Republic Day

The impressive list of aircraft features renowned names such as Rafale, Sukhoi, Jaguar, C-295, C-17, LCH Prachand helicopter, and Mig-29. A notable addition to this year's Republic Day Parade is the debut of four Tejas aircraft, adding a thrilling element to the aerial showcase.

In response, the court has reserved its decision on the matter and is scheduled to announce its ruling on Thursday regarding the provision of the report to the involved parties in the original Shringar Gauri suit (Rakhi Singh and others vs. Uttar Pradesh state and others).

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that President Macron's visit is in response to an invitation extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Akhlaque Ahmad, representing AIMC, stated, "We have prayed to the court that the report on the scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque should be kept in a sealed cover and should not be given to any of the parties unless a personal undertaking on an affidavit is submitted that it will not be leaked to anyone." The court has fixed January 3 as the next hearing date.

The ASI had sought the extension due to the ill-health of its Superintending Archaeologist Avinash Mohanty. The court had earlier instructed the ASI to file the report within the granted time and not seek further extensions.

The ASI has been conducting a survey in the barricaded area of the Gyanvapi mosque premises, excluding its sealed section, since August 4.

On behalf of ASI, standing government counsel, Government of India, Amit Kumar Srivastava, filed the application. Srivastava said, "We prayed to the court to grant further eight weeks' time to ASI for submitting report of the survey of Gyanvapi mosque because the exercise is still going on."

The court also ordered ASI officials involved in the survey, besides the plaintiffs, defendants, and their advocates, district government counsel (civil) and other officials on Thursday not to share any information about the survey with the print, electronic and social media.

A bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra recorded the undertaking given by the Archaeological Survey of India that it will not make any excavation at the site during the survey.

Dismissing the Muslim side's plea that the survey may damage the structure, Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Pritinkar Diwakar said: "The survey is required to do justice. Survey needs to be done with few conditions. Do survey, but without dredging."  Earlier, the High Court had directed ASI not to carry out survey until hearing in the case is completed.