Even as the Supreme Court has warned of a CBI inquiry into diversion of MGNREGS funds, the Centre has told the States that it will have the complaints investigated by the agency and funds will be withheld if its directives for corrective measures are ignored. The Rural Development Ministry, in its circular to the State governments, underlined its resolve to order a probe into complaints received from independent sources. It will...
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Transparency law to free India from poverty, graft: Aruna Roy
Social activist Aruna Roy Thursday said India's second war of independence has to be fought with the right to information (RTI) law, to free the nation from poverty and corruption. 'The next battle is ready with information and understanding of issues through the RTI and it is the ideal tool to help eradicate poverty and corruption,' the Magsaysay awardee said. Roy is in Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, to attend a...
More »Supreme Court rejects plea for review of ruling “derogatory” to women
The Supreme Court has declined permission to a women's organisation for seeking a review of the judgment describing a woman as ‘keep' arguing that such an expression was derogatory to and discriminatory against women on the basis of marital status. In an October 21, 2010 judgment, a Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur said: “If a man has a ‘keep' whom he maintains financially and uses mainly for sexual...
More »Appoint best prosecutor in 2G case: court by J Venkatesan
The Supreme Court, hearing the 2G spectrum scam case, on Wednesday asked the CBI to appoint the best person as public prosecutor to conduct the trial in the special court, to be appointed before March 29. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, said he would take instructions and a suitable person would be appointed. Earlier, the CBI told a Bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly that it would...
More »Bangladesh Court to hear microcredit pioneer’s appeal by Anbarasan Ethirajan
The Bangladeshi Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus against a High Court decision to uphold his sacking. Prof Yunus had to stand down as managing director two weeks ago after the authorities said that at 70, he was past the mandatory retirement age. His supporters say it is related to his attempt to enter politics three years ago, a charge the government denies. Prof Yunus told...
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