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* The charge sheet/charge memo having not been approved by the disciplinary authority was non est in the eye of law – SC Judgment dated 05.09.2013 – Union of India & Ors. Vs. B.V. Gopinath
* The Court or police/CBI cannot impound a passport. – SC Judgment dated 24.01.2008 – Suresh Nanda Vs. C.B.I.

■ A practice did not acquire sanction of religion simply because it was permitted. Such a practice could be regulated by law without violating Article 25. – SC Judgment dated 09.02.2015 – Khursheed Ahmad Khan Vs. State of U.P. & Ors. (Second marriage during the currency of first marriage)
■ The amended definition of the expression “NPA” under Section 2(1)(o) of the SARFAESI Act is constitutionally valid. – SC Judgment dated 28.01.2015 – Keshavlal Khemchand and Sons Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India & Others
■ Mere expression of any words without any intention to cause alarm would not be sufficient to bring in the application of section 503 of IPC. But material has to be placed on record to show that the intention is to cause alarm to the complainant. “…in exercise of its jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the court should be extremely cautious to interfere with the investigation or trial of a criminal case and should not stall the investigation, save except when it is convinced beyond any manner of doubt that the FIR does not disclose commission of offence and that continuance of the criminal prosecution would amount to abuse of process of the court.” –  SC Judgment dated 20.01.2015 – Manik Taneja & Anr. Vs. State of Karnataka & Anr.
■ Once the Labour Court has exercised the discretion judicially, the High Court can interfere with the award, only if it is satisfied that the award of the Labour Court is vitiated by any fundamental flaws. – SC Judgment dated 14.01.2015 – K.V.S. Ram Vs. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.
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Weird reasons cited by couples for divorce   

Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Dec 21, 2015
Last week, a Noida woman filed a complaint against her husband after he sent her a talaq over email for being “too dark-skinned”. …

 

 

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After divorce on WhatsApp, Kerala woman pleads for help

Oneindia.com
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11: Her husband divorced her using the messaging app WhatsApp. But she did not know anything about his whereabouts. …

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No alimony if woman divorced over adultery, HC rules    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Aug 17, 2015
MADURAI: A woman divorced on the ground of adultery cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband, the Madras high court has ruled. …

SC: Right to maintenance of a wife absolute, Section 125 of CrPC applicable on divorced women   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Apr 7, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to maintenance of a wife was absolute and no exceptions could be made, ruling that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which embodies this rule, would apply to divorced Muslim women as well. …

Qualified woman can’t claim maintenance: Court   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Mar 8, 2015 MUMBAI: A family court has observed that a well-qualified woman cannot claim maintenance from her husband. …

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RTI: RBI, commercial banks can’t hide names of defaulters under RTI, says Supreme Court …

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RBI, commercial banks can’t hide names of defaulters under RTI, says Supreme Court
Modi case sets precedent: HC’s timeframe for second RTI appeal gladdens activists
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RBI, commercial banks can’t hide names of defaulters under RTI, says Supreme Court   

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
17 Dec, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and commercial banks cannot hide routine information, such as the names of top defaulters, the losses suffered by banks and details of action taken against erring banks, sought by the public under the Right to Information Act, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. …

Modi case sets precedent: HC’s timeframe for second RTI appeal gladdens activists

Bangaloremirror.com 
Dec 14, 2015
Now, to avoid inordinate delays, the court sets 45-day limit to the second appeal too
The verdict over denial of information in a curious case of an RTI application seeking information on the cost of prime minister Narendra Modi’s campaign trail as prime ministerial candidate during 2014 polls, cost incurred on his air travel using chartered flights, and his canvassing costs, has given a new fillip to RTI activism in the state. RTI has been bogged down by inordinate delays and indefinite dates to hear cases. …

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Central Information Commission turns down 11,000 appeals for lack of required documents

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 3, 2015
NEW DELHI: Over 11,000 appeals have been rejected by Central Information Commission (CIC) so far this year as they were not accompanied by the required documents. …

Central Information Commission has not opened 10,000 RTI envelopes since August-end

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
19 Nov, 2015
NEW DELHI: Central Information Commission has found an innovative way of reducing pendency of cases – not opening the mail it receives. The transparency watchdog has not opened envelopes of about 10,000 RTI cases sent to it by aggrieved applicants over two months. …

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Central Information Commission returned over 8,500 pleas  

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
7 Nov, 2015
An analysis of CIC data conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative reveals that CIC has increasingly been returning appeals and complaints to the applicants since June. …

Central Information Commission appeals plunge 96% in four months

Econbomictimes.indiatimes.com
9 Oct, 2015
NEW DELHI: The number of appeals and complaints with the Central Information Commission (CIC), the final appellate authority for the Right to Information Act, plummeted 96 per cent to 119 in September from 3,356 in May. …

Delhi High Court asks Information Commissioner to hear case in absence of CIC Chief   Ibnlive.in.com
May 04, 2015
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the senior most Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission (CIC) to hear a case in the absence of its chief, saying any backlog will jeopardise the interest of RTI applicants. …

CIC told to hear DERC plea afresh   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission not to hold its public hearing for fixing power tariff till May 8. Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Central Information Commission to once again hear the plea of DERC where the latter wants to go ahead with a public hearing to fix tariff. …

CIC delayed is spirit of RTI denied   Indianexpress.com
Apr 27, 2015
Files already piled up on the Chief Information Commissioner’s desk could take up to 2020 to clear. Delay in appointing the CIC hurts the objectives of both the RTI Act and the PM’s pledge of good governance. …

RTI activists demand non-political info commissioner   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 27, 2015
CHENNAI: With the present State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) K S Sripathi’s term coming to an end on Monday, RTI campaigners have urged the state government to appoint an eminent person who is not a retired bureaucrat and affiliated to any political party. …

Medical bills of SC judges can’t be revealed under RTI: HC   Indianexpress.com
April 19,2015
Observing that giving details of individual medical bills of Supreme Court judges under RTI would “amount to invasion of their privacy”, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking details of medical reimbursements of Supreme Court judges under the RTI Act. …

RTI overrides privacy norms of MCI in patients records: CIC   Business-standard.com
New Delhi April 15, 2015
The provisions of Medical Council of India to protect confidentiality in patients’ records cannot override statutes of Right to Information Act, Central Information Commission has held. …

‘CIC order on avoiding penalty on pol parties contrary to law’   Business-standard.com
March 18, 2015
RTI activist Subhash Agrawal today alleged that the order issued by the Central Information Commission expressing helplessness in penalising political parties is “contrary to law” as notices were issued an year before complaint was registered in the Commission. …

CIC pulls up green ministry for ‘misleading’ info on effects of mobile radiation   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 18, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has pulled up the environment ministry for providing “false and misleading” information that it had conducted no study on the harmful effects of mobile radiations. …

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PRIVACY: Now, Yahoo to notify users about hacking attacks …

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Now, Yahoo to notify users about hacking attacks   

Thehansindia.com
December 26, 2015
New Delhi: After search giant Google and social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, it is Yahoo’s turn to promise to alert its users if they think their accounts have been attacked by hackers working on behalf of governments(state-sponsored actors). …

Questions over Samsung’s handling of security flaw in millions of smartphones    Smh.com.au
June 18, 2015
Further evidence is emerging that Samsung did not respond adequately to information about a serious security flaw affecting around 600 million of its smartphones, including its latest flagship Galaxy S6, despite being notified of the issue several months ago. …

Gaana.com is back online; details of over 10 million users exposed due to hack   Firstpost.com
May 29, 2015
Update: Gaana.com is currently back online. The hacker MakMan posted the below tweet and stated that no financial details of any user was accessed. The hacker also added that he has not stored any information locally. …
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Violation of privacy through CCTV cameras rampant, say experts   Business-standard.com
April 4, 2015
Blatant misuse of closed circuit TV (CCTV) cameras installed in retail shops, hotels and public places is a “de facto norm” in India, experts say. For the offence, cases of which are multiplying on a daily basis, one can take legal recourse under section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 2000. So far, however, there has been no reported conviction under the provision. …

How your ‘safe’ password may not actually be safe   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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CONSUMER FORUM: Can’t give beyond 45 days for replying to complaint in consumer cases: Supreme Court …

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Consumer Forum penalises private bank for deficiency in service
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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.

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.

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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. …

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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. …

World Tourism Day
The Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma releasing the “Discover India” fares of Air India & other Airlines, on the occasion of World Tourism Day on the Topic of “One Billion Tourist One Billion Opportunities”, in New Delhi on September 27, 2015. The Secretary of Tourism, Shri Vinod Zutshi and other dignitaries are also seen. (Image Courtesy: pib website)

Air India fined for offloading passenger

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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.” …

Kingfisher fined for ‘duping’ flyers to take low-cost flight   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 15, 2015
MUMBAI: The problems don’t seem to be ending for Vijay Mallya. Sending a strong signal to all airlines, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission on Thursday ordered the defunct Kingfisher Airlines to deposit Rs 25 lakh in the Consumer Welfare Fund of the Government of India as fine. …

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. …

Bharti Airtel to Pay Rs 38,500 as Penalty to Consumer   Profit.ndtv.com
April 03, 2015
Telecom major Bharti Airtel has been directed by a consumer forum to pay Rs 38,500 to a Delhi-based couple for not providing them Internet TV and broadband connection even after receiving the payment. …

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. …

Consumer forum comes down heavily on AWHO   Hindustantimes.com
Feb 27, 2015
The National Consumer Disputes Redresssal Commission (NCDRC) has come down heavily on the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO)’s project in Sector 27, Panchkula, while providing relief to 5 army personnel who are allottees in the project. …

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MARRIAGE: Honeymoon fight: Man walks off plane, leaves wife behind …

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Honeymoon fight: Man walks off plane, leaves wife behind  

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 19, 2015
NEW DELHI: A Lucknow-based couple went to Goa on honeymoon but on the flight back home, they had such a fight that the husband simply walked off the flight at a stopover. Unbelievable as it may sound, this is what was witnessed on IndiGo’s Goa-Kolkata-Patna-Lucknow-Delhi flight (6E 633) on Thursday. …

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Unwed mother can be child’s guardian without dad’s consent: SC    

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Jul 7, 2015 
NEW DELHI: An unwed mother must be recognized as the legal guardian of her child and she cannot be forced to name the father, nor does she need his consent, while deciding guardianship rights, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a path breaking verdict on gender equality. …

HC directs police to register FIR against husband   Business-standard.com
May 8, 2015
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court here today directed police to register a case against a man who was charged with not consummating the marriage after the wedding in 2011, on the basis of the complaint from his wife. …

Man, LLB, turns tables on wife’s rape charge  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 29, 2015
AHMEDABAD: An insurance agent studied law to fight rape charges levelled by his wife. Acquitted by courts, practising advocate Pankaj Chavda, 37, has now slapped a Rs 50 lakh defamation suit against his wife for implicating him and a friend in a false rape case. …

Woman ‘rapist’ says she ‘married’ victim   Mumbaimirror.com
Apr 4, 2015
38-year-old Chembur resident Rahat Zakira Khan, booked for sexually assaulting minor, claims she tied the knot with him in a Vashi temple. …

Matrimonial website not liable for online fraud: HC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 11, 2015
MUMBAI: A matrimonial website cannot be held responsible if a user is “careless and negligent” and falls for one of the common “internet scams”, Bombay high court has ruled. …

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SERVICE LAW: Assets of graft accused can be seized before conviction …

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■ Pension relief for all the other employees who have availed SBI-VRS 2000 after having completed 15 years of pensionable service – SC Judgment dated 26.02.2015 – Asstt. General Manager, State Bank of India & Others Vs. Radhey Shyam Pandey
■ Suspension Order should not extend beyond three months –  SC Judgment dated 16.02.2015 – Ajay Kumar Choudhary Vs. Union of India & Anr.
■ Benefits of Reservation on Reconversion  – SC: “… we are inclined to hold that the appellant after reconversion had come within the fold of the community and thereby became a member of the scheduled caste.” – SC Judgment dated 26.02.2015 – K.P. Manu Vs. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee for Verification of Community Certificate
■ Disability Pension – “A soldier cannot be asked to prove that the disease was contracted by him on account of military service or was aggravated by the same.” … “Since the disability has in each case been assessed at more than 20%, their claim to disability pension could not have been repudiated by the appellants.” –   SC Judgment dated 13.02.2015 – Union of India & Anr. Vs. Rajbir Singh
■ Second marriage during the currency of first marriage – A practice did not acquire sanction of religion simply because it was permitted. Such a practice could be regulated by law without violating Article 25. – SC Judgment dated 09.02.2015 – Khursheed Ahmad Khan Vs. State of U.P. & Ors.
■ Once the Labour Court has exercised the discretion judicially, the High Court can interfere with the award, only if it is satisfied that the award of the Labour Court is vitiated by any fundamental flaws.SC Judgment dated 14.01.2015 – K.V.S. Ram Vs. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp.
If the order of termination is void ab initio, the workman is entitled to full back wages. – SC Judgment dated 13.01.2015 – Jasmer Singh Vs. State of Haryana & Anr. Reservation in Promotion from Scale-I to Scale-II and upward up to Scale-VI in Public Sector Banks – SC Judgement dated 09.01.2015 – Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India & Ors. Vs. Central Bank of India SC/ST Employees Welfare Association & Ors.
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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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SEXUAL HARASSMENT: Officials accused of sexual harassment entitled to get copy of complaint …

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Officials accused of sexual harassment entitled to get copy of complaint

Officials accused of sexual harassment entitled to get copy of complaint    

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Dec 09, 2015
Accused government officials are entitled to get a copy of the complaint against them even if the allegations pertain to sexual harassment, the Central Information Commission has held. …

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Modi case sets precedent: HC’s timeframe for second RTI appeal gladdens activists

Bangaloremirror.com 
Dec 14, 2015
Now, to avoid inordinate delays, the court sets 45-day limit to the second appeal too
The verdict over denial of information in a curious case of an RTI application seeking information on the cost of prime minister Narendra Modi’s campaign trail as prime ministerial candidate during 2014 polls, cost incurred on his air travel using chartered flights, and his canvassing costs, has given a new fillip to RTI activism in the state. RTI has been bogged down by inordinate delays and indefinite dates to hear cases. …

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Central Information Commission turns down 11,000 appeals for lack of required documents

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Dec 3, 2015
NEW DELHI: Over 11,000 appeals have been rejected by Central Information Commission (CIC) so far this year as they were not accompanied by the required documents. …

Central Information Commission has not opened 10,000 RTI envelopes since August-end

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19 Nov, 2015
NEW DELHI: Central Information Commission has found an innovative way of reducing pendency of cases – not opening the mail it receives. The transparency watchdog has not opened envelopes of about 10,000 RTI cases sent to it by aggrieved applicants over two months. …

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Central Information Commission returned over 8,500 pleas  

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7 Nov, 2015
An analysis of CIC data conducted by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative reveals that CIC has increasingly been returning appeals and complaints to the applicants since June. …

Central Information Commission appeals plunge 96% in four months

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9 Oct, 2015
NEW DELHI: The number of appeals and complaints with the Central Information Commission (CIC), the final appellate authority for the Right to Information Act, plummeted 96 per cent to 119 in September from 3,356 in May. …

Delhi High Court asks Information Commissioner to hear case in absence of CIC Chief   Ibnlive.in.com
May 04, 2015
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the senior most Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission (CIC) to hear a case in the absence of its chief, saying any backlog will jeopardise the interest of RTI applicants. …

CIC told to hear DERC plea afresh   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 1, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission not to hold its public hearing for fixing power tariff till May 8. Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the Central Information Commission to once again hear the plea of DERC where the latter wants to go ahead with a public hearing to fix tariff. …

CIC delayed is spirit of RTI denied   Indianexpress.com
Apr 27, 2015
Files already piled up on the Chief Information Commissioner’s desk could take up to 2020 to clear. Delay in appointing the CIC hurts the objectives of both the RTI Act and the PM’s pledge of good governance. …

RTI activists demand non-political info commissioner   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Apr 27, 2015
CHENNAI: With the present State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) K S Sripathi’s term coming to an end on Monday, RTI campaigners have urged the state government to appoint an eminent person who is not a retired bureaucrat and affiliated to any political party. …

Medical bills of SC judges can’t be revealed under RTI: HC   Indianexpress.com
April 19,2015
Observing that giving details of individual medical bills of Supreme Court judges under RTI would “amount to invasion of their privacy”, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking details of medical reimbursements of Supreme Court judges under the RTI Act. …

RTI overrides privacy norms of MCI in patients records: CIC   Business-standard.com
New Delhi April 15, 2015
The provisions of Medical Council of India to protect confidentiality in patients’ records cannot override statutes of Right to Information Act, Central Information Commission has held. …

‘CIC order on avoiding penalty on pol parties contrary to law’   Business-standard.com
March 18, 2015
RTI activist Subhash Agrawal today alleged that the order issued by the Central Information Commission expressing helplessness in penalising political parties is “contrary to law” as notices were issued an year before complaint was registered in the Commission. …

CIC pulls up green ministry for ‘misleading’ info on effects of mobile radiation   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 18, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission has pulled up the environment ministry for providing “false and misleading” information that it had conducted no study on the harmful effects of mobile radiations. …

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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. …

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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. …

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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
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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. …   

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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’. …

Deepika Padukone’s cleavage post a ‘compliment’? Tweeple don’t agree    Hindustantimes.com
September 14, 2014
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