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A petition was filed in SC seeking contempt proceedings against Rajdeep Sardesai, and Attorney General's consent was sought

For a country that proudly proclaims that the tenet of Freedom to express the uncomfortable truth is at the core of its existence, the entire controversy surrounding Sudarshan News and its show 'UPSC Jihad' has left a bad taste in the mouth.

Sudarshan TV Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the controversial show 'UPSC Jihad' is called so because it has come to his knowledge through sources that the funding for Zakat Foundation is done through organisations linked to terror activities.

Sudarshan TV, in its defence, had submitted that it is an investigative story and is important to national security as there is a lot of foreign funding involved.

Prashant Bhushan is seeking a review of the contempt of court verdict that had penalised him with Rs 1 last month.

Shri Kesavananda Bharti Sripadagalavaru, a prominent spiritual leader, left for his heavenly abode on Sunday, September 6th.

Ajay Maken movese Supreme Court challenging the court's order of removing 48,000 slum clusters along railway tracks in Delhi

The plea which sought contempt action against Rajdeep Sardesai for making comments against country's judiciary stated that Rajdeep Sardesai's tweets showed that these were "not only a cheap stunt of publicity among people but a deliberate attempt to spread hatred in form of Anti India campaign."

Katju has stated that the Indian judiciary is subservient to the BJP government and the government wants to make Nirav Modi a 'scapegoat' to hide their own failures.

Earlier on Wednesday, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Twitter had claimed that only 8 lakh out of the 18 lakh who had downloaded the JEE admit card actually appeared for the exam.