State Focus
Noon
21 September 2026
State Focus Current Affairs — 21 September 2026, Noon
20 September 2026
The Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) signed an MoU on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at the Delhi Secretariat.
The MoU covers the redevelopment of the historic Town Hall complex in Chandni Chowk as a 'Global Heritage Centre'.
It was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
The Grade-I heritage complex was built between 1860 and 1866 and covers about 12,180 square metres, including the Town Hall, the Press Building and the park.
The MCD keeps ownership of the complex. It moved its headquarters to the Dr SP Mukherjee Civic Centre in 2010.
The MoU has an initial term of 30 years, which can be extended by another 30 years by mutual consent.
Area of the complex:
about 12,180 sq m
Built:
1860–1866
Initial MoU term:
30 years (+30 extendable)
Why it matters for exams: Heritage conservation in Delhi, the bodies involved and the dates of a colonial-era civic building are typical static-plus-current questions.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
DTTDC Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation — The Delhi government's tourism development agency.
MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi — The civic body that governs most of Delhi's urban area.
Grade-I heritage — The highest category of protected heritage building in a city's heritage list.
21 September 2026
Seven judicial officers took oath as judges of the Delhi High Court on Monday, 21 September 2026.
Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya administered the oath at a ceremony on the court premises.
Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena were sworn in as judges.
Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Dr Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun Bhardwaj were sworn in as additional judges. Arun Bhardwaj was the High Court's Registrar General.
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended eight names on 10 September; the Centre notified seven.
The court's working strength is now 50 against a sanctioned strength of 60.
Judges sworn in:
7 (2 judges, 5 additional judges)
Working strength:
50
Sanctioned strength:
60
Why it matters for exams: Appointment of High Court and additional judges through the Collegium is a core polity topic, and sanctioned versus working strength is a common data question.
Kerala PSCUPSCSSC
In plain words
Additional judge — A High Court judge appointed for up to two years under Article 224 to clear arrears or meet a temporary rise in work.
Collegium Supreme Court Collegium — The body of the Chief Justice of India and senior Supreme Court judges that recommends judicial appointments.
Registrar General — The senior-most administrative officer of a High Court.
21 September 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday, 21 September 2026, granted four weeks' interim bail to Lovkesh Bajaj on medical grounds.
Bajaj owns the Malviya Nagar hotel building where a fire in June killed several people.
Justice Sachin Datta passed the order after a medical status report from jail authorities.
Bajaj underwent major abdominal surgery on 31 August and was discharged on 15 September.
The court said he deserves release for a limited period to recuperate, and expressed no opinion on the merits of the case.
The FIR in the case invokes Sections 105 and 326 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Interim bail:
4 weeks
Surgery date:
31 August 2026
BNS sections in FIR:
105 and 326
Why it matters for exams: Interim bail on medical grounds and the new criminal law sections (BNS) that replaced the IPC are frequently tested.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
Interim bail — Temporary release granted for a fixed period, often on medical or humanitarian grounds.
BNS Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — The criminal code that replaced the Indian Penal Code from 1 July 2024.
21 September 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday, 21 September 2026, declined to entertain a plea seeking an FIR and a CBI or SIT probe in the Justice Yashwant Varma cash case.
The plea was filed by advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay. Justice Amit Bansal called it a "wild witch hunt".
The petitioner then sought to withdraw the plea with liberty to pursue other legal remedies.
The case concerns cash found at Varma's official residence during a fire on 14 March 2025, when he was a Delhi High Court judge.
The Supreme Court had dismissed a similar plea by the same petitioner in August 2026.
Varma resigned in April 2026 while a Lok Sabha inquiry under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, was under way.
Judge hearing the plea:
Justice Amit Bansal
Date of the fire:
14 March 2025
Law for the Lok Sabha inquiry:
Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968
Why it matters for exams: The procedure for removing High Court judges and the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, are standard polity questions, and this case is a live example.
Kerala PSCUPSC
In plain words
SIT Special Investigation Team — A team set up for a specific investigation, often on a court's direction.
Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 — The law that lays down how charges against a Supreme Court or High Court judge are investigated in Parliament.