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More than a month after recovering from heart attack, Justice M R Shah of the Supreme Court delivered 20 judgements on Monday. Justice MR Shah delivered judgments on the very first day after the court re-opened after the summer vacation.

Interestingly, all judgements were authored by Justice Shah and pronouncement of 20 judgements at one go is not very common.

The 64-year-old Shah served as a judge of the Gujarat high court and went on to become the chief justice of the Patna high court. He took charge as the judge of the Supreme Court in 2018 and is scheduled to retire on May 15, 2023.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the government is planning to construct an electric highway between Delhi and Mumbai.

He also urged heavy vehicle owners to use alternative fuels like ethanol, methanol and green hydrogen in order to curb pollution.

Addressing an event organised by the Hydraulic Trailer Owners Association, the road transport and highways minister said the government is constructing tunnels worth Rs 2.5 lakh crore.

Amarnath Yatra has been halted again shortly after resuming on Monday, a day after several pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh went missing in a cloudburst tragedy, which left at least 16 people dead and around 40 people missing.

Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa, had asked all the Yatris registered on or before July 11 to move to the Bhagwati Nagar base camp. Till now, 84 pilgrims were reported safe as they came in contact with their relatives as well as authorities.

On Sunday afternoon, the state government said only two women from Rajamahendravaram remained untraced in the Amarnath tragedy. “Subsequently, we received calls from several persons that their relatives could not be contacted after the cloudburst and flash flood near the holy cave shrine. As per the information, we now have 37 missing cases,” a senior official involved with the rescue mission said.

Youth Congress state president Dr Vikrant Bhuriya and Thandla MLA Virsingh Bhuriya who arrived in Meghnagar town of Jhabua district on Friday attended a poll campaign to seek votes for party candidates ahead of the urban body elections 2022.

Seeking support from voters in ward No. 01, the two reached ward No. 01 where the resident unions welcomed them by showering flowers. They also toured wards Nos 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, and 09 and canvassed for votes for party candidates from their respective wards.

They returned to ward No. 10 in the evening and ended the campaign for Friday. During this, Block committee president Yameen Sheikh, state spokesperson Sabir Fitwell, prospective candidates Ganga Vasuniya, Jogi Vasuniya, Radheshyam Solanki and a large number of party workers were also present.

With NCP leader Ajit Pawar named the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Maharashtra assembly, Shiv Sena is set to take claim to the LoP’s post in the Legislative Council. Shiv Sena, which has 13 members in the legislative council, has said it has the most seats among opposition parties and so LoP in the council must be from Shiv Sena.

However, a senior Sena functionary said the NCP was keen on also bagging the LoP’s post in the legislative council, saying they had more experienced leaders like Eknath Khadse to take on BJP. Shiv Sena is likely to send its name for the LoP’s post to legislative counsel chairperson before the monsoon session of the state legislature later this month.