-Outlook The Supreme Court has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for failing to file on time an affidavit on women being forced to become 'devadasis' and the possibility of abolition of the age-old tradition. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that since the government has not filed its response despite the last opportunity given by the court on September 11, it needed...
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NGO offers tips for judicial reforms
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A non-government organisation has come up with a raft of ideas to reform the judicial system, saying unless things were speeded up it would take at least a hundred years to dispose of the current backlog of three crore cases. The suggestions from the Children's Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) came in representations the NGO made to Chief Justice of India (CJI) H.L. Dattu and Union law...
More »Party funding: Delhi HC asks govt about system in place to enforce FCRA
-The Indian Express The PIL, filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms, has sought creation of an independent body to implement the law. The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the government what system was currently in place to enforce the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) while hearing a PIL that alleged that political parties were violating FCRA norms and getting funds from abroad. The PIL, filed by the Association for Democratic Reforms,...
More »Govt gives clean chit to former CJI in ‘benami’ case -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu The government on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan in a case connected to ‘benami’ property transactions involving his relatives. Appearing in the Supreme Court, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said enquiries against former CJI sets a dangerous precedent. The court however remained skeptical of the government’s stand. A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra said if “persons earning Rs. 100 buy properties worth Rs. 10 lakh,...
More »Child-health indicators show worsening condition of children in Kerala
-TheNewsMinute.com If the child-health indicators released recently are to be believed, the status of child health in Kerala has worsened in the past few years. The infant mortality rate (IMR) of children aged below one per 1,000 live births is 12 now but it was 11 in 2001. Similarly, underweight children aged below five were 22.1% in 1992-93 as against 18.5% in 2013-14, The Times of India reports. The rate of Neonatal mortality...
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