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SC pulls up state govts for 'choking' peoples' right to know: Info Commission vacancies -Anjali Bhardwaj, Lokesh Batra and Amrita Johri

-Counterview.net On August 18, 2021, a petition regarding delay in appointment of Information Commissioners under the RTI Act was heard by the Supreme Court. The bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari heard the matter. During the hearing, it was pointed out that despite the judgment of the SC, the Union of India and several states had failed to fill the vacancies in the information commission leading to a...

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Supreme Court seeks details of RTI panel vacancies

-The Telegraph The court was hearing a joint PIL filed by Anjali Bharadwaj, Col Lokesh Batra and Amrita Johri complaining about the openings resulting in a massive backlog of cases The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted four weeks to the Centre and states to come out with details of vacancies of Information Commissioners amid complaints that governments across the country are seeking to dilute the transparency law by the keeping the posts...

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Ensure voting rights of migrant workers, ADR urges in its letter to ECI

-Press communiqué by Association for Democratic Reforms, dated 5th May, 2021 In a letter sent to Shri Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner and Shri Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioner on 5th May, 2021, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has requested for extending facilities allowing migrant workers to vote from their current residences away from home constituencies, at a time when similar facility is being worked out for the Non-resident Indians (NRIs) by...

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No Patient Shall Be Denied Hospitalisation, Essential Drugs for Lack of Address Proof: SC

-PTI/ TheWire.in The top court also directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified before May 3 midnight. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate within two weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in the wake of the second wave of COVID-19 and said no patient shall be denied hospitalisation or essential drugs in any...

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SC Issues Directions to Centre on Managing Covid19 Crisis; Asks it to Rectify Oxygen Deficit, Formulate National Policy of Hospital Admissions; Suggests a Lockdown

-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in The Supreme Court, in an order released on Sunday evening, directed the Central Government to ensure that the deficit in the supply of oxygen to the national capital is rectified within two days. It also directed the Centre to prepare, in collaboration with the states, a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralize the location of the emergency stocks. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four...

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