From serving in Britain's elite Special Boat Service to redefining the limits of high-altitude climbing with his record-breaking "Project Possible" expedition, Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja became one of the most influential mountaineers of his generation before his life was cut short in a tragic Broad Peak avalanche.
Constitution insulates the Court from being leaned on by whoever holds power or public pressure at a given moment, a government, an opposition party, or a movement outside the electoral system altogether.
The Delhi Police case, under FIR 59/2020, does not say he threw a stone and set a car on fire. It says he did something courts have repeatedly found much more serious. He helped plan the violence, as part of what police call a 'larger conspiracy,' carried out through speeches, WhatsApp groups and planned road blockades timed for maximum disruption.
Political analyst and entrepreneur Tehseen Poonawalla on Saturday claimed that Delhi Police had placed him under house arrest at his Greater Kailash-1 residence in...