-PTI Bombay High Court today upheld the ban on gutkha and pan masala in Maharashtra. The court, hearing pleas filed by gutkha and pan masala makers, said the tobacco flavoured products fell within the definition of “food” and hence the commissioner of Food and Drugs Administration has the power to ban them. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice Nitin Jamdar ordered the state government not to destroy the seized...
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Agra children home inmates found severely malnourished -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu A National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) inspection team has found that inmates of the children’s home ( Shishu Sadan ) and the Observation Home for Boys in Agra are not being given adequate food, leading to malnourishment among many. NCPCR member Yogesh Dube, who led the three-member delegation, said: “An NCPCR team visited Agra on September 6-7 and stumbled upon various irregularities at the two homes for...
More »NAC panel drafts pre-legislative process-Anuja
-Live Mint The Sonia Gandhi -led National Advisory Council (NAC) may be moving closer to formulating a pre-legislative process that will involve a thorough, time-bound discussion of Bills before they become law. “The need for such a policy of consultation is necessary to evolve from a representative democracy to a participatory, deliberative democracy, particularly for accountability to the people in the formulation of law and policy,” said the draft recommendation of NAC’s working...
More »Information commissions need judicial members: apex court-Anuja
-Live Mint CIC suspends hearings to seek govt’s opinion; RTI activists criticize the move, saying it could lead to delays The Supreme Court said on Thursday that information commissions at the central and state levels should have two-person benches, with one person being a “judicial member” and the other an “expert member”. That prompted the Central Information Commission (CIC) to suspend hearings to enable it to seek the government’s opinion and led to...
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-The Business Standard SC's order on trial coverage is prone to misuse The Supreme Court has ruled that if publishing news concerning a trial creates “a real and substantial risk of prejudice to the proper Administration of justice or to the fairness of trial”, the court could allow a postponement of its publication through an appropriate order. The order was passed on complaints that had alleged breach of confidentiality during the...
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