate of tax, or the benefit of input tax credit, to recipients by way of commensurate reduction in prices. A Bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud issued notice to the Finance ministry, the National Anti-profiteering Authority, its Director General, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, and the GST Council on an appeal by Excel Rasayan alleging that the provisions are «manifestly arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India» as they do not provide any methodology or objective parameters for computation of profiteering. The provisions do not define «commensurate benefit,» which is imperative for determining profiteering, said the petitioner.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India to finalise the code of conduct or guidelines preferably in three months for the effective functioning of the committee of creditors (CoC). The finalisation of the guidelines should be done without diluting the sanctity of the «commercial wisdom» of the committee of creditors and the legislative intent of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, it observed. Expressing displeasure over how the board hasn’t yet framed the guidelines, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav noted that the board had notified a discussion paper in 2021 on various issues, including the code of conduct for the CoC.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday broke her silence on Sandeshkhali violence and said those responsible have been put behind the bars. Banerjee's remark came on a day when Governor CV Ananda Bose cut short his Kerala trip and visited the area in North 24 Parganas to assess and review the law and order situation there. «Anyone can go to Sandeshkhali. We have no issues with that. We have already sent the state women commission team there. They returned and submitted a report. Those who have instigated violence have been arrested. The situation is being monitored closely and necessary steps are being taken,» she said while speaking to reporters at Dumurjala stadium in Howrah district. Governor Bose described the Sandeshkhali situation as «ghastly» that left him «shocked and shattered». He assured the women, who tied rakhis on his wrist, of full support to get justice.

Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation alleging violation of people's right to privacy by Truecaller, a leading global caller ID platform. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan orally said it will dismiss the petition by Ajay Shukla, noting that the issue raised by him had been brought up before the Supreme Court through another plea which was withdrawn without the apex court granting him any liberty to approach the high court. «You can't re-litigate. This will amount to abuse of process of law. Dismissed as withdrawn means you can't re-litigate,» the bench, also comprising Justice Manmeet PS Arora, said. «Nothing has been disclosed in this petition. That's the beauty of it,» the court remarked.

plea of the Thackeray faction was listed for hearing on Monday but the matter could not be taken up during the day due to paucity of time. “Let them (Shinde faction) file a response. The notice was issued earlier," senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray faction, told the bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

Supreme Court said on Monday it will list the plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's order declaring the Shiv Sena bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the «real political party» after the outfit's split in June 2022. The plea of the Thackeray faction was listed for hearing on Monday but the matter could not be taken up during the day due to paucity of time. «Let them (Shinde faction) file a response. The notice was issued earlier,» senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray faction, told the bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. «We will list it,» the CJI said.

₹1.25 lakh on each of them. Meanwhile, the fifth convict, Ajay Sethi, was handed down three years of simple imprisonment under section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) of the IPC. The trial court had imposed a fine of ₹7.25 lakh on Sethi.

Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Manoj Jain suspended the sentence of Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Singh Malik and Ajay Kumar till the pendency of their appeals challenging their conviction and sentence. The bench noted that the convicts have been in custody for 14 years. The high court had on January 23 asked the Delhi Police to respond to the appeals filed by the four convicts.

Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence which claimed eight lives. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and K V Viswanathan directed the apex court registry to obtain a report from the trial court on the progress of the case and adjourned the matter. On September 26 last year, the top court had relaxed the bail conditions of Mishra to enable him to visit and stay in the National Capital Region (NCR) to look after his ailing mother and for the treatment of his daughter. The case pertains to an incident of violence on October 3, 2021, in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) may have to hear afresh cases involving Sahara India, Bombay Dyeing and Franklin Templeton among several others, as two of its three members including the presiding officer retired before the final orders could be delivered. The two members retired last year, and the government has yet to appoint their replacements. Lawyers expect potential delays in the appellate body pronouncing its orders in these cases, which will have to be heard again when the new members come in.

Taylor Swift, the renowned Grammy-winning artist, has once again captured headlines, this time for selling one of her private jets shortly after issuing legal threats against a university student. This student, Jack Sweeney, had been sharing publicly available information about the landings and takeoffs of private jets, including Swift's, on social media platforms. Legal Threats and Jet Sale

Jagdeep Dhankar and leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. The debate arose when Congress MPs questioned the Vice-President for giving the floor to RLD's Jayant Singh to speak on the government decision to confer the Bharat Ratna on his grandfather and former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.

Narendra Modi is not OBC by birth, he has been made OBC by the BJP government of Gujarat. He can never do justice to the rights and share of the backward people" Rahul Gandhi had claimed. Responding to his allegations, Amit Shah said, “Rahul Gandhi has habit of telling lies and repeating lies.

Rahul Gandhi for questioning PM Narendra Modi's caste. The Home Minister was speaking at the ET Now-Global Business summit. Earlier on February 8 during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra Rahul Gandhi had claimed that PM Modi is not an OBC by birth.

Hindu devotees to pray in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque, Trinamool Congress leader Siddiqullah Chowdhury asked the Hindu worshippers to vacate the mosque premises immediately. He also warned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath that if he comes to West Bengal, he will not be allowed to go out, according to a report published by India Today. The TMC leader was speaking at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind rally in Kolkata demanding a ban on the 'puja' in the Gyanvapi mosque.