Judicial activism was the key in many Supreme Court observations and judgments during 2011. 2011 CVC THOMAS: A three-judge bench led by CJI SH Kapadia declared “non est” — or nonexistent — the majority recommendation of a high-powered committee for P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner. The court ruled that the Prime Minister and the Home Minister’s recommendation amounted to “official arbitrariness”, coming in spite of the dissent of the third...
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Coupon fiasco by Sakina Dhorajiwala and Aashish Gupta
In Bihar, the coupon system to distribute PDS grain fails to prevent corruption. AT the Jamaluddin gram panchayat in Patna district on January 26, 2007, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched an ambitious reform of the public distribution system (PDS) in Bihar: a coupon system. He claimed that it would “empower the poor and stop black-marketeering” and that it was “not a simple coupon but a powerful weapon in the hands...
More »Protesters threaten to lay siege to nuclear complex at Kudankulam
-The Hindu They set deadline for removing fuel assemblies in KKNPP complex Anti-Kudankulam nuclear power Project protesters will lay siege to the upcoming nuclear complex with their family members if works were resumed, and intensify the protest if fuel assemblies stored in the KKNPP complex were not removed before December 31, struggle committee convener S.P. Udayakumar has warned. The deadline has been in the wake of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement in Moscow...
More »Jayalalithaa amazed at PM's statement
-The Hindu Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said on Saturday it was imperative that necessary measures to allay people's fears over the Kundakulam nuclear power Project were taken before any precipitate action was embarked upon. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said she was amazed to see in the media that at a joint press conference with the Russian President he had announced that the KKNPP would be “operationalised...
More »‘Nuclear liability rules ultra vires’ by Sandeep Dikshit
Just when the government felt it had sorted out all the wrinkles in the Nuclear Liability Act, eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee has said the crucial rule restricting the liability of supplier to just five years in case of an accident is ultra vires and invalid. Mr. Sorabjee was answering questions from international environment activist group Greenpeace on the detailed guidelines for the Nuclear Liability Act, announced on the eve of last...
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