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IRS officer Sameer Wankhede today moved the Bombay high court in the alleged ₹25 crore extortion case regarding the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan. In his appeal, Wankhede said the CBI's action against him is an act of revenge. He said the FIR was filed against him because he had lodged a complaint against Gyaneshwar Singh for humiliating him over caste. He further said that Gyaneshwar Singh is helping Aryan Khan get off the hook in the drug case.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Hiroshima today to attend the G7 summit. Modi said that "It will be a pleasure to meet Prime Minister (Fumio) Kishida again after his recent visit to India for the India-Japan Summit. My presence in this G7 Summit is particularly meaningful as India holds the G20 Presidency this year,". He added "I look forward to exchanging views with the G7 countries and other invited partners on challenges the world faces and the need to collectively address them,".Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and K.V. Viswanathan took the oath of office to bring the strength of the court to 34 judges. They would replace Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and M.R. Shah, both of whom had retired. Succeeding Justice J.B. Pardiwala, Justice Viswanathan would be in line to be the 58th Chief Justice of India in August 2030.On May 16, magistrate judge Jacqueline Chooljian of the US district court of the central district of California issued an order stating Tahawwur Rana should be extradited to India. Responding to the development, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said “Insofar as the question of Tahawwur Rana is concerned, we are in very regular touch with the US authorities to ensure that there is speedy and early extradition of Tahawwur Rana,” Rana is currently lodged in a federal lockup in Los Angeles and he can appeal against the California court’s order in a circuit court. The US judge had ruled Rana’s extradition to India under the extradition treaty between India and the US.