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The article informs that Justice K. M. Joseph, who headed the Uttarakhand High Court bench, has waited for a transfer he needs on health grounds. It mentions the views of Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on the same. It also discusses reasons failed to forward the transfer order of Joseph on health grounds.

The article reports on a ruling of the Indian Supreme Court regarding a decision of the Uttarkhand High Court on president's rule in Uttarakhand, India, as of April 2016. It states that that Supreme Court has extended the period of the president rule on technical grounds, and mentions that the ruling was attended by lawyers like Kapil Sibal. Comments from Attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi on the decision are presented.