Supreme Court rejects voter-roll changes, police urged to intimidate offenders, and Nobel prize awarded for brain research

During hearings on petitions to suspend Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Justice Surya Kant emphasized that the Supreme Court has never approved any alteration to the Election Commission’s Form 6, which is used for voter registration. The bench declined to issue an interim order, opting first to seek responses from the Election Commission and other respondents. In a separate case, the court instructed Delhi police to generate “fear and fright” among men who threaten women’s safety, suggesting that harsher measures may be necessary despite potential Article 21 challenges.

A woman journalist who alleged sexual harassment by Assistant Commissioner Vivek Bhagat was detained again while protesting outside Parliament Street police station. Former Trinamool Congress MP and actress Koel Mallick resigned from the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party a day after receiving its Rajya Sabha nomination. Finally, the Nobel Assembly honored Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for developing a light-controlled protein switch that enables researchers to study how nerve cells form memories, emotions and behaviors, with potential applications in restoring sight.