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Privilege against ‘disclosure’ is eclipsed by RTI
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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Privilege against ‘disclosure’ is eclipsed by RTI

Livelaw.in
June 13, 2016
The ‘privilege’ under Section 123 of the Indian Evidence Act is claimed frequently by the Government to authorize them not to produce its unpublished records in courts. As per this section a witness cannot be permitted to give any evidence which is derived from unpublished records relating to any affairs of state without permission of the officer at the head of department concerned. …

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. …

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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. …

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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CASTE NEWS

Reservations don’t make access to resources easier for lower-caste students
Dalits can’t draw water from well here
Tamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to death in full public view for marrying Thevar girl in Tirupur
The women who refuse to do India’s dirtiest job
I was asked my caste at Dwarka temple: Kumari Selja
Rajasthan: Dalit student beaten for touching utensil in school 
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Reservations don’t make access to resources easier for lower-caste students

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. …

Dalits can’t draw water from well here   

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. …

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Tamil Nadu: Dalit man hacked to death in full public view for marrying Thevar girl in Tirupur   

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. …

The women who refuse to do India’s dirtiest job  

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.” …

I was asked my caste at Dwarka temple: Kumari Selja

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. …

Rajasthan: Dalit student beaten for touching utensil in school

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. …

Death by tractor: A tale of two FIRs   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 7, 2015
Case lodged by Jats claims Dalits fired first and were mowed down by tractor driven by own kin but FIR delay and missing weapon are telling. …

Derecognition row: National scheduled castes panel sends notice to IIT Madras    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 31, 2015
NEW DELHI: The national scheduled castes panel has sent a notice to IIT Madras over the de-recognition by the premier technical institute of a students’ group, several of whose members are from the Dalit community, allegedly following a complaint that it was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …

Dalits in MP village not allowed to use public borewell   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 23, 2015
ALIRAJPUR: Dalit residents of Ghatwani village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh — some 400km from Bhopal — have alleged that they are not allowed to use a public borewell and have to drink dirty water of a disused well. …
Emperor Ashoka caught in caste row   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 20, 2015
PATNA: Within days of BJP officials gathering under the Rashtravadi Kushwaha Parishad rubric to celebrate the 2320th birth anniversary of Emperor Ashoka, historians assailed the party for claiming that one of the country’s greatest rulers ever was a Kushwaha by caste. …

Dalit groom attacked for riding a horse   Thehindu.com
May 13, 2015
Upper caste people throw stones, take away the animal …

‘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: HC   Indianexpress.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. …

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RTI NEWS

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
Huda official delays RTI reply, fined 25,000
Officials reduce RTI Act to a farce?
Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CIC
Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals
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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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Verification of SC/ST/OBC Caste Status or Claims of SCs, STs and OBCs

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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Speed guns, ambulances to curb road deaths: Government
Bombay HC: Speeding alone no ground to book person for rash driving
Murder charges for flaw in road design?
Anti-lock braking system must for all two-wheelers
No toll for bad roads, SC tells NHAI in pro-user order   
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Speed guns, ambulances to curb road deaths: Government

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 10, 2016
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways ministry will install speed guns (equipment to record the speed of as well as film a moving vehicle) on national highways and deploy advanced ambulances with vehicle-cutting equipment on certain stretches for the immediate rescue of accident victims. …

Bombay HC: Speeding alone no ground to book person for rash driving

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 11, 2016
MUMBAI: Driving a car at high speeds is by itself not a strong enough ground to book a person for rash and negligent driving, the Bombay high court has ruled. Two years after Mumbai police arrested a city resident, Khizzer Shah, on the charges of negligent and dangerous driving, a division bench of justices Abhay Oka and Prakash Naik used the HC’s special powers to strike down the FIR as an “abuse of the process of law”. …

Murder charges for flaw in road design? 

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 16, 2015
KOTHPUTLI (RAJASTHAN): Sending a strong message to consultants involved in preparing detailed project reports (DPRs), highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that government can book such agencies for murder, if the fault in design is established as the reason for any road death on national highways (NHs).. …

Anti-lock braking system must for all two-wheelers    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 20, 2015
NEW DELHI: All models of two-wheelers need to be fitted with anti-lock braking system (ABS) and combined braking system (CBS) by April 2018.. …

No toll for bad roads, SC tells NHAI in pro-user order    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Aug 28, 2015
NEW DELHI: In what will be music to the ears of long suffering highway users, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and concessionaires cannot collect toll from commuters if the road is in bad shape. …

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SC dismisses plea against NGT order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying on Delhi roads   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 20, 2015
NEW DELHI: In an order that could improve Delhi’s deteriorating air quality, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s order prohibiting diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old from plying in the national capital. …

Government to scrap 125 toll plazas by month end: Transport Minister Gadkari   Dnaindia.com
12 February 2015
Aiming to spare general public from levy at highways, the government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February. …

No steep fine for first time traffic violators   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 30, 2015
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry will revise the proposed fines for traffic rule violations by almost one-fifth of what was originally envisaged in the Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill. …

Wait for registration certificate of your vehicle to be over soon   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 20, 2015
NEW DELHI: Soon you will be able to get the registration certificate (RC) of your car or any other vehicle within minutes and there will be no scope for anyone to enter wrong data and details including the chassis or engine number. …

Radio cabs in Delhi must have GPS, panic buttons   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 30, 2014
NEW DELHI: Less than four weeks after a 25-year-old financial analyst was raped in a cab, the Delhi transport department on Monday announced a modified radio taxi scheme that attempts to bring all app-based taxi services under its ambit. …

New Motor Vehicles Act proposes big fines for uninsured vehicles owners
6 Oct, 2014
MUMBAI: Driving an uninsured car or motorcycle may cost you dear, if proposals in the new Road Transport & Safety Bill are passed by the Parliament without changes. General insurance companies, on the other hand, will be smiling all the way to the bank. …

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INDIA NEWS

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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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. …

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). …

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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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Service Law News

CBI court holds corrupt official’s kin equally guilty, sentences 5-yr rigorous imprisonment
Second ‘wife’ of forest guard left in lurch as HC denies pension
Madras HC comes to the rescue of TN’s first woman IFS officer
Court Can’t Set Aside Transfer Order: Hyderabad HC
Assets of graft accused can be seized before conviction
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CBI court holds corrupt official’s kin equally guilty, sentences 5-yr rigorous imprisonment

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jun 5, 2016
Jabalpur: Family members of a corrupt official are equally responsible if they share his income, ordered a CBI court in Jabalpur, while sentencing a Central government official along with his wife, son and daughter-in-law to five-year rigorous imprisonment. …

Second ‘wife’ of forest guard left in lurch as HC denies pension

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 25, 2016
Chennai: V Backiam lived as ‘wife’ of forest guard S M Velu for 25 years; they had two children. Yet, the woman has been disentitled from claiming Velu’s pension, after his death in 2003. Reason: She ‘married’ him while his first marriage with Muniyammal, who also has two children, was subsisting. …

Madras HC comes to the rescue of TN’s first woman IFS officer   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 25, 2016
CHENNAI: Facing harassment and humiliated with postings far inferior to her seniority, the first woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tamil Nadu has won a spectacular high court order directing the government to offer her a posting with appropriate seniority. …

Court Can’t Set Aside Transfer Order: Hyderabad HC    

Newindianexpress.com
21^st March, 2016
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that the court is not supposed to exercise the power of judicial review to set aside a transfer order which is administrative in nature. “The High Court can interfere with the transfer order if it is made contrary to rules governing organisation or any statutory rule or if it is prompted by mala fide action”, the court observed. …

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Assets of graft accused can be seized before conviction   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 11, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the government can bring special laws to control corruption, which it said was eating away the fundamental core of elective democracy and Constitutional governance. …

If dependent, married girls eligible for jobs: HC

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 5, 2015
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Friday ruled that married daughters are also entitled to jobs under the dying-in-harness rule. According to the rule, in case a government employee dies during service, his or her dependants will be given a job. …

Moms of surrogate babies can get maternity leave: HC     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 18, 2015 
NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict the Delhi high court on Friday ruled that surrogate mothers who have children through surrogacy are entitled to maternity leave which includes pre- and post-natal period. …

Slow promotions, ageing officials: HC orders cadre review in BSF   Indianexpress.com
Apr 24, 2015
The lack of a cadre review in 25 years in the Border Security Force has resulted in no post creation at command levels, leading to “frustration” among already ageing officials due to extremely slow promotions, observed the Delhi High Court and directed the Centre to appoint a panel for conducting the exercise within six months. …

Dismissal of magistrate who favoured woman lawyer upheld   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 19, 2015
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has upheld the dismissal from service of a chief judicial magistrate accused of developing close relations with a woman advocate and granting orders in her favour. …

Promote paramilitary jawans even after disability: HC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 15, 2015
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has come to the rescue of jawans of the paramilitary forces at a time when they have borne the brunt of deadly Naxalite attacks in Chhattisgarh and elsewhere. In a landmark judgment, Justice Ajay Tewari has ruled that jawans are entitled for promotion even after they have suffered disability. …

Polygamy not integral part of Islam: SC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 10, 2015
NEW DELHI: Although their personal law permits men to have four wives, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Muslim’s fundamental right to profess Islam did not include practicing polygamy. …

Supreme Court orders retirement for corrupt LIC cashier who embezzled Rs 533 Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 7, 2015
NEW DELHI: No sympathy should be shown to any government employee indulging in corruption and the person should be dismissed from his job, the Supreme Court has held while awarding compulsory retirement to a Life Insurance Corporation of India cashier for misappropriating Rs 533 twenty-five years ago. …

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She could’ve escaped her misery that night

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 24, 2016
She got married to the most eligible bachelor in the neighbourhood, who was a decade older than her. …

A stranger on the platform   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 30, 2016
“Hurry up Nidhi, or else we will miss the train and that would probably mean the end of world,” I shouted.
“Oh God! This must be ‘The D day’ for me. It seems that all the voracious and wild beasts from all over the world have come to this particular piece of land today. No male can be trusted. For them, girls are like a prey, born to be tethered away,” I thought in my mind. …

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How a medical report made me realize my love for him

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 1, 2016
Tears were rolling down my cheeks as I held the white piece of paper in my hands. …

My aborted child still haunts me   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 22, 2016
I am a 26-year-old, media professional, living in Delhi with my fiance, who I met a year ago. Life has completely changed since last year, a new job brought sudden stability and he brought a sudden sense of responsibility in me, which was very exciting yet a little scary, when I thought about the future. …

When I was groped in a ‘safe’ city   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 10, 2016
I live right next to the place of my work. It is hardly a minute away on foot. I shifted to this new town recently, a fairly small one. Hence, I didn’t like it much, but we go where work takes us. …

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Yes, I got pregnant when my husband was out of town   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 13, 2015
On a chilly Saturday morning, as the second line showed a faint positive I was gripped with shock, fear and sadness. The greatest joy to womanhood just turned into a curse. …

I found love after marriage, only to lose it

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 27, 2015
I fell in love too and it happened, when I had least expected it. However, there was only one problem with this love. I was married and he was in a long-distance relationship. He was alone in the city and I was alone within my family. …

Why I Am Speaking About My Gang-Rape – by Sapna Bhavnani      Ndtv.com
July 09, 2015 
Sapna Bhavnani’s picture and blog for Humans of Bombay has gone viral since it was posted yesterday with over 65,000 likes and 6,000 shares. …

Vishakha Singh: All women have breasts   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Amyra Dastur: Emraan has the bitchiest sense of humour   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 14, 2015,
Amyra Dastur, 21, is honest, sensitive and simple. …

My rapist is now an advocate: Victim narrates the tale of horror    Hindustantimes.com
December 18, 2014
I am waiting for the day when I’ll be a judge after clearing the Provisional Civil Services (PCS) exam. I am striving hard to realise my wish with just three semesters short of clearing my graduation in law. …

‘I have a hot body and don’t mind showing it’    TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Oct 27, 2014
‘I have a hot body and don’t mind showing it’ Priyanka Chopra’s first cousin, Barbie Handa, has now been been rechristened Manaara to make her name more ‘marketable’. …
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RTI NEWS

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
Huda official delays RTI reply, fined 25,000
Officials reduce RTI Act to a farce?
Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CIC
Central Information Commission does away with need of hard copies for online appeals
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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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Service Law News

Second ‘wife’ of forest guard left in lurch as HC denies pension
Madras HC comes to the rescue of TN’s first woman IFS officer
Court Can’t Set Aside Transfer Order: Hyderabad HC
Assets of graft accused can be seized before conviction
If dependent, married girls eligible for jobs: HC
Moms of surrogate babies can get maternity leave: HC
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Second ‘wife’ of forest guard left in lurch as HC denies pension

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 25, 2016
Chennai: V Backiam lived as ‘wife’ of forest guard S M Velu for 25 years; they had two children. Yet, the woman has been disentitled from claiming Velu’s pension, after his death in 2003. Reason: She ‘married’ him while his first marriage with Muniyammal, who also has two children, was subsisting. …

Madras HC comes to the rescue of TN’s first woman IFS officer   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 25, 2016
CHENNAI: Facing harassment and humiliated with postings far inferior to her seniority, the first woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tamil Nadu has won a spectacular high court order directing the government to offer her a posting with appropriate seniority. …

Court Can’t Set Aside Transfer Order: Hyderabad HC    

Newindianexpress.com
21^st March, 2016
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that the court is not supposed to exercise the power of judicial review to set aside a transfer order which is administrative in nature. “The High Court can interfere with the transfer order if it is made contrary to rules governing organisation or any statutory rule or if it is prompted by mala fide action”, the court observed. …

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Assets of graft accused can be seized before conviction   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 11, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the government can bring special laws to control corruption, which it said was eating away the fundamental core of elective democracy and Constitutional governance. …

If dependent, married girls eligible for jobs: HC

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 5, 2015
ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Friday ruled that married daughters are also entitled to jobs under the dying-in-harness rule. According to the rule, in case a government employee dies during service, his or her dependants will be given a job. …

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Moms of surrogate babies can get maternity leave: HC     Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 18, 2015 
NEW DELHI: In a landmark verdict the Delhi high court on Friday ruled that surrogate mothers who have children through surrogacy are entitled to maternity leave which includes pre- and post-natal period. …

Slow promotions, ageing officials: HC orders cadre review in BSF   Indianexpress.com
Apr 24, 2015
The lack of a cadre review in 25 years in the Border Security Force has resulted in no post creation at command levels, leading to “frustration” among already ageing officials due to extremely slow promotions, observed the Delhi High Court and directed the Centre to appoint a panel for conducting the exercise within six months. …

Dismissal of magistrate who favoured woman lawyer upheld   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 19, 2015
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has upheld the dismissal from service of a chief judicial magistrate accused of developing close relations with a woman advocate and granting orders in her favour. …

Promote paramilitary jawans even after disability: HC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 15, 2015
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has come to the rescue of jawans of the paramilitary forces at a time when they have borne the brunt of deadly Naxalite attacks in Chhattisgarh and elsewhere. In a landmark judgment, Justice Ajay Tewari has ruled that jawans are entitled for promotion even after they have suffered disability. …

Polygamy not integral part of Islam: SC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 10, 2015
NEW DELHI: Although their personal law permits men to have four wives, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Muslim’s fundamental right to profess Islam did not include practicing polygamy. …

Supreme Court orders retirement for corrupt LIC cashier who embezzled Rs 533 Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 7, 2015
NEW DELHI: No sympathy should be shown to any government employee indulging in corruption and the person should be dismissed from his job, the Supreme Court has held while awarding compulsory retirement to a Life Insurance Corporation of India cashier for misappropriating Rs 533 twenty-five years ago. …

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CONSUMER FORUM NEWS

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
More …

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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

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. …

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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