Chhattisgarh must disarm SPOs, probe their alleged crimes In a blow to both the Chhattisgarh government and the Centre, the Supreme Court has declared illegal and unConstitutional the deployment of tribal youth as Special Police Officers — either as ‘Koya Commandos', Salwa Judum or any other force — in the fight against the Maoist insurgency, and ordered their immediate disarming. The ruling — issued on Tuesday by Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and...
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Tata plea to amend suit
-The Telegraph Tata Motors today sought Calcutta High Court’s permission to move an ex-parte petition to make amendments to its earlier plea as it had been filed in “great hurry”. The original petition of the Tatas had challenged the Constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, through which the government has taken back the land acquired for the Nano project in Singur. A Tata Motors spokesperson said in...
More »Supreme Court appoints Special Investigation Team to probe black money issue
-PTI The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge B P Jeevan Reddy to monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money stashed away in foreign banks. Besides Justice Reddy, who will be the chairman of the SIT, the apex court also appointed its former judge, Justice M B Shah as the vice-chairman of the panel. A bench...
More »Overreaching? by Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The latest Supreme Court order appointing two former justices to superintend the special investigation team (SIT) on black money is a serious indictment of government. It reflects a widespread sentiment about the laws of government motion: government is a body that will not move unless compelled by an external force. A shameless government is provoking a thousand saviours to step in and save the country. The Supreme Court is, rightly,...
More »Govt to bring Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session
-IBN Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that the Government will bring Lokpal Bill in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, and assured that the new anti-corruption legislation will be examined and passed at the earliest. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi with Union ministers Kapil Sibal and PK Bansal, the Home Minister said that he was confident that the Central Government can take the process forward and bring...
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