In a landmark verdict against the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information law, saying judicial independence is not a judge's privilege but a responsibility cast upon him. The 88-page judgment is being seen as a personal setback to CJI K G Balakrishnan, who has been opposed to disclosure of...
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CJI office comes under RTI: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) comes within the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and details of Judges assets should be revealed under that. A bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justices S. Muralidhar and Vikramjeet Sen said, "Higher the judiciary, higher is the accountability towards the public at large". Emphasising the importance of...
More »Employment guarantee scheme under scanner after hunger death
A landless labourer dies on Christmas day after going without food for five days. Neither he nor his wife, who was a job card holder under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, knew they could demand work or avail of unemployment benefits as a right It was a death that could have been avoided. Kishen Singh, a 45-year-old landless labourer, died of hunger in Champakheda village in south Rajasthan. What...
More »Judiciary needs 35,000 Judges to clear 2.71cr backlog: CJI
The Centre's fresh move to create 15,000 more courts appears to have fallen short of the estimation of Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan as he thinks the lower judiciary needs at least 35,000 Judges as against the existing 16,000 to tackle the huge backlog of 2.71 crore cases. Law minister Veerappa Moily's initiative saw the cabinet clear a decision to create 15,000 more courts, but a Bench comprising...
More »After Judges, babus' assets come under RTI by Viju B
After politicians and Judges of Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have been prised open to public scrutiny. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority, should be made available to the public under the Right to Information Act. Passing the order in a case involving an officer with the...
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