Afternoon brief: Cong reacts to PM's ‘140 cr Indians’ remark; HC junks husband's fake salary cuts, and more news

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Published on: Mar 5, 2024, 13:11:46 IST

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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement where he referred to 140 crore Indians as his family. Ramesh criticised Modi's governance over the past decade, labelling it as a period of injustice for citizens due to inflation, unemployment, economic instability, and polarisation. He questioned why, if 140 crore Indians are considered Modi's family, injustices persist. Ramesh characterised the prime minister as a marketing figure who self-proclaimed as a Vishwaguru. He emphasised that demanding respect requires behaving respectfully. Dig deeper

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The Karnataka high court on Monday ruled that “artificial” and extra deductions from the husband's salary, such as house rent recovery, and provident fund contributions, cannot be made deductible from the maintenance granted to an ex-wife. Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar said provident fund contributions, house rent recovery, furniture recovery, etc. cannot be deemed as legit deductions, like income tax, and should not be deducted from the maintenance paid to the former wife or daughter. Dig deeper

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That’s all we have at this hour in our Afternoon briefing. Catch you in the evening.

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