25 C kolkata / The Economic Times
Former Maharashtra minister Anees Ahmed, who narrowly missed the deadline to file his nomination as a VBA candidate, has rejoined Congress. Ahmed claimed obstacles at the ROs office prevented his timely filing. His resignation had raised concerns about vote splits in the Congress party.
The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) has announced its first list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls, including a transgender candidate, Shamibha Patil from the Leva Patil community, and Savita Mundhe from the Sindkhed Raja community.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra stayed the high court order and issued notices to Aum Capital, representing the investors, and others on separate appeals of the RBI and the DBS Bank against the HC judgement.
The Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order directing the Reserve Bank of India to conduct a fresh valuation of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and DBS Bank India (DBIL) in their 2020 merger. The High Court's order included reconsideration of tier-2 bond write-offs and addressing shareholders' and bondholders' grievances.