A day after the introduction of the anti-graft Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011, in the Lok Sabha, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday felt that the agency's autonomy of investigation had been “seriously compromised”. CBI sources said the Bill did not seem to confer greater autonomy to the investigative agency—one of the focal points of the civil society's agitation for bringing about a strong, effective and credible Lokpal...
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If Bill is in Parliament, why protest outside: Court to Team Anna
-Express News Service Queationing the methods and the ethics of Anna Hazare’s proposed fast in Mumbai next week to press for a strong Lokpal bill, the Bombay High Court today refused to intervene in the petition by his supporters seeking concessions in charges for using a government ground as the venue for its campaign. Reacting to the court’s observations, Hazare said that his team would hold the protest at the MMRDA ground...
More »State govt aided Adarsh scam: CAG by Sandeep Ashar
The state government has been blamed for actively aiding and abetting the Adarsh housing society scam, in a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, which was tabled in the legislative assembly on Friday. Accusing the state machinery of overlooking subversion of rules and regulations by the society and granting unreasonable concessions, the CAG has termed the scam as a "failure in governance at all levels". Many officers,...
More »Consistent failure by all depts: CAG slams govt over Adarsh
-Express News Service Branding the Adarsh scam a “classic example of the fence eating the crops” and “how a select and powerful elite could collude to subvert rules and regulations for personal benefit” , the Comptroller and Auditor General has slammed the government and officials in its audit of the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society. The report, that was tabled in the Assembly on Friday, called the entire Adarsh episode a remarkable case...
More »Aruna Roy finds holes in grievance bill
-The Times of India Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) has supported the grievance redressal bill with some reservations. In a statement,NCPRI said there were "significant lacuna'' in the bill including the fact that provisions for compensation and penalties had not been specified and the designated authority with the powers of a civil court had not been made sufficiently independent of the government. NCPRI also expressed concern that...
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