-PTI NGOs will now be liable to reveal information under the transparency law NGOs and private organisations, substantially financed by government or its authorities, come under the ambit of Right to Information Act making them liable to reveal information under the transparency law, the Supreme Court today said. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and A K Sikri said that even though government may not have any statutory control over such organisations...
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Take child’s play seriously
-The Hindu After a long and painful period of neglect, India promises to devote attention to the issue of preparing all children for primary schooling. The draft National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy aims to end the "current laissez faire situation" that has led to the mushrooming of expensive crèches, play schools, nursery schools and so on that adhere to no particular standard. On the other hand, there is...
More »SC refuses relief to Centre on use of Aadhaar cards -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to provide any relief to the Centre on the issue of Aadhaar card. Refusing to modify its earlier order that Aadhaar cards could not be made mandatory for availing social benefits, the Supreme Court, however, agreed to give an urgent hearing to the issue. The top court posted the issue for hearing on October 22. The Centre told the court that its...
More »Electoral reforms not your job, govt tells Supreme Court -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Stung by the recent spate of judgments ushering in a series of electoral reforms, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that judiciary should keep off a plea to bar persons, against whom charges have been framed in serious offences, from contesting polls as the issue fell squarely within the domain of legislature and government's policy arena. "The issue agitated through this petition are policy...
More »'Aadhar card not mandatory': Aruna Roy asks court not to rethink ruling opposed by govt. -Deepshikha Ghosh
-NDTV New Delhi: The Supreme Court will debate on Tuesday whether to change its ruling that the government's Aadhar or the Unique Identity Card scheme is not mandatory. Ahead of the decision, activist Aruna Roy today moved the top court against making Aadhar mandatory, saying several citizens without the cards are being denied basic services. The government had earlier asked the court to modify its ruling on Aadhar, and make it mandatory for...
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