-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Arvind Kejriwal government's order on Monday against any demolition in Delhi is in tune with the recently extended central legislation, Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2014, which protects all unauthorized colonies, unauthorized constructions and slums that have come up to June 2014 till 2017. The decision comes in the backdrop of the recent slum demolitions in Rangpuri Pahari and Wazirpur. The protest by a few...
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Political ads exist in legal grey area -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Are political advertisements in newspapers on the day of an election legally permissible? India's leading political parties appear to be operating in a legal grey area, a position of ambiguity that they themselves have perpetuated. Section 126 of the Representation of People Act (1950) prohibits political parties from taking out television ads from 48 hours before an election. It does not, however, explicitly mention the print media. The relevant...
More »SC seeks Centre's response on PIL challenging Aadhaar project
-Business Standard Petition claims private parties outsourced to collect citizens' data can misuse massive personal information in their hands The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Monday to state within two weeks its stand on the unique identification (UID) project, Aadhaar. A Bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu was hearing a new public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the project. According to the petition moved by Mathew Thomas, private parties who have...
More »Supreme Court seeks to know govt stand on Aadhaar
-The Financial Express The Supreme Court's direction comes at a time when the Modi government appears to be have a re-think on the Aadhaar card scheme. (Reuters) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Narendra Modi government to clear its stand on whether it intends to continue with the UPA government's plan to allow Aadhar as proof of identity for direct transfer of cash for social welfare schemes. Amid a fresh PIL challenging...
More »What has ten years of RTI achieved? -Pamela Philipose
-The Tribune The biggest lesson of the last 10 years since the Right to Information Act came into force is that Indian democracy, if it has to be meaningful, has to have a strong, effective RTI regime. That regime has to be equally owned by those who govern and those who are governed. TEN years after the Right to Information Act promised the country a "practical regime of right to information for...
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