Morning Filter: Delhi Assembly to hold special session

1. Delhi Assembly’s special session on Friday is likely to be stormy affair The Delhi Assembly’s special session convened Friday is likely to be a stormy affair amid a slugfest over central probe agencies’ action in the Kejriwal government’s excise policy and the AAP accusing the BJP of trying to lure its MLAs. 2. NIA opposes bail plea of Elgar accused Hany Babu, says he wanted to topple govt The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday opposed in the Bombay High Court the bail plea of professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, arguing he actively participated in activities to promote Naxalism and wanted to overthrow the government. The court will continue hearing the plea on Friday. 3. Gauhati HC hears petition challenging internet suspension in Assam As the hearing in the petition could not be completed on Thursday due to paucity of time, Justice Shyam said that the case will be heard again on Friday at 12:30 pm. 4. Chhattisgarh contractual government workers to strike work on Friday seeking regularisation of service Contractual workers of Chhattisgarh government departments will stage a day-long strike in all 28 district headquarters on Friday demanding regularisation of service. 5. Mohan Bhagwat to arrive in Tripura on two-day visit from Friday RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will arrive in Tripura on Friday for a two-day visit, during which he would visit Ujjayanta palace here and inaugurate a temple in Gomati district’s Sarbong Ashram, a senior police officer said. 6. RJD’s Awadh Bihari Chaudhary files nomination for Bihar assembly speaker’s post Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Awadh Bihari Choudhary on Thursday filed his nomination for the post of speaker in the Bihar legislative assembly. The post fell vacant after the resignation of his predecessor Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday. The voting is scheduled to take place on Friday, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat said. 7. CJI Ramana set to retire on Friday Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana will retire from the office today after serving for a tenure of one year and four months as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Ramana had taken over from SA Bobde on 26 April 2021. [logo] The Morning Filter 26 AUGUST 2022 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. Delhi Assembly’s special session on Friday is likely to be stormy affair [Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with party MLA’s seen sitting at Rajghat, after holding a meeting with MLSs at his residence in ED and CBI action against them, in Delhi on Thursday.] The [Delhi Assembly’s special session convened Friday]( is likely to be a stormy affair amid a slugfest over central probe agencies’ action in the Kejriwal government’s excise policy and the AAP accusing the BJP of trying to lure its MLAs. 2. NIA opposes bail plea of Elgar accused Hany Babu, says he wanted to topple govt The National Investigation Agency [(NIA) on Thursday opposed in the Bombay High Court the bail plea]( of professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, arguing he actively participated in activities to promote Naxalism and wanted to overthrow the government. The court will continue hearing the plea on Friday. 3. Gauhati HC hears petition challenging internet suspension in Assam [Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with party MLA’s seen sitting at Rajghat, after holding a meeting with MLSs at his residence in ED and CBI action against them, in Delhi on Thursday.] As the hearing in the petition could not be completed on Thursday due to paucity of time, [Justice Shyam said that the case will be heard again]( on Friday at 12:30 pm. 4. Chhattisgarh contractual government workers to strike work on Friday seeking regularisation of service Contractual workers of Chhattisgarh government departments [will stage a day-long strike in all 28 district headquarters]( on Friday demanding regularisation of service. 5. Mohan Bhagwat to arrive in Tripura on two-day visit from Friday [RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat. File.] RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat [will arrive in Tripura on Friday]( for a two-day visit, during which he would visit Ujjayanta palace here and inaugurate a temple in Gomati district’s Sarbong Ashram, a senior police officer said. 6. RJD’s Awadh Bihari Chaudhary files nomination for Bihar assembly speaker’s post Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Awadh Bihari Choudhary on Thursday [filed his nomination for the post of speaker]( in the Bihar legislative assembly. The post fell vacant after the resignation of his predecessor Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday.  The voting is scheduled to take place on Friday, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat said. 7. CJI Ramana set to retire on Friday [Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana. File.] Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana will retire from the office today after serving for a tenure of one year and four months as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI). Justice Ramana had taken over from SA Bobde on 26 April 2021. 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