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Current Affairs 20 July 2026

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  • Twenty former TMC MPs in Lok Sabha align with NCPI group, pledge support to NDA government
  • Madhya Pradesh High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment for rape-murder of nine-year-old

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Twenty former TMC MPs in Lok Sabha align with NCPI group, pledge support to NDA government

Twenty former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs in the Lok Sabha have announced that they are now aligning with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCPI) parliamentary group.[1] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar publicly declared the group’s decision to join the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) bloc in Parliament and work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.[1] The MPs, described as rebels within the TMC, said they would support the government’s initiatives and focus on constructive debate rather than obstruction.[1] This realignment comes in the backdrop of the TMC’s recent electoral defeat in West Bengal, which has altered the balance of political power in the state and affected its national standing.[1] The group’s decision impacts opposition arithmetic in the Lok Sabha, potentially weakening the broader Opposition coalition. It may also influence committee positions, speaking time, and voting strength on key legislative matters. The move underscores ongoing fluidity in party loyalties and coalition configurations in the current Lok Sabha.[1]

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Madhya Pradesh High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment for rape-murder of nine-year-old

A division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s Gwalior bench has commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl to life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life.[2] The convict had previously been awarded the death penalty by a trial court for the brutal crime involving sexual assault and murder of the minor. On appeal, the High Court re-examined the evidence and sentencing considerations, ultimately deciding that life imprisonment until the natural end of the convict’s life was more appropriate than capital punishment.[2] The bench’s decision reflects ongoing judicial scrutiny of the “rarest of rare” doctrine used to justify the death penalty under Indian law. The judgment underscores that, even in grave cases involving child victims, courts may opt for stringent life terms instead of death sentences.[2] This ruling contributes to evolving jurisprudence on proportionality of punishment and judicial discretion in sentencing under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) framework. It may influence future appeals and sentencing decisions in similar cases.[2]

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