<h1>Recommends senior judge as next chief justice, declines contempt, seeks FIR data and probes into digital arrests</h1> The Supreme Court recommended a senior judge as the next chief justice and declined to pursue contempt against a lawyer after the top judge refused action; it reprimanded states for failing to file compliance affidavits in a stray-dog matter and expressed concern about national image. The court indicated willingness to entrust the CBI with probes into digitally facilitated arrests and sought FIR data nationwide, denied additional time to police for responding to bail petitions in a high-profile riot-related UAPA case, and allowed the Centre to reconsider adjusted gross revenue dues of a telecom firm. It rejected a PIL for a vehicle star-rating scheme, refused public disclosure of shortlisted candidates for information commission posts, sought reports on student suicide-prevention guidelines and on a state proposal to raise judicial retirement age, and listed matters including a passport-release plea, an Enforcement Directorate challenge to an arrest, a large fraud bail petition, and land transfer for a high court complex.