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New Delhi: Amid elaborate security arrangement, a Panchkula based court will hear two separate murder cases against Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and others here on Saturday.

The cases, related to the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati and former Dera manager Ranjit Singh, allegedly by functionaries and followers of the sect will be held in the court of special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh. The same court had, on August 25, convicted Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on two counts of rape of female disciples.

New Delhi:Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has attacked dynastic politics, saying dynasty in democracy is "nasty".

His remark has come days after Rahul Gandhi talked about the phenomenon being present in the Indian system.

"There is discussion about dynasty. Dynasty and democracy cannot go together. Very simple... it weakens our system. Dynasty in democracy is nasty," he said at a book launch but added that his remarks were not linked to any party. He said he used to voice similar views earlier too but now he hesitates as he is out of politics.

New Delhi:Former chairman of the Law Commission and ex-chief justice of Delhi High Court, Justice AP Shah   has asserted that the Supreme Court judgment which struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was "greatly flawed and deserving of harsh criticism".

Justice Shah, who was speaking at a discussion on 'appointment of judges, balancing transparency, accountability and independence of the judiciary', said the idea of the NJAC was a "very good one" and while there were some deficiencies, they could have been read down.

New Delhi:Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced a CBI investigation into the murder of seven-year-old Pradhyumn Thakur inside a Gurgaon branch of Ryan International School on September 8.

The CM made the announcement while meeting Pradhyumn's parents at their home, a week after the boy was murdered in the washroom of the school's Bhondsi campus.

 "It was an extremely unfortunate incident. I have come to meet the family and express my grief," Khattar said at the Thakurs' Shyam Kunj residence.