-Deccan Chronicle Chennai: A teacher who appeared for the Teacher Eligibility Test sued the TRB (Teacher Recruitment Board) for causing severe mental agony to him by not giving correct answers in the RTI reply for three questions which appeared in the exam. The court ordered the TRB official to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation to the litigant. N. Arasakumaran of Karur filed a complaint with the Karur consuMer court in December...
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Between life and death, the crucial difference -V Venkatesan
-The Hindu Had the court known that Pratibha Patil was not told of the dissent in the Bhullar case, the outcome of his appeal might have been similar to that of Das's plea The Supreme Court, in the course of just one month, has rendered two judgments that appear to be contradictory. As both the judgments have been rendered by the same Bench, comprising two judges, they need to be studied...
More »Spies of Punjab, ‘shown steps of gold’-Chander Suta Dogra
-The Hindu Chandigarh: For one Sarabjit Singh, whose death brought politicians to his funeral and financial assistance for his family, the Punjab countryside is dotted with scores of men knocking on the doors of courts seeking compensation for the years many of them spent in Pakistani jails, and recognition of their services as spies for India. Neither the government nor his family has ever acknowledged that Sarabjit - who died this week...
More »'RTI Act cannot be applied to co-operative societies' -Linah Baliga
-The Times of India MUMBAI: "After the Constitutional Amendment and the status granted to the co-operative societies of self-governance, the RTI Act would be applicable to the Co-operative Society. More particularly after it being self-governed by Maharashtra State Ordinance of 2013 laying down the by-laws, rule, regulations, procedure and modalities," says the legal opinion of Senior Advocate Firoze Andhyarujina, which was released on Friday by Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society (BCAS), at...
More »Mahendra Nath Das’s Mercy plea: Why SC commuted his death sentence -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India Revealing the casual manner in which Mercy petitions are dealt with, the Supreme Court found that forMer President APJ Abdul Kalam's 2005 note favouring commutation of Mahendra Nath Das's death penalty to life term was never placed before his successor Pratibha Patil, who rejected Das's Mercy plea in 2011. This and the 12-year delay in deciding Das's Mercy plea were cited by a bench of Justices G S...
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