Morning Digest | Agitating lawyers meet CJI over proposed transfers of HC judges; no more Air Suvidha form for international arrivals, and more

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Chief Justice of India, Collegium judges meet protesting Gujarat, Telangana High Courts’ lawyers over proposed transfers of their HC judges

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and two Supreme Court judges, met Gujarat and Telangana High Courts’ lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of Justices Nikhil Kariel and A. Abhishek Reddy, agreeing to “examine” their grievances while “strongly conveying” that they have to get back to work.

No more Air Suvidha form for international arrivals from November 22

International travellers entering India will no longer be required to fill up the self-declaration form, called Air Suvidha, for COVID-19-related screening of passengers. Neither will passengers be required to submit a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report.

Mangaluru blast accused influenced by global terror outfit: Karnataka Police

Mohammed Shariq, 24, the alleged bomber in the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast case, was “influenced by a terror organization that has a global presence,” Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Karnataka, said at a press conference in Mangaluru on Monday.

Quake kills 162, injures hundreds on Indonesia’s Java Island