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Chandigarh: Consumer forum tells mobile company to pay customer for selling defective handset
Consumer forum fines DRM for unclean train
Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders
Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD
Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum
Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine
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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

Chandigarh: Consumer forum tells mobile company to pay customer for selling defective handset

The handset used to shut down automatically and its camera and speaker was also not functioning smoothly.
Indianexpress.com
June 22, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has asked a mobile phone company to refund Rs 32,000, the price of a handset to a resident of Daria village as the phone was defective. The forum also asked Sony India Private Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs 3,000 for harassment to the consumer. …

Consumer forum fines DRM for unclean train

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 15, 2016
Nagpur: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nagpur, has imposed a fine of Rs.6,000 on divisional railway manager ( DRM ), Nagpur Central Railway, for deficiency in service by not maintaining Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerna Express.
The order was issued on June 13 by Pradeep Patil and Manjushree Khanke, both members, and Manohar Chilbule, president of the forum. TOI had reported the matter of unclean Prerna Express on February 24, 2014. …

Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
May 12, 2016
Pune: The consumer court here sentenced a developer to three years’ imprisonment on Wednesday for wilful and deliberate defiance of its order and orders passed by the state and national consumer commissions. …

Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD

Tribuneindia.com
Jalandhar, May 4, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has issued bailable warrant of arrest against the MD of Sony India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, for failing to appear in a case pertaining to a defective 3D LED TV purchased by a local resident since the past nearly four and a half years. …

Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum

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. …

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Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine 

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. …

Panel fines S Rly Rs15k for allowing unreserved travel   

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. …

Failure to provide veg food trays to 2 children costs Railway Rs 15,000   

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….

Refund Rs 466, pay Rs 10,000 relief, CCD (Cafe Coffee Day) told    

Tribuneindia.com
Mohali, February 29, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum here has directed Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) to refund Rs 466 to a Chandigarh resident along with interest at 9 per cent and pay a lump sum compensation of Rs.10,000 for mental agony, harassment and cost of litigation. …

Pay Rs 64,000 to woman robbed on train to Vapi, Mumbai consumer forum tells Western Railway   

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. …

Can’t give beyond 45 days for replying to complaint in consumer cases: Supreme Court   

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

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Consumer Forum penalises private bank for deficiency in service

Tribuneindia.com
November 21, 0215
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has found HDFC Bank Ltd deficient in service and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 25,000, including litigation costs, for mental agony and harassment caused to the complainants in a draft case. …

Consumer court awards Rs 15 lakh to Emami’s Fair and Handsome user for ‘psychological’ harm

Legallyindia.com
Nov 09, 2015
Amity Law School student Paras Jain recovered Rs 15 lakh in damages from India’s first and biggest fairness cream brand Emami, for causing psychological hardship to his brother Nikhil Jain, through its allegedly false claims of fairness, reported The Telegraph. …

Air India fined for offloading passenger

Thehindu.com
Sep 28, 2015
Offloading a passenger due to overbooking has cost Air India Rs. 50,000 with a consumer forum holding that the airlines did it for commercial gains. …

Airlines fined Rs 55,000 for losing baggage 7 years ago

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 7, 2015
CHENNAI: The state consumer commission has slapped Emirates Airlines with a fine of 55,000 for losing the baggage of a passenger about seven years ago, and said, payment of damages could not be restricted to the terms of any act, as “there is no bar to grant justifiable compensation for causing mental agony.” …

Pay compensation for poor stitching, forum tells tailor   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 14, 2015
INDORE: District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum ordered a tailor and a garment shopkeeper to compensate a consumer for goofing up in stitching a school dress of complainant’s daughter. …

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March 31, 2015
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INCOME TAX NEWS

I-T Dept yet to comply with CBDT order on publishing names of tax-exempt charities
Concealed income by mistake? No I-T penalty
Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund
Choose the correct income tax return form
Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended
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I-T Dept yet to comply with CBDT order on publishing names of tax-exempt charities

Moneylife.in 
24 June 2016
Following repeated directions from the Central Information Commission (CIC), the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had asked the Income Tax (I-T) Department to place in the public domain names of all organisation and entities that enjoyed tax exemption. However, the I-T department has not yet complied with the directions. …

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Concealed income by mistake? No I-T penalty   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 28, 2016
MUMBAI: The Mumbai bench of the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), in a recent order, has taken a benevolent view and dismissed the penalty levied by income-tax officials for ‘concealment of income’ in the hands of a salaried employee. …

Income tax department to pay interest on TDS refund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 26, 2016
NEW DELHI: The income tax department will now add interest amount to a delayed refund made on excess TDS deductions and will also not litigate with the deductor on this issue in the future, a latest directive has said. …

Choose the correct income tax return form   

Deccanchronicle.com 
Apr 26, 2016
Every year the government notifies the tax return forms applicable for the current assessment year. This year the tax return forms have been notified well in time just before the close of the financial year on March 3oth. The newly notified forms for the financial year 2015-16 do carry some changes over the previous year’s forms. …

Rules regarding quoting of PAN for specified transactions amended   

Business-standar.com
December 16, 2015
The Government is committed to curbing the circulation of black money and widening of tax base. To collect information of certain types of transactions from third parties in a non-intrusive manner, the Income-tax Rules require quoting of Permanent Account Number (PAN) where the transactions exceed a specified limit. …

I-T dept to use email for issuing notices

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
NEW DELHI: In welcome news for taxpayers, the IT department has decided to launch a new system of issuing email notices to which an assessee can respond electronically, obviating the need for a physical interface with the taxman which often led to complaints about harassment. …

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INDIA NEWS

International Yoga Day 2016: Kareena Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, other Bollywood celebs who practice yoga International Yoga Day: Islamic school shows how yoga can help in taxing times of Ramadan
No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says
In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too
Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number
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International Yoga Day 2016: Kareena Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, other Bollywood celebs who practice yoga [PHOTOS + VIDEOS]

Ibtimes.co.in
June 18, 2016
International Yoga Day, which is about spreading awareness to achieve a healthier lifestyle, will be celebrated across the world on June 21. On this occasion, we would like to show you a few pictures and videos of Bollywood celebs who practice yoga. …

More: International Yoga Day: Islamic school shows how yoga can help in taxing times of Ramadan

Ibtimes.co.in
June 15, 2016

No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says

Timesofindia.indiatimescom 
Jun 8, 2016

NEW DELHI: One of the most popular asanas in the yoga, the ‘Suryanamaskar’ asana, will not be part of this year’s Yoga Day celebration on June 21, Ayush minister Shripad Naik has said. …

In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Jun 6, 2016
New Delhi: The good old dakiya is in for a corporate makeover. Out goes dull khaki, in come baseball caps and a colourful uniform. …

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Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number     

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Mar 29, 2016
NEW DELHI: India has decided to adopt ‘112’ as the national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK, with the inter-ministerial telecom commission giving a go-ahead to the move. …

Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Economictimes.indiatimes.com

Mar 22, 2016
Listing out the achievements of the Government as it looks to complete two years in power, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad today said during his tenure and because of a sustained push, 20494 post offices have been connected under core banking solution, which is more than the 16333 enabled core banking branches of State Bank of India (SBI). …

Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 6, 2016
GREATER NOIDA: The ongoing Auto Expo at the India Expo Mart here registered a staggering 1.12 lakh visitors on Saturday. This resulted in a massive rush both at the venue as well as most roads leading up to it.
Despite the relatively large parking area around the venue, there was a sea of vehicles with traffic during peak hours flowing into DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj and Noida-Greater Noida expressway. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday unveiled a raft of measures – ranging from tax waiver for three years, ending inspector raj and a mega fund — to help boost the start-up eco-system.
The 19-point action plan, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a day-long event, came with the promise that the government will only play the role of a facilitator and not burden entrepreneurs with complicated compliance requirements. …

Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme    

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Initiatives in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital empowerment and on-demand govt services unveiled
Dec 29, 2015
New Delhi: The government on Monday expanded its Digital India programme, launching new initiatives and broadening the scope of existing ones, to make more services accessible to the masses. …

Chennai floods: Rescue operations almost over, focus now on relief work

Indianexpress.com

Chennai Floods: 3,500 people stuck at airport, Met warns of more rain, ‘next 48 hrs crucial’

Firstpost.com
Dec 2, 2015 22:35 IST
The latest:
– 3,500 people stranded at Chennai airport
– Chennai airport closed till 6 December
– Worst continuous rainstorms in 100 years …

Govt mulls Europe-style water law to save resource

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: Concerned by the future projections of water availability in India, the government is mulling the legislation route to save the scarce resource from depleting any further. It plans to come out with a new draft National Water Framework Bill – on the lines of the one in effect in Europe – and improvising on the existing draft law of 2013. …

Ball set rolling for Lokayukta’s removal   

Thehindu.com
November 18, 2015
BENGALURU: Legislators on Tuesday initiated the process of impeachment of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao by submitting petitions seeking his removal to the Assembly Speaker and the Council Chairman. …

FinMin invites feedback for Budget

Business-standard.com
September 23, 2015
From the usual refrain of increasing threshold of personal income tax from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs five lakh, the common man wants the government to announce a new fund for onions in the Budget for 2016-17. A few of them suggested to the government to do away with exemptions. …

Cross mark is now NOTA symbol     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
AHMEDABAD: The ‘None Of The Above’ (Nota) option on electronic voting machines (EVMs) finally got its own symbol — a small ballot paper with a black cross on it. The Nota symbol will make its debut in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections and Surat bypolls. …

End of an era: ‘Missile man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passes away after cardiac arrest   Firstpost.com
July 28, 2015
Shillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the ‘missile man’ who came to be known as ‘People’s President’ died on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong on Monday evening. …

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SC allows accused to produce taped phone conversation as defence
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SC allows accused to produce taped phone conversation as defence

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. …

Supreme Court sets 2005 cut-off on women’s right to ancestral property

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. …

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SC erred in junking decriminalization of gay sex; Justice Shah    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. …

Judge goes by circumstantial evidence, awards man life term     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 lawsuits   TimesofIndia.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: SC   TimesofIndia.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. …

PMO plans to merge tribunals for efficiency, Company Law Board and CAT could be merged  Economictimes.indiatimes.com
27 Feb, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office is planning to prune the list of all important national tribunals and merge some of them to create larger entities and ensure efficiency. …

Proxy counsel cannot argue a case: High court   TimesofIndia.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 woman   TimesofIndia.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. …

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CONSUMER FORUM NEWS

Consumer forum fines DRM for unclean train
Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders
Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD
Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum
Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine
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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

Consumer forum fines DRM for unclean train

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 15, 2016
Nagpur: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nagpur, has imposed a fine of Rs.6,000 on divisional railway manager ( DRM ), Nagpur Central Railway, for deficiency in service by not maintaining Nagpur-Ahmedabad Prerna Express.
The order was issued on June 13 by Pradeep Patil and Manjushree Khanke, both members, and Manohar Chilbule, president of the forum. TOI had reported the matter of unclean Prerna Express on February 24, 2014. …

Builder gets 3 years in jail for defying consumer court orders

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
May 12, 2016
Pune: The consumer court here sentenced a developer to three years’ imprisonment on Wednesday for wilful and deliberate defiance of its order and orders passed by the state and national consumer commissions. …

Consumer forum issues bailable warrants against Sony MD

Tribuneindia.com
Jalandhar, May 4, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has issued bailable warrant of arrest against the MD of Sony India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, for failing to appear in a case pertaining to a defective 3D LED TV purchased by a local resident since the past nearly four and a half years. …

Consumer complaint? Courts aside, social media’s the new activism forum

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. …

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Consumer forum slaps Southern Railway with Rs 30,000 fine 

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. …

Panel fines S Rly Rs15k for allowing unreserved travel   

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. …

Failure to provide veg food trays to 2 children costs Railway Rs 15,000   

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….

Refund Rs 466, pay Rs 10,000 relief, CCD (Cafe Coffee Day) told    

Tribuneindia.com
Mohali, February 29, 2016
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum here has directed Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) to refund Rs 466 to a Chandigarh resident along with interest at 9 per cent and pay a lump sum compensation of Rs.10,000 for mental agony, harassment and cost of litigation. …

Pay Rs 64,000 to woman robbed on train to Vapi, Mumbai consumer forum tells Western Railway   

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. …

Can’t give beyond 45 days for replying to complaint in consumer cases: Supreme Court   

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

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* Verification of SC/ST/OBC Caste Status or Claims of SCs, STs and OBCs

Consumer Forum penalises private bank for deficiency in service

Tribuneindia.com
November 21, 0215
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has found HDFC Bank Ltd deficient in service and directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 25,000, including litigation costs, for mental agony and harassment caused to the complainants in a draft case. …

Consumer court awards Rs 15 lakh to Emami’s Fair and Handsome user for ‘psychological’ harm

Legallyindia.com
Nov 09, 2015
Amity Law School student Paras Jain recovered Rs 15 lakh in damages from India’s first and biggest fairness cream brand Emami, for causing psychological hardship to his brother Nikhil Jain, through its allegedly false claims of fairness, reported The Telegraph. …

Air India fined for offloading passenger

Thehindu.com
Sep 28, 2015
Offloading a passenger due to overbooking has cost Air India Rs. 50,000 with a consumer forum holding that the airlines did it for commercial gains. …

Airlines fined Rs 55,000 for losing baggage 7 years ago

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 7, 2015
CHENNAI: The state consumer commission has slapped Emirates Airlines with a fine of 55,000 for losing the baggage of a passenger about seven years ago, and said, payment of damages could not be restricted to the terms of any act, as “there is no bar to grant justifiable compensation for causing mental agony.” …

Pay compensation for poor stitching, forum tells tailor   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 14, 2015
INDORE: District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum ordered a tailor and a garment shopkeeper to compensate a consumer for goofing up in stitching a school dress of complainant’s daughter. …

Win your consumer cases   Moneylife.in
March 31, 2015
Consumer is King, they say. But that is only until you buy a product or service. …

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COURT ORDERS

HC: Lokayukta cops can file chargesheets in graft cases
Supreme Court orders Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs 10 lakh in damages to illegally held women
Supreme Court orders probe into wife-swap by navy officers
Allahabad high court dismisses 15 judges
Supreme Court orders protection from trafficking for adopted children
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HC: Lokayukta cops can file chargesheets in graft cases

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 21, 2016
Bengaluru : The high court on Monday said Lokayukta police can file chargesheets or final reports before the jurisdictional courts on corruption cases of which they have completed investigation. …

Supreme Court orders Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs 10 lakh in damages to illegally held women

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to an NRI doctor and her septuagenarian mother, a practising lawyer in Pune, Maharashtra, for unlawfully arresting them.
India.com
June 3, 2016
New Delhi, June 3: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to an NRI doctor and her septuagenarian mother, a practising lawyer in Pune, Maharashtra, for unlawfully arresting them. The court ordered the Madhya Pradesh government to pay the compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to Rini Johar and her mother Gulshan Johar in three months’ time. …

Supreme Court orders probe into wife-swap by navy officers

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 13, 2016
NEW DELHI: In what could be a first, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Kerala government to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the sensational allegations of a Navy officer’s estranged wife that her husband and his colleagues on INS Kochi indulged in wife-swapping and tortured her because of her refusal to join them. The SIT has been asked to complete the investigation within three months. …

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Allahabad high court dismisses 15 judges  

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 20, 2016
LUCKNOW: The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed 15 judges for their “doubtful integrity, negligence and poor conduct”. The decision followed a full court meeting presided over by chief justice DY Chandrachud in Lucknow, where the credentials of the tainted judicial officers were discussed. ….

Supreme Court orders protection from trafficking for adopted children   

Hindustantimes.com   
New Delhi |  Mar 16, 2016
The Supreme Court of India has ordered the government to draw up strong guidelines for screening and tracking adoptions after a charity appealed for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that adopted children were being abused. …

Court orders unwilling sons to pay allowance   

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. …

SC asks states to sterilise, vaccinate stray dogs as per law    

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. …

Himachal Pradesh High Court orders Rs 20 lakh to parents of each student drowned in Beas river

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. …

States must take steps to cut alcohol intake: SC   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 30, 2015
New DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a thumbs up to the Kerala government’s decision to limit sale of liquor to shops and five-star hotels and threw out petitions by owners of three and four-star hotels that the policy is arbitrary and discriminatory. ….

CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law, says Supreme Court

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 complaint   News.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. …

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HC stays Haryana govt’s decision to give 10% quota to Jats, 5 other communities

Hindustantimes.com 
May 26, 2016
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday put on hold the Khattar government’s move to give 10% reservation to Jats and five other communities in government jobs and education. …

Haryana Cabinet Clears Bill For Jat Reservation    

Ndtv.com
March 28, 2016
Chandigarh:  The Haryana cabinet today cleared the bill that proposes to provide reservation to five communities, including the politically-dominant Jat community. …

State not bound to give reservation in promotion to SC,ST: Supreme Court   

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. …

Digvijay bats for OBC job quota in private sector    

Business-standard.com
February 10, 2016
Congress leader Digvijay Singh today backed reservation in private sector jobs for candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes (OBCs), but advised the Centre to take corporates into confidence before acting on a central panel’s recommendation in this regard. …

Nitish Kumar keeps election promise, rolls out 35 percent reservation for women   

Indianexpress.com
Jan 20, 2016
In the latest decision, the government said, the 35 per cent reservation extended to women on posts of police constable would now be extended to cover other state government vacancies, too. …

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Government okays quotas for women in paramilitary   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 6, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday took an important step to improve gender equality in the paramilitary by approving reservation of 33% women at the constable rank in two major central paramilitary forces CRPF and CISF and also setting a 15% quota in the border forces BSF, SSB and ITBP. …

20 years after Mandal, less than 12% OBCs in central govt jobs   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 26, 2015
CHENNAI: More than two decades after implementation of Mandal commission report, which mandates 27 percent reservation for OBCs in central government jobs, an RTI data shows that less than 12 percent of employees of central government ministries, departments and statutory bodies are from other backward classes (OBCs) as on January 1, 2015. …

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INDIA NEWS

No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says
In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too
Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number
Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says

Timesofindia.indiatimescom 
Jun 8, 2016

NEW DELHI: One of the most popular asanas in the yoga, the ‘Suryanamaskar’ asana, will not be part of this year’s Yoga Day celebration on June 21, Ayush minister Shripad Naik has said. …

In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Jun 6, 2016
New Delhi: The good old dakiya is in for a corporate makeover. Out goes dull khaki, in come baseball caps and a colourful uniform. …

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Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number     

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Mar 29, 2016
NEW DELHI: India has decided to adopt ‘112’ as the national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK, with the inter-ministerial telecom commission giving a go-ahead to the move. …

Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Economictimes.indiatimes.com

Mar 22, 2016
Listing out the achievements of the Government as it looks to complete two years in power, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad today said during his tenure and because of a sustained push, 20494 post offices have been connected under core banking solution, which is more than the 16333 enabled core banking branches of State Bank of India (SBI). …

Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 6, 2016
GREATER NOIDA: The ongoing Auto Expo at the India Expo Mart here registered a staggering 1.12 lakh visitors on Saturday. This resulted in a massive rush both at the venue as well as most roads leading up to it.
Despite the relatively large parking area around the venue, there was a sea of vehicles with traffic during peak hours flowing into DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj and Noida-Greater Noida expressway. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday unveiled a raft of measures – ranging from tax waiver for three years, ending inspector raj and a mega fund — to help boost the start-up eco-system.
The 19-point action plan, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a day-long event, came with the promise that the government will only play the role of a facilitator and not burden entrepreneurs with complicated compliance requirements. …

Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme    

Livemint.com
Initiatives in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital empowerment and on-demand govt services unveiled
Dec 29, 2015
New Delhi: The government on Monday expanded its Digital India programme, launching new initiatives and broadening the scope of existing ones, to make more services accessible to the masses. …

Chennai floods: Rescue operations almost over, focus now on relief work

Indianexpress.com

Chennai Floods: 3,500 people stuck at airport, Met warns of more rain, ‘next 48 hrs crucial’

Firstpost.com
Dec 2, 2015 22:35 IST
The latest:
– 3,500 people stranded at Chennai airport
– Chennai airport closed till 6 December
– Worst continuous rainstorms in 100 years …

Govt mulls Europe-style water law to save resource

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: Concerned by the future projections of water availability in India, the government is mulling the legislation route to save the scarce resource from depleting any further. It plans to come out with a new draft National Water Framework Bill – on the lines of the one in effect in Europe – and improvising on the existing draft law of 2013. …

Ball set rolling for Lokayukta’s removal   

Thehindu.com
November 18, 2015
BENGALURU: Legislators on Tuesday initiated the process of impeachment of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao by submitting petitions seeking his removal to the Assembly Speaker and the Council Chairman. …

FinMin invites feedback for Budget

Business-standard.com
September 23, 2015
From the usual refrain of increasing threshold of personal income tax from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs five lakh, the common man wants the government to announce a new fund for onions in the Budget for 2016-17. A few of them suggested to the government to do away with exemptions. …

Cross mark is now NOTA symbol     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
AHMEDABAD: The ‘None Of The Above’ (Nota) option on electronic voting machines (EVMs) finally got its own symbol — a small ballot paper with a black cross on it. The Nota symbol will make its debut in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections and Surat bypolls. …

End of an era: ‘Missile man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passes away after cardiac arrest   Firstpost.com
July 28, 2015
Shillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the ‘missile man’ who came to be known as ‘People’s President’ died on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong on Monday evening. …

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INDIA NEWS

Udta Modi: Once denied visa, NaMo now flies India closer to the US
No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says
In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too
Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number
Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Udta Modi: Once denied visa, NaMo now flies India closer to the US

Timesofinia.inddiatimescom
Jun 10, 2016
WASHINGTON: “What do you mean no visa for Modi? Right now they are ready to give him a Congressional Medal and a citizenship to go with it,” was one snarky aside as US lawmakers tripped over each other for autographs of the Prime Minister after his address to the joint session of the US Congress, in scenes reminiscent of Indian MPs fawning over Bill Clinton in the Indian Parliament in 2000. A photo posted on social media of Modi signing autographs joked about him taking orders for thepla, khakra, ganthia and other Gujarati savories. …

No ‘Suryanamaskar’ this Yoga Day, ‘Om’ not compulsory, government says

Timesofinia.inddiatimescom 
Jun 8, 2016

NEW DELHI: One of the most popular asanas in the yoga, the ‘Suryanamaskar’ asana, will not be part of this year’s Yoga Day celebration on June 21, Ayush minister Shripad Naik has said. …

In age of e-tailing, drab dakiya to get smart & look smart too

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Jun 6, 2016
New Delhi: The good old dakiya is in for a corporate makeover. Out goes dull khaki, in come baseball caps and a colourful uniform. …

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Now, 112 will be India’s national emergency number     

.Timesofindia.indiatimescom
Mar 29, 2016
NEW DELHI: India has decided to adopt ‘112’ as the national emergency number, similar to ‘911’ in the US and ‘999’ in the UK, with the inter-ministerial telecom commission giving a go-ahead to the move. …

Digital India Summit: Post Offices pip SBI to have largest core banking footprint, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Economictimes.indiatimes.com

Mar 22, 2016
Listing out the achievements of the Government as it looks to complete two years in power, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad today said during his tenure and because of a sustained push, 20494 post offices have been connected under core banking solution, which is more than the 16333 enabled core banking branches of State Bank of India (SBI). …

Auto Expo 2016: 1.12 lakh visitors on Day 2 results in traffic nightmare

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 6, 2016
GREATER NOIDA: The ongoing Auto Expo at the India Expo Mart here registered a staggering 1.12 lakh visitors on Saturday. This resulted in a massive rush both at the venue as well as most roads leading up to it.
Despite the relatively large parking area around the venue, there was a sea of vehicles with traffic during peak hours flowing into DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj and Noida-Greater Noida expressway. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts up new business era with tax breaks and mega fund   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2016
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday unveiled a raft of measures – ranging from tax waiver for three years, ending inspector raj and a mega fund — to help boost the start-up eco-system.
The 19-point action plan, which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a day-long event, came with the promise that the government will only play the role of a facilitator and not burden entrepreneurs with complicated compliance requirements. …

Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme    

Livemint.com
Initiatives in areas such as digital infrastructure, digital empowerment and on-demand govt services unveiled
Dec 29, 2015
New Delhi: The government on Monday expanded its Digital India programme, launching new initiatives and broadening the scope of existing ones, to make more services accessible to the masses. …

Chennai floods: Rescue operations almost over, focus now on relief work

Indianexpress.com

Chennai Floods: 3,500 people stuck at airport, Met warns of more rain, ‘next 48 hrs crucial’

Firstpost.com
Dec 2, 2015 22:35 IST
The latest:
– 3,500 people stranded at Chennai airport
– Chennai airport closed till 6 December
– Worst continuous rainstorms in 100 years …

Govt mulls Europe-style water law to save resource

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2015
NEW DELHI: Concerned by the future projections of water availability in India, the government is mulling the legislation route to save the scarce resource from depleting any further. It plans to come out with a new draft National Water Framework Bill – on the lines of the one in effect in Europe – and improvising on the existing draft law of 2013. …

Ball set rolling for Lokayukta’s removal   

Thehindu.com
November 18, 2015
BENGALURU: Legislators on Tuesday initiated the process of impeachment of Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao by submitting petitions seeking his removal to the Assembly Speaker and the Council Chairman. …

FinMin invites feedback for Budget

Business-standard.com
September 23, 2015
From the usual refrain of increasing threshold of personal income tax from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs five lakh, the common man wants the government to announce a new fund for onions in the Budget for 2016-17. A few of them suggested to the government to do away with exemptions. …

Cross mark is now NOTA symbol     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
AHMEDABAD: The ‘None Of The Above’ (Nota) option on electronic voting machines (EVMs) finally got its own symbol — a small ballot paper with a black cross on it. The Nota symbol will make its debut in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections and Surat bypolls. …

End of an era: ‘Missile man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passes away after cardiac arrest   Firstpost.com
July 28, 2015
Shillong: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the ‘missile man’ who came to be known as ‘People’s President’ died on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the IIM in Shillong on Monday evening. …

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RTI NEWS

Coming soon: IGNOU to offer diploma course on Right to Information
Private colleges, schools under RTI ambit
CIC wants RTI activist punished for misuse of law
CIC bans appearance of lawyer, HC stays order
Osmania University PIO fined 10,000 for failure to reply to query
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Coming soon: IGNOU to offer diploma course on Right to Information

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. …

Private colleges, schools under RTI ambit

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. …

CIC wants RTI activist punished for misuse of law

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.

CIC bans appearance of lawyer, HC stays order

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. …

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Osmania University PIO fined 10,000 for failure to reply to query

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. …

Huda official delays RTI reply, fined 25,000

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 15, 2016|
Gurgaon: The chief information commissioner of Haryana has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on estate officer-II of Huda, Gurgaon for delaying a piece of information sought under the RTI Act for over 11 months. …

Officials reduce RTI Act to a farce?

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Apr 17, 2016
Hyderabad: The Right to Information Act (RTI) has been enacted with a lofty goal of ensuring transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority and is considered a powerful instrument in the hands of citizens to expose corruption.

Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CIC   

Economictimes.indiatimes.com  
Apr 6, 2016
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has directed the environment ministry to share a copy of the bio-safety document related to genetically-modified mustard and the raw data of studies with the caveat that provisions of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety as well as confidentiality should be kept in mind. …

Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals

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. …

Ministers are answerable under RTI Act, Central Information Commission says

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. …

SIC issues show-cause notice to DEO

Tribuneindia.com   
February 28, 2016
State Information Commissioner Ravinder Singh Nagi has issued a show-cause notice to the District Education Officer (Secondary) for not providing the information to the appellant Hardeep Singh, a resident of Dabwali Road area, sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. …

Supreme Court dismisses plea for information on pending judgements under RTI Act   

Livemind.com

Feb 16, 2016
Delhi and Bombay high courts, however, mention on their judgements both dates—on which judgement was reserved and when judgement was delivered
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday confirmed a Delhi high court verdict which said the court registry couldn’t be directed to collect information on how long judgements on cases remained pending under the Right to Information Act. …

Penny wise, pound foolish? New CIC resurrects Rs 2 absurdity of RTI Act  

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. …

Don’t disclose students’ information without consulting parents: CIC    

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. …

Delhi HC sets aside order asking SC to share info on reserved verdicts   

RTI activist Commodore Lokesh Batra had filed an RTI request seeking data on the number of judgments reserved and kept pending between 2007-09.

Indianexpress.com
The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the order of its single judge bench that had required the Supreme Court registry to provide information under the RTI Act on the pending cases in the apex court on which orders had been reserved. …

Disclosure of Govt Email IDs National Security Threat: CIC   

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. …

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