QWrap: Uttarakhand Crisis, Modi’s Degrees Made Public, and More

Here’s a quick wrap of the day’s top stories.

QWrap: 09.05.16

1. Disqualified MLAs Won’t Be Allowed in the Floor Test, says SC

The Supreme Court has upheld Uttarakhand High Court’s decision to disqualify nine rebel Congress MLAs and barring them from participating in the floor test on May 10. Supreme Court’s verdict is in response to the petition filed by the disqualified MLAs, challenging the High Court’s decision.

2. Transfer of High Court Judges in India has a Sordid History

Judges of the High Courts who gave the overturned verdicts were not spared - 16 of them were banished by the Central Govt of the day from their “home” high courts to serve their terms in distant parts of the country, far from their families and against their will.

3. AAP Calls PM Modi’s Degrees ‘Fake’, BJP Calls AAP ‘Misleading’

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday, made public the BA and MA degrees of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for accusing the PM of lying about his educational qualification.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) responded, calling the degrees fake and forged.

4. Michel Platini Resigns as UEFA President

Michel Platini resigned from his role as the head of European soccer federation UEFA after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday reduced suspended UEFA President Michel Platini’s six-year ban from soccer for ethics violations to four years, saying the original punishment from FIFA was too severe.

5. I’m Thoughtful & Uber Glamorous, I’m Every Woman: Sonam Kapoor

Even her most myopic detractors have had to admit that she has evolved astoundingly as an actor. Clearly, a camera-chummy heroine has to work extra-hard to be acknowledged as an artiste of calibre.