"We hope and trust that the festival of lights does not become a cause for concern where the demon of pollution poisons our air and leads to irreparable damage to the health of the population at large," the bench said.
The court said though the MLAs have been in police custody for a fortnight, nothing has been placed before it to corroborate the claim that they were offering a bribe to topple the Jharkhand government.
On July 30, three Congress MLAs, Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap, and Naman Bixal Kongari, were apprehended by West Bengal police for carrying ₹49 lakhs in cash on a national highway.
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, while passing an order on the 2012 Park Street rape case, has set aside the order of a lower court to allow the use of a recorded statement of the deceased victim against the prime accused.A division .