Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 10, 2016 CHENNAI: They had knocked on the Madras High Court seeking a relief from paying Rs 400 to their father as monthly allowance. After the court’s order and earning rebuke from the judge, they will now have to pay the sum along with pending arrears. …
Zeenews.india.com March 10, 2016 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the states and the civic bodies to take steps to sterilise and vaccinate nuisance-causing stray dogs under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. …
India.com Jan 02, 2016 The Himachal Pradesh High Court today directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the parents of each of the 24 engineering students of a Hyderabad college who were washed away in river Beas in near Thalot in Kullu district of the state on June 8,2014. …
Indianexpress.com The apex court permitted accused Shamsher Singh Verma to bring on record the taped telephonic conversations to prove his innocence in a child sexual abuse case. Nov 25, 2015 In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed compact discs (CDs) to be treated as a document under the law and said that litigants should be allowed to prove or disprove such electronic proof in judicial proceedings. …
Court orders trial of man for false complaintNews.webindia123.com Feb 14, 2015 A court here has ordered to initiate proceedings against a man for lodging a false complaint against a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official alleging he demanded a bribe of Rs.600 for allotting him water connection. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. However, in case you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
India.com National Confederation of Central Government Employees have demanded the regularization of contract workers, along with a revision of their salary in accordance with the 7CPC report. New Delhi, Dec 20: Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Arjun Singh Meghwal, made it clear that the salaries of contract workers and employees would not be rescaled according to the recommendations of 7th Pay Commission. …
Around 47 lakh Central Government employees are eagerly awaiting the salary hike, along with the 52 lakh pensioners who are expecting a significant increase in the monthly pension provided to them. India.com June 16, 2016 New Delhi, June 16: As per the latest updates related to 7th Pay Commission, the government is likely to give a double bonus for those working under the central government. According to reports, the Commission has decided that salaries would be hiked from August 1 and six months arrears will be paid to the employees in one installment in October. …
Financialexpress.com Government will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. May 05, 2016 Relaxing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules, the Centre will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. …
Hindustantimes.com Mar 31, 2016 All Central government employees have been asked to declare details of deposits in foreign bank accounts including those of their spouses and dependent children, as per the new rules under the Lokpal Act. …
Profit.ndtv.com March 08, 2016 New Delhi: All non-entitled central government employees have been allowed to travel by air while availing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) with a condition that reimbursement in such cases shall be restricted to the fare of their entitled class of train or actual expense. …
Share insights and pictures on return from LTC trip, Govt tells employees
World’s finest beaches in Andamans (Image Courtesy: Andamans.gov.in)Sea in Andamans (Image Courtesy: Andamans.gov.inAirport (Pixabay Image)
Dtf.in : Feb 22, 2016 New Delhi. The Central Government employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC, on an appropriate forum. (cf. para 5 of the DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016). To remove the bottlenecks in the processing of the LTC claims, it has been decided by the Department of Personnel & Training to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time-bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.
S.No. Course of action Time limit 1 Leave Sanction 5 working days + 3 working days* 2 Sanction of LTC advance/ 5 working days + 3 working days* Leave Encashment 3 Time taken by Administration 10 working days + 3 working days* for verification of LTC claim after the LTC bill is submitted by the Government employee for settlement. 4 Time taken by DDO 5 working days + 3 working days* 5 Time taken by PAO 5 working days + 3 working days* * (a) Additional 3 days transit-time may be allowed where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters. The Government employee may proceed on LTC after action on S.No.1. (b) Efforts should be made to reduce the duration of processing of LTC application/claims at the earliest. The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non-compliance of time limit should be adequately explained. The Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(ies) on LTC to be undertaken. It has been decided by that Department that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The pro forma for self-certification has been annexed to the aforesaid DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016. It has also been decided by that Department that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed with the aforesaid O.M. dated 18.02.2016) which needs to be followed while availing LTC. More: DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements >>> LTC Rules
Note:- The above information is for general information only and may not be construed as legal advice. It is also subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in.
Maharashtra Govt. to allow 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases (Representative Pixabay Image)
Indianexpress.com Jan 21, 2016 Maharashtra will be the first state in the country where women employees in government jobs can avail up to 180 days’ maternity leave while having a baby through surrogacy. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 9, 2016 NEW DELHI: Exactly a year after holding that officers belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes can claim reservation in promotion from level 1 to level VI grade, the Supreme Court on Friday admitted that it had committed a mistake while passing the verdict and clarified that there can be no reservation in promotion. …
India.com September 21, 2015 All central government departments have been asked to verify services of employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order to check delay in processing pension cases. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
21/12/2016Comments Off on CONSUMER FORUM: Consumer forum asks bank to compensate Mumbai doctor for losing her cheque of Rs 93,299 …
Consumer forum asks bank to compensate Mumbai doctor for losing her cheque of Rs 93,299 Consumer forum directs sports shop to refund excess VAT Supreme Court to lay down guidelines for post-operative medical care Doctors asked to pay Rs 3.2 lakh for medical negligence More …
Mid-day.com 19-Dec-2016 District Consumer Forum directs bank to compensate doctor for losing her cheque, because of which she lost an opportunity to rent a place for her clinic A city doctor who lost nearly Rs 90,000 a couple of years ago due to the carelessness of the bank where she had deposited the cheque has finally got relief. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Central Mumbai has directed Bank of India’s Parel branch to compensate Dr Urmila Dhupkar, a Parel resident, for losing her cheque of Rs 93,299, because of which she lost the opportunity to rent a place for opening her clinic. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Aug 26, 2016 CHANDIGARH: District consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh directed Winners Sports located at a city mall to refund excess of VAT charged on the discounted pair of socks to Sorabh Sharma, resident of Sector 59, Mohali. …
Hindustanteims.com Aug 19, 2016 In the wake of increasing numbers of medical negligence complaints against private hospitals, the Supreme Court has decided to lay down guidelines to be followed during operations and post-operative care. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra issued notices to the Centre, Medical Council of India and all state health secretaries after it was told no proper care is taken by hospital staff to save critically ill patients after they are operated. …
Tribuneindia.com Amritsar, July 10, 2016 The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a private insurance company to pay Rs.13,50,000 to the widow of a person, who died eight days after purchasing the policy. …
Hindustanteims.com Jun 14, 2016 A consumer court in Thane has ordered the Union Bank of India branch at Dombivali and Punjab National Bank at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh to pay a compensation of Rs 100 per day from June 7, 2014 to a complainant for deficiency in services. …
Hindustantimes.com Apr 18, 2016 The best bet for a swift response over a faulty product or service is to drag it to social media — the people’s court in this digital age — and share it extensively and force the brand to take notice. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 15, 2016 CHENNAI: A consumer forum in Chennai has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 30,000 for wrongly fining a couple for ticketless travel. Thendral Kumar and Saranya Thendral Kumar said they were travelling in a first class ticket in Rockfort Express from Trichy to Egmore on September 6, 2013. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 30, 2016 Chennai: A consumer forum has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 15,000 for allowing unreserved passengers to travel by a reserved coach. A Srinivasan of Hasthinapuram said he and his wife – both senior citizens – were travelling by the Sanghamaitra Express from Bengaluru to Chennai Central in a sleeper class coach on February 24, 2015. …
Indianexpress.com March 07, 2016 Jagjit Singh, 47, a resident of Mohali, was travelling along with his family. Not providing vegetarian food trays to two children travelling by Kalka Shatabdi has cost the Northern Railway as the consumer court has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000, including the cost of litigation, to the complainant….
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 19, 2016 MUMBAI: In a rare instance, a consumer forum has ordered the Western Railway to pay a compensation of Rs 64,000 to a Valsad woman and her four-year-old son after they were robbed at knifepoint in the first-class compartment of the Vapi passenger train as it left Bandra station in 2014. …
Indianexpress.com December 9, 2015 On receiving the complaint, the court said, the opposite party is required to be given notice directing him to give his version within 30 days. In what will help speed up decisions in consumer cases, Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. … More: LANDMARK JUDGEMENT – Sec. 13(2)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. The court said this period cannot be extended under any circumstances. – SC Judgment dated 04.12.2015 – New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. >>> Supreme Court Judgments
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
21/12/2016Comments Off on RTI: CIC directs Railway Board to amend the rules for copying charges under RTI …
RTI NEWS
CIC directs Railway Board to amend the rules for copying charges under RTI Disclose details of corrupt officials: Info panel to govt Right of retired employee & RTI Citizens To File Information Commission Complaints, Appeals Online Make public report on aviator death: CIC Constitution bench to decide whether SC comes under RTI Act More …
CIC directs Railway Board to amend the rules for copying charges under RTI
Dec 14, 2016 : Dtf.in New Delhi. The Central Information Commission has, on December 5, directed the Railway Board to stop charging Rs 750 per page for photocopying and follow the provisions of the RTI Act and Rules. Under the RTI Act, Rs. two per page has been fixed for photocopying. The appellant did not participate in the hearing. The respondent stated that the appellant was asked to deposit copying fee Rs. 750/- for reservation chart as per Railway Rules but the appellant did not respond to that letter. The appellant filed 2nd appeal before the CIC. Hon’ble CIC, in its order, directed the Railway Board to take steps to amend the rules regarding copying charges suitably to bring them in conformity with the letter and spirit of the RTI Act and Rules.
Order issued on an application by Rohtak-based RTI activist Tribuneindia.com Rohtak, December 5, 2016 Efforts of a Rohtak-based RTI activist to get details about the involvement of IAS, HCS, IPS and HPS officers in corruption cases finally seem to be bearing fruit. The Haryana government as well as the State Information Commission had earlier refused to furnish the information sought by the applicant under the RTI Act. The applicant then moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which directed the commission to reconsider the matter. …
Thehansindia.com Nov 29,2016 Two issues show the inefficiency in the system– non-filling of the vacancies and not giving pension and other benefits on the day of retirement. …
Ndtv.com November 04, 2016 New Delhi: Right To Information or RTI applicants will soon be able to file complaints and appeals with Central Information Commission (CIC) online. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the two-day annual convention of the CIC on Monday, during which he will launch the ‘e-Court’ system – aimed at enabling speedy disposal of appeals and complaints by using digital technology. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Sep 28, 2016 NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Navy to make public the inquiry report on the death of Lt Cdr Rahul Nair during a 2010 air show even as it pulled up officials for their “cavalier attitude”. In a strongly worded order, information commissioner D P Sinha said that it appeared as if an “attempt has been made to protect the interest of the defaulters and that certainly does not out-weigh the interest of the soldier who lost his life in such an accident”. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Aug 17, 2016 NEW DELHI: A constitution bench will examine whether the Supreme Court comes within the ambit of Right to Information Act, making it obligatory for the Chief Justice of India to make information pertaining to appointment of judges and his correspondence with the government public under the transparency law. …
Amity University Students awaken patriotic poems of the Nation (Image Courtesy: Amity.edu)
Enaindia.in New Delhi. August 12 (ENA). State Information Commission of Haryana has ruled that students seeking photocopies of their answer sheets under the Right to Information (RTI) Act cannot be denied permission by universities.
According to the ruling of the information commission even if university rules don’t permit the distribution of photocopies of answer sheets to students on demand, the rules under the RTI Act supersedes any university rule thereby giving students the right to demand and get photocopies of their answer sheets. …
Compensation to be paid by teacher, school if kids subjected to corporal punishment
School should be made a place of pleasant learning for kids, free from assaults and humiliations. (Pixabay Image)
July 25, 2016 : Dtf.in
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has on last Friday held that the teacher and the school also shall be liable to pay compensation to the injured child according to law. As per the order of the Information Commissioner, the denial of information by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) was unwarranted. The information was denied by the CPIO on the ground that it was third party information. The applicant submitted that he needed the information so that his daughter could secure custody of children in her marital dispute against husband Yagya Dutt Arya. The Information Commissioner has decided that “Even if Section 8(1)(j) is assumed to be invoked, the school should have considered that imposing corporal punishment on children is against several laws including Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, is a public wrong, its disclosure has relationship with public activity and it will be in public interest, the revelation of which would not cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual, besides larger public interest is involved in disclosure only.” The Information Commissioner has, inter alia, passed the following order:-
“28. The teacher and the school also shall be liable to pay compensation to the injured child according to law. The Commission directs the KVS, headquarters and regional directors to voluntarily disclose whether they have framed policy as advised by the NCPCR to eliminate the corporal punishment in their schools, details of incidents of corporal punishments and action taken against liable teachers, compensation to be paid and amount of compensation paid to the victims etc, every year, beginning with 2015-16, within three months. The Commission recommends that each school shall publish such a report every year, which shall be the model for other school. It will go a long way in making school a place of pleasant learning free from assaults and humiliations. The KVS also should have a policy of paying some amount as compensation to the victim children and that amount should be deducted from the salary of liable teacher. The public authority is directed to collect details of teachers punished for corporal assaults on children including the case of Mr. Yagya Dutt Arya. The Commission directs the KVS headquarters to circulate copy of this order to all schools and regional offices. Disposed of.”
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 17, 2016 Chandigarh: Taking cognizance of “carelessness and arrogance” of a senior woman officer of Haryana labour department in dealing with an RTI application, the state information commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on her. …
India.com In the interim, the court extended till the next date the time for payment of the first installment of the penalty and also stayed CIC’s direction to the notary to pay Rs 1000 as compensation to RTI applicant Nand Lal. July 7, 2016 New Delhi, Jul 7 : Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a notary’s plea challenging Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order declaring her to be a deemed Public Information Officer (PIO) and imposing a fine of Rs 25,000 for not furnishing records sought under RTI. Apart from the Centre, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also issued notice to the RTI applicant, who had under the Right to Information Act (RTI) sought details of attestations made by the notary from 2008 to 2013, seeking his reply by the next date of hearing on July 13. In the interim, the court extended till the next date the time for payment of the first installment of the penalty and also stayed CIC’s direction to the notary to pay Rs 1000 as compensation to RTI applicant Nand Lal. …
Hindustantimes.com Jun 27, 2016 This small step could go a long way to raise the transparency bar. The Modi government has told all central departments to go public with a report card of its activities and achievements on a monthly basis. …
Hindustantimes.com Jun 11, 2016 In order to encourage people to understand societal relevance of the Right to Information Act and its nuances, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to introduce certificate and diploma courses in the subject. …
Tribuneindia.com Shimla, June 9, 2016 To ensure transparency in the functioning of private educational institutions, the government has decided to bring all private colleges, senior secondary and high schools under the RTI Act 2005 with immediate effect. However, the Act will not cover medical and nursing colleges and schools affiliated to the CBSE and the ICSE. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 21, 2016 NEW DELHI: In an unusual move, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has recommended action against an RTI applicant for misusing the law to harass his colleagues in a Delhi college.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 3, 2016 New Delhi, Apr 3 () An Information Commissioner has “banned” the appearance of a counsel for the External Affairs Ministry before his bench on the ground that he was not discharging his duties as an advocate, an order which has been stayed by the Delhi High Court. …
Thehansindia.com May 24, 2016 Hyderabad: The Public Information Officer (PIO) of Osmania University was fined Rs 25,000 on Monday, for “non compliance” of Telangana Information Commission’s orders and for his failure to provide information to the appellant even after six months. …
Zeenews.india.com March 15, 2016 New Delhi: In a major procedural change, the Central Information Commission has done away with the mandatory provision of sending signed hard copy of appeals through post even though the appellant approached it online. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 13, 2016 NEW DELHI: Ministers in the Union and state cabinets are “public authorities” liable to answer public questions addressed to them under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …
Hindustantiems.com Feb 15, 2016 Should a government department spend Rs 27 to get an RTI applicant to pay a fee of Rs 8?
Yes, said chief information commissioner RK Mathur in a controversial decision this week, overruling a “common sense” decision delivered by his predecessor, Satyananda Mishra. …
Zeenews.india.com In a warning to the RTI applicant, Acharyulu said, “The Commission records its admonition against the appellant for misuse of RTI against the school child and warns him against such misuse in future. January 26, 2016 The Commission admonished the principal of RD Public School and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi government for disclosing information about a student to his relatives who had a dispute with the student’s family. …
Outlookindia.com New Delhi | Jan 03, 2016 Email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it could cause a serious security threat, the Central Information Commission has ruled. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 13, 2016 Lucknow: A tribal woman in Uttar Pradesh’s parched Bundelkhand has dug a well almost single-handedly for 40 families after her upper caste neighbours denied them access to a hand-pump. “We are tribals and lived in Duddhi village. But we were not allowed to use the hand-pump by the upper caste residents. Arranging for a pot of drinking water was an everyday battle we had to face for the quest of survival,” said Kasturi. …
Thehansindia.com Jul 06, 2016 In the prosperous district of Kannur in one of India’s most prosperous states, Kerala, Eramangalathu Chitralekha, 39, was the first Dalit woman to drive an autorickshaw in 2005. Her new profession immediately angered the upper castes, who taunted her and threatened violence. One day, that year, her autorickshaw was set ablaze. In 2013, it was damaged beyond repair. The district collector gifted her a new autorickshaw in June 2014, but on March 4, 2016, it was destroyed again. …
Social stigma, lack of awareness, bureaucratic hurdles prevent students from making use of quotas Livemint.com June 10, 2016 Students from backward castes and tribal communities are often disparaged for not being good enough and using the reservation system to gain admissions. A recent paper from the UN University World Institute for Development Economics Research shows students from these strata strive just as hard for seats in colleges and government jobs, but despite that face a social stigma. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 14, 2016 Becharaji (Mehsana): On a sweltering afternoon, a dozen-odd women of Bechar village in Mehsana sit a few steps away from the well with their pots. …
Firstpost.com Mar 14, 2016 In yet another incident of caste violence in Tamil Nadu, a newly-wed couple was beaten up by goons in full public view in Udumalpet, Tirupur, on Sunday, after which the culprits then hacked the man to death. …
Theguardian.com March 01, 2016 Ranikumari Khokar is campaigning to end a caste-based practice that condemns women to cleaning human waste by hand Every morning I would take a broom and tin plate to the homes of the upper caste thakurs to pick up their faeces. I would collect the waste in a cane basket and later throw it in a dumping ground outside the village.” …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 1, 2015 NEW DELHI: Congress MP Kumari Selja created a stir in Rajya Sabha on Monday by claiming that she was asked about her caste when she visited the Dwarka temple in Gujarat as a Cabinet minister. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Oct 04, 2015 A 10-year-old Dalit student of a government school in Osian tehsil sustained minor injuries after his teacher allegedly thrashed him for touching utensil when the mid-day meal was being served inside the school premises, the police said on Saturday. …
‘Barbers refuse to cut hair of Dalits’Thehindu.com May 03, 2015 After the recent incident of Dalits being denied haircuts at salons at Panjiganahalli in Sira taluk, a similar case has surfaced in Kadagathur, Madhugiri taluk. …
Mention of caste-based abuse sans details can’t attract provisions of SC/ST Act: HCIndianexpress.com April 30, 2015 Mere mention of an allegation in the FIR that the complainant was referred to with caste-based remarks is not enough to take cognisance of the offence made under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (commonly known as the SC/ST Act), the Allahabad High Court has ruled. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
19/12/2016Comments Off on RESERVATION: Karnataka government mulls 70% quota for Dalits; Rajasthan High Court strikes down Gujjar reservation …
Karnataka government mulls 70% quota for Dalits Rajasthan High Court strikes down Gujjar reservation Cabinet approves inclusion/amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes notified in respect of 8 States 10% reservation for poor in govt jobs to continue More …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 11, 2016 Hubballi: The Karnataka government is mulling 70% quota for Dalits and backward classes. Addressing the Madigara Maha Samavesh here on Sunday, CM Siddaramaiah said that Tamil Nadu has already provided 69% reservation for SCs and STs, adding that the state will consult legal experts to make amendments to the existing laws and put forth a resolution in the next Assembly session. …
Indianexpress.com The court pointed out several flaws in the SBC reservation while saying that the ceiling of 50 per cent can be exceeded in exceptional cases. December 10, 2016 The Rajasthan High Court on Friday struck down five per cent reservation for Gujjars and four other castes under the Special Backwards Classes (SBC) category, underlining that reservation should not be provided “to achieve political goals”. “Five castes (Gujjars, Banjaras, Gadarias, Raikas and Gadia Lohars), earlier falling in the category of OBCs and getting benefit of reservation, have been brought in the category of SBCs to provide five per cent reservation exceeding the ceiling of 50 per cent,” the court said. “…it is not that the Gujjars/Gurjars and others were having no representation either for admission in the educational institutions or in services.’’ …
Cabinet approves inclusion/amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes notified in respect of 8 States
Nov 30, 2016 “The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to notify inclusion/Amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes notified in respect of States of Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand. On the recommendation of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), a total of 2479 Entries for inclusion, including its synonyms, sub-castes, etc. in the Central List of Other Backward Classes have been notified in 25 States and 6 Union Territories. The last such notification was issued till September, 2016. Meanwhile more advices for inclusion of castes/communities and corrections in the existing list of OBCs for the State of Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand have been received from NCBC. Accordingly, a total of 28 changes recommended by NCBC in respect of 8 states including Jammu and Kashmir (15 new entries, 09 synonyms/sub-castes and 04 corrections) have been notified. The changes will enable the persons belonging to these castes/ communities to avail the benefits of reservation in Government services and posts as well as in Central Educational Institutions as per the existing policy. They will also become eligible for benefit under the various welfare schemes, scholarships etc. being administered by the Central Government, which are at present available to the persons belonging to the Other Backward Classes. Background The NCBC was set up in pursuance to the Supreme Court judgement in the Indra Sawhney case as per the NCBC Act 1993. Section 9 (“Functions of the Commission”) of the NCBC Act 1993 states as under: (i) The Commission shall examine requests for inclusion of any class of citizens as a backward class in the lists and hear complaints of over-inclusion or under-inclusion of any backward class in such lists and tender such advice to the Central Government as it deems appropriate. (ii) The advice of the Commission shall ordinarily be binding upon the Central Government.” (Source: pib website)
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Sep 16, 2016 AHMEDABAD: Union HRD Ministry has proposed to introduce reservation in teaching positions at Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and will hold talks with the chiefs of these premier B-schools in this regard. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jul 29, 2016 NEW DELHI: The national commission for SCs is examining if the Centre is using the concessions given to Dalits and backwards to appear in examinations as the basis to classify them as “reserved candidates” irrespective of merit. …
Indianexpress.com July 04, 2016 The court was ruling on two petitions which challlenged this policy in recruitment to state-run Prasar Bharati. S K Rungta, the only visually impaired senior counsel in the country, led the legal challenge. QUASHING THE central government’s earlier orders on restricting reservation for the differently-abled in promotion to Group A and Group B posts, the Supreme Court has ruled that three per cent reservation shall be provided to them in all posts and services under the Government of India. …
Hindustantimes.com Mar 11, 2016 The state is not duty-bound to give reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees, the Supreme Court said on Friday. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. However, if you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
18/12/2016Comments Off on SERVICES: Denial of ACR breaches Article 14; Pension cases to be mandatorily processed through ‘Bhavishya’ from Jan 01 …
SERVICES NEWS
Denial of ACR breaches Article 14 Pension cases of Central Government employees to be mandatorily processed through ‘Bhavishya’ from Jan 01 7th Pay Commission: Central govt employees to get higher allowances from January 2017 More …
Thehansindia.com Dec 05, 2016 The Annual Confidential Report (ACR) system is an old system started in the 1940s but is still used in the public sector organizations of many middle- and low-income countries (MLICs) such as India, Swaziland (Africa), and Sri Lanka. …
Pension cases of Central Government employees to be mandatorily processed through ‘Bhavishya’ from Jan 01
Nov 29, 2016 : Dtf.in It has been decided by the Government of India (Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare) that all Heads of Offices will henceforth mandatorily process all pension cases only through Bhavishya. In this, where necessary, they will assist the retiring employee to submit the online application form. The Pay and Accounts Offices will process cases generated through Bhavishya through the pension module in COMPACT till the Public Financial Management System(PFMS) is made operational and integrated with Bhavishya. It is to be noted that all authorities will strictly follow the timelines prescribed under the CCS (Pension) Rules and in no case will the pension case be delayed on account of electronic processing through Bhavishya. These orders will take effect from 1st January, 2017.
Profit.ndtv.com The controller general of accounts has instructed its officials to examine if revised salaries of government employees are in line with the recommendations of the Pay Commission and recover any excess amount paid. October 07, 2016 New Delhi: The controller general of accounts has instructed its officials to examine if revised salaries of government employees are in line with the recommendations of the Pay Commission and recover any excess amount paid. …
Indiatoday.intoday.in July 01, 2016 The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the IAS Prelims 2016 admit card on its website. The IAS prelims examination is scheduled to take place on August 7, 2016 and Main examination on December 03, 2016. …
Financialexpress.com Government will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. May 05, 2016 Relaxing Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules, the Centre will now reimburse full train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their children aged between five and 12 years. …
Share insights and pictures on return from LTC trip, Govt tells employees
World’s finest beaches in Andamans (Image Courtesy: Andamans.gov.in)Sea in Andamans (Image Courtesy: Andamans.gov.inAirport (Pixabay Image)
Dtf.in : Feb 22, 2016 New Delhi. The Central Government employees may be encouraged to share interesting insights and pictures, if any, of the destination he/she visited while availing LTC, on an appropriate forum. (cf. para 5 of the DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016). To remove the bottlenecks in the processing of the LTC claims, it has been decided by the Department of Personnel & Training to simplify the procedure of application and make the procedure of processing of LTC claims time-bound. The following time-limits shall be followed while processing the LTC applications/claims of the Government servants.
S.No. Course of action Time limit 1 Leave Sanction 5 working days + 3 working days* 2 Sanction of LTC advance/ 5 working days + 3 working days* Leave Encashment 3 Time taken by Administration 10 working days + 3 working days* for verification of LTC claim after the LTC bill is submitted by the Government employee for settlement. 4 Time taken by DDO 5 working days + 3 working days* 5 Time taken by PAO 5 working days + 3 working days* * (a) Additional 3 days transit-time may be allowed where the place of posting of the Government employees is away from their Headquarters. The Government employee may proceed on LTC after action on S.No.1. (b) Efforts should be made to reduce the duration of processing of LTC application/claims at the earliest. The maximum time limit should be strictly adhered to and non-compliance of time limit should be adequately explained. The Government servants are required to inform their Controlling Officer before the journey(ies) on LTC to be undertaken. It has been decided by that Department that the Leave Sanctioning Authority shall obtain a self-certification from the employee regarding the proposed LTC journey. The pro forma for self-certification has been annexed to the aforesaid DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016. It has also been decided by that Department that whenever a Government servant applies for LTC, he/she may be provided with a copy of the guidelines (enclosed with the aforesaid O.M. dated 18.02.2016) which needs to be followed while availing LTC. More: DoPT O.M. dated 18.02.2016 – CCS (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988 – Fulfillment of procedural requirements >>> LTC Rules
Note:- The above information is for general information only and may not be construed as legal advice. It is also subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in.
Maharashtra Govt. to allow 180 days maternity leave in surrogacy cases (Representative Pixabay Image)
Indianexpress.com Jan 21, 2016 Maharashtra will be the first state in the country where women employees in government jobs can avail up to 180 days’ maternity leave while having a baby through surrogacy. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 15, 2016 NEW DELHI: Bureaucrats can go on a maximum of four overseas trips in a year, the finance ministry has directed in fresh guidelines which also say secretaries should only undertake foreign travel when no one else can be deputed. …
Financialexpress.com Central government employees will now enjoy adventure tourism, under special casual leave, granted by the Government of India … December 9, 2015
India.com September 21, 2015 All central government departments have been asked to verify services of employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order to check delay in processing pension cases. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
16/12/2016Comments Off on CONSUMER FORUM: Builder gets 2-year imprisonment …
Builder gets 2-year imprisonment Consumer forum directs sports shop to refund excess VAT Supreme Court to lay down guidelines for post-operative medical care Doctors asked to pay Rs 3.2 lakh for medical negligence Consumer forum directs firm to pay Rs13.5 lakh to widow Consumer forum orders 3-yr imprisonment to builder More …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Dec 10, 2016 NASHIK: A city-based builder was sentenced to two-year jail by a consumer forum for not abiding by its orders. The forum had asked the builder to get the complainant’s house repaired within 60 days and pay a penalty of Rs 10,000. But, an inspection revealed that the repair was not done correctly. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Aug 26, 2016 CHANDIGARH: District consumer disputes redressal forum, Chandigarh directed Winners Sports located at a city mall to refund excess of VAT charged on the discounted pair of socks to Sorabh Sharma, resident of Sector 59, Mohali. …
Hindustanteims.com Aug 19, 2016 In the wake of increasing numbers of medical negligence complaints against private hospitals, the Supreme Court has decided to lay down guidelines to be followed during operations and post-operative care. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra issued notices to the Centre, Medical Council of India and all state health secretaries after it was told no proper care is taken by hospital staff to save critically ill patients after they are operated. …
Tribuneindia.com Amritsar, July 10, 2016 The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed a private insurance company to pay Rs.13,50,000 to the widow of a person, who died eight days after purchasing the policy. …
Hindustanteims.com Jun 14, 2016 A consumer court in Thane has ordered the Union Bank of India branch at Dombivali and Punjab National Bank at Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh to pay a compensation of Rs 100 per day from June 7, 2014 to a complainant for deficiency in services. …
Hindustantimes.com Apr 18, 2016 The best bet for a swift response over a faulty product or service is to drag it to social media — the people’s court in this digital age — and share it extensively and force the brand to take notice. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Apr 15, 2016 CHENNAI: A consumer forum in Chennai has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 30,000 for wrongly fining a couple for ticketless travel. Thendral Kumar and Saranya Thendral Kumar said they were travelling in a first class ticket in Rockfort Express from Trichy to Egmore on September 6, 2013. …
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mar 30, 2016 Chennai: A consumer forum has slapped Southern Railway with a fine of Rs 15,000 for allowing unreserved passengers to travel by a reserved coach. A Srinivasan of Hasthinapuram said he and his wife – both senior citizens – were travelling by the Sanghamaitra Express from Bengaluru to Chennai Central in a sleeper class coach on February 24, 2015. …
Indianexpress.com March 07, 2016 Jagjit Singh, 47, a resident of Mohali, was travelling along with his family. Not providing vegetarian food trays to two children travelling by Kalka Shatabdi has cost the Northern Railway as the consumer court has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000, including the cost of litigation, to the complainant….
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com Jan 19, 2016 MUMBAI: In a rare instance, a consumer forum has ordered the Western Railway to pay a compensation of Rs 64,000 to a Valsad woman and her four-year-old son after they were robbed at knifepoint in the first-class compartment of the Vapi passenger train as it left Bandra station in 2014. …
Indianexpress.com December 9, 2015 On receiving the complaint, the court said, the opposite party is required to be given notice directing him to give his version within 30 days. In what will help speed up decisions in consumer cases, Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. … More: LANDMARK JUDGEMENT – Sec. 13(2)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Supreme Court has ruled that a party will not get more than 45 days for replying to a complaint in a consumer forum. The court said this period cannot be extended under any circumstances. – SC Judgment dated 04.12.2015 – New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Hilli Multipurpose Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. >>> Supreme Court Judgments
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
14/12/2016Comments Off on DIVORCE/MAINTENANCE: Hindus get 90 days to appeal family court divorce decree …
DIVORCE/MAINTENANCE NEWS
Hindus get 90 days to appeal family court divorce decree Man can seek wife’s test to show they never had sex: Bombay HC Weird reasons cited by couples for divorce No alimony if woman divorced over adultery, HC rules SC: Right to maintenance of a wife absolute, Section 125 of CrPC applicable on divorced women
Mere expression of any words without any intention to cause alarm would not be sufficient to bring in the application of section 503 of IPC. But material has to be placed on record to show that the intention is to cause alarm to the complainant. “…in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the court should be extremely cautious to interfere with the investigation or trial of a criminal case and should not stall the investigation, save except when it is convinced beyond any manner of doubt that the FIR does not disclose commission of offence and that continuance of the criminal prosecution would amount to abuse of process of the court.” – SC Judgment dated 20.01.2015 – Manik Taneja & Anr. Vs. State of Karnataka & Anr.
Timesofndia.indiatimes.com Dec 8, 2016 MUMBAI: A warring Hindu couple now has 90 days, not 30, to file an appeal against a divorce decree granted by a family court, a full bench of the Bombay high court has held. …
Timesofndia.indiatimes.com Sep 10, 2016 MUMBAI: Can a family court direct a wife to be medically examined to enable the husband to prove his claim of non-consummation of marriage? Certainly, said the Bombay high court as it upheld an order passed this July by the Mumbai family court in a divorce petition filed in 2011 on grounds of non-consummation. …
Timesofndia.indiatimes.com Aug 11, 2016 CHENNAI: If a married couple wants divorce by mutual consent, it is not a court’s business+ to deny them judicial separation by insisting on knowing the reason for their decision, the Madras high court has said. Noting that a court could not act like a fact-finding authority, a division of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice N Gokuldas said: “In case the marriage is a failure and the parties wanted to put an end to the marital bond, the court should respect the sentiments and grant divorce. It is not the intention of the legislature to deny divorce in spite of the parties taking a conscious decision to part ways.”
Dnaindia.com Apr 03, 2016 A man, accused in a domestic violence case, has been ordered to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 35,000 to his estranged wife, with a Delhi court dismissing his appeal saying the woman is entitled to live the status she was enjoying before parting ways. …
Timesofndia.indiatimes.com Dec 21, 2015 Last week, a Noida woman filed a complaint against her husband after he sent her a talaq over email for being “too dark-skinned”. …
Oneindia.com Sunday, October 11, 2015 Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11: Her husband divorced her using the messaging app WhatsApp. But she did not know anything about his whereabouts. …
(Pixabay Image)
No alimony if woman divorced over adultery, HC rulesTimesofndia.indiatimes.com Aug 17, 2015 MADURAI: A woman divorced on the ground of adultery cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband, the Madras high court has ruled. …
SC: Right to maintenance of a wife absolute, Section 125 of CrPC applicable on divorced womenTimesofndia.indiatimes.com Apr 7, 2015 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to maintenance of a wife was absolute and no exceptions could be made, ruling that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which embodies this rule, would apply to divorced Muslim women as well. …
Qualified woman can’t claim maintenance: CourtTimesofndia.indiatimes.com Mar 8, 2015 MUMBAI: A family court has observed that a well-qualified woman cannot claim maintenance from her husband. …
Note:- The above information is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. If you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may please be brought to our notice for an appropriate decision to remove the existing news item/s or to publish the latest event, at info[at]dtf.in.
12/12/2016Comments Off on LAW: Don’t try to play lawmaker, Supreme Court tells judges …
Don’t try to play lawmaker, Supreme Court tells judges Adult son has no legal right to stay in parents’ house, rules HC No copyright over our judgments: SC Centre issues real estate guidelines to counter rampant discrimination SC allows accused to produce taped phone conversation as defence More …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Dec 9, 2016 NEW DELHI: Judges should not exhibit “judicial valour” by passing sweeping orders that encroach on the domain of the executive and legislature as the separation of powers among the organs of the state must be honoured, the Supreme Court has said. …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Nov 30, 2016 NEW DELHI: An adult son has no legal right to stay in his parents’ self-acquired property, the Delhi high court has ruled while upholding the wishes of an elderly couple who wanted their son and daughter-in-law evicted from their house. …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Nov 24, 2016 NEW DELHI: For long, a couple of firms had a virtual monopoly over printing judgments of the Supreme Court in book format and selling it to advocates, institutions and others. So much so that one of them claimed copyright over the manner in which it edited and published the judgments. But on Wednesday, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana ruled that no one could have copyright over judgments delivered by the apex court. It could be reproduced in its raw form by anyone without the risk of being accused of infringing copyright, the bench said, settling a long-standing dispute. …
Newindianexpress.com 25th June 2016 NEW DELHI: The Centre has introduced an anti-discriminatory clause in the recently passed Real Estate Act making it clear that promoters can’t discriminate against anyone in the allotment of any apartment, plot or building on any ground. …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Nov 25, 2015 NEW DELHI: Prosecution has been using electronic evidence to seek conviction of accused for a decade but for the first time, the Supreme Court on Monday permitted an accused to bring on record taped telephonic conversations to prove his innocence in a child sexual abuse case. …
Indianexpress.com Nov 02, 2015 The court said the father would have had to be alive on September 9, 2005, if the daughter were to become a co-sharer with her male siblings. …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Sep 5, 2015 NEW DELHI: Former Law Commission chairman Justice A P Shah, who as chief justice of Delhi high court delivered the landmark judgment decriminalizing homosexuality by reading down Section 377 of IPC, has slammed the Supreme Court for reviving the controversial penal provisions by quashing the HC verdict. …
TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Jul 7, 2015 BAREILLY: Passing a “historic” verdict based purely on circumstantial evidence, the court of additional district and sessions judge has sentenced a man to life imprisonment even after all eight witnesses turned hostile. The man had been charged with the murder of his wife and the judge saw it fit to go with the circumstantial evidence produced by the prosecution. …
Courts can skip empty formalities: SC.Business-standard.com June 28, 2015 It is a basic principle of law that no action shall be taken without providing a hearing to the affected party. This principle, called the law of natural justice, is “flexible” according to situations, and it need not be followed as an empty formality, Supreme Court stated in its recent judgment, Dharampal Satyapal vs Deputy Commissioner. The doctrine cannot be applied as a “strait-jacket formula. …
India to get own version of class action lawsuitsTimesofIndia.indiatimes.com May 21, 2015 NEW DELHI: India is set to have a stronger consumer protection law with its own version of class action suits. As the term is usually defined, a class action suit is one in which one or several persons sue on behalf of a larger group of persons, referred to as “the class”. …
Testimony of sole witness enough for conviction: SCTimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Apr 11, 2015 CHENNAI: An accused can be convicted on the testimony of a sole witness if the person is completely reliable, said the Supreme Court, upholding the verdict of the Madras high court which awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to people facing conspiracy charge in a murder case. …
Proxy counsel cannot argue a case: High courtTimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Feb 16, 2015 Background: There are times when the advocate on record is stuck in some other court and cannot attend to another matter. In such cases, he appoints a “proxy counsel” to take care of the case in his absence. …
HC asks 2 cops to face trial 23 years after torturing womanTimesofIndia.indiatimes.com Jan 25, 2015 MUMBAI: Police can’t torture an accused to extract information, the Bombay high court has ruled in a landmark judgment, and ordered two policemen to face trial for brutally assaulting a woman in custody 23 years ago. …
Note:- It may be noted that the information in this website is subject to the Disclaimer of Dtf.in. However, in case you have a complaint with respect to any content published in this website, it may kindly be brought to our notice for appropriate action to remove such content as early as possible or publish the latest/updated content/event, if any, at info[at]dtf.in.
Disciplinary and Transparency Forum – India Diciplinary & Transparancy Forum
Coming soon: IGNOU to offer diploma course on Right to Information
Pension cases of Central Government employees to be mandatorily processed through ‘Bhavishya’ from Jan 01
