The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it would file an 80,000-page charge sheet in the 2G spectrum allocation scam against the former Communications Minister A. Raja, four former Telecom officials and two companies on April 2. It was originally proposed to be filed on March 31. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal told a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly that the agency was still...
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Supreme Court stays Kerala rice scheme order by J Venkatesan
The Govt. had extended Rs.2-a-kg rice to all ration card holders The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed implementation of the Kerala Government's February 25 order extending its subsidised rice distribution scheme (at Rs.2 a kg) to all ration card holders in the State so as to benefit 40 lakh people. A Bench of Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph rejected the State's submission that the extended scheme was now being implemented,...
More »How to keep our votes safe by Jagdeep S Chhokar
The editorial, Not a wealth of information (Our Take, March 19), was a correct description of what WikiLeaks has revealed about how India's foreign affairs and political establishments work. However, one sentence needs to be commented on, and that is its recommendation for setting up "a commission to look into the idea of public funding of political campaigns". This reveals how short our public memory is. Three learned groups have laboured...
More »Rajasthan amends Tenancy Act
To facilitate larger lease holdings of land for agro-based units The amendment allows the lease period for 15 years instead of five years Accounts of the panchayati raj institutions placed under the purview of CAG Rajasthan has amended its tenancy laws to facilitate larger lease holdings of agricultural land for longer periods by entrepreneurs who are interested in setting up agro-based products. The move takes into account the big potential the State has...
More »Relief for tribals on petty cases
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a proposal, seeking an amendment to the Indian Forest Act (IFA) that aims to put an end to harassment of tribals for petty cases. The proposal sought amendment to Section 68 of IFA, 1927, which deals with the power of forest officials to compound offences. The proposed amendment aims to increase the financial limit of the power to compound a forest offence up to an...
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