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Snapshot of the day

December 9, 2024

Sidharth Bhatia

Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting judge of the Allahabad high court, attended an event organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad yesterday, and he did not hold back. Among Justice Yadav’s proclamations at the event held in the high court’s library hall were that