DESCRIPTION: A storm warning has been issued for at least 13 states and two Union Territories for Monday. All departments have been alerted to prepare emergency kits with essential items for safety and survival. The Supreme Court struck down the amendment to an Uttar Pradesh legislation which allows former chief ministers of the state to retain government accommodation even after leaving office. It maintained that once such persons demit public office, there is nothing to distinguish them from the common man. Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, one of the world’s most active, has erupted, destroying at least 21 homes and forcing more than 1,700 people to flee from their homes. Two Congress Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging vice president Venkaiah Naidu’s rejection of an opposition motion seeking the removal of the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, on grounds of ‘misbehaviour’.
