-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Friday gave absolute clean chit to finance minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The apex court said that there was absolutely no evidence to link him to any conspiracy in the 2G spectrum scam. The SC said there is no evidence presented to infer that Chidambaram had a role in under pricing of spectrum. The apex court said mere meeting of Chidambaram with...
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Government shreds entire Radia tapes, tells Supreme Court it’s difficult to find who leaked excerpts to media
-The Economic Times The trail of those who leaked the Niira Radia tapes could have been lost forever had not the Supreme Court decided to keep a copy with itself. The Centre on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has destroyed the entire Radia tapes, publication of excerpts from which threw the spotlight on ways of doing business as well as the tendency of security agencies to violate privacy of...
More »Centre admits giving inaccurate information to Rajya Sabha on auction advice -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India In a major embarrassment, the Centre on Thursday admitted to have inaccurately informed the Rajya Sabha on August 9 that it had accepted Ashok Chawla Committee's recommendation to take the auction route for allocation of natural resources. The government told the Supreme Court that the finance ministry was taking steps to correct the information given to Rajya Sabha on Chawla Committee recommendations, which were still under consideration and...
More »New amendment to education Act may court trouble again-Shreya Bhandary
-The Times of India MUMBAI: A day after a notification about the amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act was released on the government website, unaided minority schools are busy planning their next move. This amendment clearly states that only theological schools are off the RTE hook, while the rest, including unaided minority schools, will have to follow even the 25% reservation clause under RTE. While most are still waiting...
More »What have you done to save tigers, court asks Centre-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu Interim ban on tourism activities in reserves will continue Even as it extended its interim order banning tourist activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for inaction on protecting the tiger population. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar extended the ban when Wasim A. Qadri, counsel for the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under the Ministry of Environment...
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