‘There is no such thing as self-regulation, every institution is accountable to the people.' We publish here an edited excerpt from a clarification issued by Press Council chairman Markandey Katju. The full text of his clarification can be read at www.thehindu.com. ‘No doubt, the media should provide some entertainment also to the people. But if 90 per cent of their coverage is devoted to entertainment, and only 10 per cent...
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A stronger Lokayukta in Bihar, with new wings and right to seize by Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express Bihar is ready with the draft for a new Lokayukta Bill, which it plans to finalise by November 26 before getting it passed in the winter session of the Assembly. It is the second state, after Uttarakhand, to have prepared or reworked its Lokayukta laws before the Centre haspassed a Lokpal Bill. Unlike the Bihar Lokayukta Act, 1973, the new law will bring the chief minister under the Lokayukta’s...
More »RBI asked to name top 100 defaulting industrialists by Anuja & Remya Nair
The commission has now directed RBI to furnish the information by 10 December to the applicant and publish it on its website by the month-end The Central Information Commission (CIC), which enforces the Right to Information Act, has directed the central bank to make public the names of the top 100 industrialists who have defaulted on loans taken from public sector banks. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had declined to disclose...
More »Gulberg Society case order reserved by Manas Dasgupta
The special court judge hearing the Gulberg Society massacre trial has reserved his order till November 18 on the plea of the advocate of the riot victims to stay the proceedings till the Supreme Court–appointed Special Investigation Team submitted its final report. Advocate S.M. Vora had moved the court to stay the trial after the SIT refused to submit its report before the special court and informed last month that as...
More »Death penalty is barbaric, says judge by J Venkatesan
The ‘rarest of rare' doctrine is a grey area: Justice Ganguly Supreme Court Judge A.K. Ganguly on Tuesday termed death penalty “barbaric,” “anti-life,” “undemocratic” and “irresponsible,” but “legal.” Expressing his “personal views” on the subject, Justice Ganguly said the constitutional guarantee of ‘right to life' could not be subjected to vague premises. The ‘rarest of rare' doctrine in death penalty cases “is a grey area as it depended on the interpretation of...
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