-The Financial Express As per the fresh proposal, citizens were also required to pay a service charge on all cash transactions above Rs 2 lakh. In a bid to curb black money as well as to limit the number and amount of cash transactions, the government has come out with some new rules and prohibited some types of cash payments. It may be recalled that the government had in March this year...
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Privacy is a fundamental right under Article 21, rules Supreme Court -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The right to privacy is intrinsic to life and liberty, thus coming under Article 21, and comes under the various fundamental freedoms in PART III of the Indian Constitution. A nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on August 24, 2017 ruled that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty” and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution. Reading out...
More »SC bench observes apathy for legal provisions under NFSA by state govts.
Will you go and make complaints to the same public official against whom you have a grievance? Of course not. However, in a judgement dated 21 July, 2017 by a two-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench, it has been observed that officers in charge of implementation of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), were also designated as District Grievance Redressal Officers (DGROs) by several state governments. Section 15 of NFSA The SC...
More »Ground water authority might expand areas where water-guzzling industries can operate -Mridula Chari
-Scroll.in A draft notification on the Central Ground Water Authority’s website seems to relax the rules laid out in 2015. The Central Ground Water Authority has drafted new guidelines to regulate the use of groundwater across the country. If these get approved, water-guzzling industries such as packaged drinking water and paper manufacturers could be allowed to drill for water even in areas identified as facing a groundwater crisis. The draft does away...
More »Cattle trade ban rules were not placed before Parliament -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu In reply to RTI plea, Lok Sabha Secretariat says Centre did not follow procedure. A Lok Sabha Secretariat reply to a Right To Information request made by one of the petitioners who has challenged the cattle slaughter ban rules in the Supreme Court reveals that the rules were never laid before the Parliament, which the government should have done before implementing them. Having triggered an avalanche of litigation across the country,...
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