-The Indian Express The debate about Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, is growing heated. As more cases of its abuse surface, even Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has begun to mull changes to the act. The key question to be probed is whether individual actions Booked under the provision are isolated instances of abuse or the section itself flawed. For that, we need to first explore how...
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RTI panels headed by people who've been close to govt: Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Thursday said it had directed appointment of retired judges as heads of information commissions at the Centre and state level to ensure their independence as many were headed by persons who "have been in the good Books of government". "You will find the chief information commissioners, both at the Centre and state level, are persons who have been in the good Books of the...
More »SC dares govt to bar judges from posts
-The Telegraph The Supreme Court today dared the Centre to enact a law to prohibit retired judges or bureaucrats from taking up post-retirement positions in commissions or other government undertakings. A bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar threw down the gauntlet when additional solicitor-general A.S. Chandiok suggested “there should be no post-retirement employment”. The law officer also asked the court to review its September 12 judgment that only sitting or retired...
More »Death for Kasab: Govt guided by SC’s ‘rarest of rare’ stand-Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Economic Times The government did not waste much time in recommending to the President that Ajmal Kasab's clemency plea be rejected as the Supreme Court had said three months ago that if death sentence was to be imposed only in "one in a million case" , then this was the one which deserved capital punishment. The court, upholding the decision of the trial court which was affirmed by the Bombay high...
More »5 lakh vehicles added to city roads in a year
-Express News Service Dikshit releases Delhi Statistical HandBook, says city an attractive destination for all. With more than 5 lakh vehicles added to the roads in the last year, Delhi recorded the biggest jump ever in motor vehicle registrations. But as the number of vehicles increased, no significant change in road length was recorded in the Capital. The figures were made available when Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit released the Delhi Statistical HandBook, 2012,...
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