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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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SC puts curbs on adjournments to ensure fairer and faster trials   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 22, 2015
NEW DELHI: In a step that would ensure free and speedy trial, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered courts not to grant any adjournment during the most crucial phase of trial, which is between deposition of witness and his cross-examination by the counsel for accused. …

Law ministry draws policy to withdraw ‘frivolous’ cases   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 20, 2015
NEW DELHI: In an effort to bring down pendency of cases in courts, both the Centre and states have decided to withdraw ‘frivolous and ineffective cases’. …

Bollywood Ban on Women Make-Up Artists Ends, Supreme Court Says It’s Illegal    Ndtv.com
November 10, 2014
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ended a nearly six-decade ban on women make-up artists in the film industry, calling it an “absolute violation of constitutional value and norms.” …

Judges cannot demand respect through contempt power: Supreme Court    TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 3, 2014
Since its inception, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that “no one can be a judge in his own cause”. This principle brings fairness to the justice delivery system and upholds equality of all before law. …

SC sets Dec 1 deadline for release of undertrials who have served half of their maximum possible sentence   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Sep 5, 2014
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set a two-month deadline, ending December 1, for release of all undertrial prisoners who have served a period which is more than half the maximum sentence for their crime. …

Girls born before 2005 too have equal rights to jointly-owned property, says Bombay high court    TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Aug 15, 2014
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has clarified that a change in law in 2005 to bring daughters on a par with sons over rights to joint family property can be applied retrospectively. …

Major relief to citizens, govt to accept self-attested documents   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Jul 15, 2014
NEW DELHI: In what may come as a major relief to citizens, the government has decided to do away with the necessity of filing affidavits from a gazetted officer or a notary for a big chunk of government-related work and instead to promote self-attestation of documents. …

Now get a marriage certificate within 24 hours  Business-standard.com
May 11, 2014
New Delhi. Like passports and rail tickets, you can now get a marriage registration certificate issued within 24 hours, using a ‘tatkal’ service. …

Make senseless litigants pay: SC TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com  
May 7, 2014
NEW DELHI: After hearing arguments for countless hours for more than two years in the Sahara case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a request to Parliament: please enact a ‘Code of Compulsory Compensation’ (CCC). …

State can’t impose mother tongue on schools, says SC  Deccanheral.com
May 6, 2014
In a path-breaking ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the state government does not have the right to impose the mother tongue of a child as the medium of instruction in primary education. …

Science beats law, leaves young girl without ‘father’   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 9, 2014
NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old scientific advancement clashed with and trumped the colonial-era Indian Evidence Act which had held sway in the Indian judiciary for 142 years, resulting in the triumph of truth but leading to unfortunate stigmatization of an innocent child. …

After 29 years, man acquitted of stealing Rs 57   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 3, 2013
KANPUR: Some times justice delayed is not merely justice denied but downright cruel. Wrongly accused of pocketing Rs 57.60, postman Umakant Mishra remained suspended from his government job for nearly 30 years. …

Dont’ give undue weightage to minor lapses in probe: Supreme Court  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 15, 2013
NEW DELHI: Guilty people will have a field day if courts get carried away by every mistake and give unnecessary weightage to minor “errors or lapses” in police probe, the Supreme Court has said. …

FIR must in complaints about serious offences: Supreme Court   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 13, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it mandatory for police to register a first information report on receiving a complaint about a serious offence, freeing criminal investigation from the rampant abuse of discretionary powers by the local thana in-charge. …

Supreme Court stays Gauhati high court’s order, ‘saves’ CBI for now Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: The CBI, in a limbo since Wednesday’s Gauhati high court verdict declared it “unconstitutional” and stripped it of all policing powers, was ‘revived’ on Saturday after the Supreme Court stayed the high court order following an appeal by the Centre.
A bench of justices Sathasivam and Ranjana P Desai noticed the promptness with which accused in many cases involving serious offences, including the 2G spectrum scam, moved trial courts seeking a stay on the cases against them following the HC verdict. …
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Centre to move SC against Gauhati high court order on CBI today Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 9, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Centre will move the Supreme Court on Saturday to challenge the Gauhati high court’s sensational judgment declaring that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was not set up legally and had no power to investigate an offence, arrest accused and file charge-sheet. …
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NHRC can’t punish cop, high court says    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sep 17, 2013

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court has quashed the orders passed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) giving punishment to a police officer on the ground that there is no provision under which order of punishment could be passed by it. …

Bail, not jail, the norm, says SC, but the reality is opposite  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Sep 8, 2013

MUMBAI: Bail, not jail, is a dominant principle of criminal law practised by every mature democracy and in India often in its breach. Be it A Raja or Kanimozhi in the 2G case, Suresh Kalmadi in the CWG case or Asaram, facing an unproven sexual assault charge, once a case becomes high profile courts are diffident to grant bail even if that flies against the express directive of the Supreme Court. …

10 common legal myths busted  Economictimes.indiatimes.com

26 Aug, 2013

Did you check your friend’s repayment history when you agreed to be a guarantor for his home loan? You should have, because according to a Supreme Court ruling, the lender can recover his dues from the guarantor if the borrower is unable to repay the loan. Your friend’s liabilities could become yours if he defaults. Yet, very few people know this or check it when they blindly sign up as guarantors for loans taken by friends and relatives.

SC: Can’t tell accused who whistleblower is

Aug 23, 2013

NEW DELHI: In what is sure to encourage whistleblowers, the Supreme Court has ruled that identity of persons who tip off anti-corruption agencies about corrupt deals of bureaucrats can never be revealed to the accused facing prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act. …

Judges and advocates accountable to people, Chief Justice of India says  Times of India

Aug 20, 2013

CHENNAI: Though people do not elect judges and advocates, the two are answerable and accountable to the public, said Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam on Tuesday. The judiciary is enjoying enormous public confidence and trust, and hence advocates and judges must conduct themselves in a befitting manner, he said…

Compassionate job for man after late mother’s legal battle for years  Times of India

Aug 14, 2013

MADURAI: A legal battle that dragged on for 17 years came to an end with a 29-year old man finally declared eligible to get a government job, though his mother who went to the court on behalf of him died before the verdict. She had taken the municipal authorities to court to secure a government job for he son on compassionate ground after her husband’s legal death. …

Notorious fake courts back in Tamil Nadu  Times of India

Jul 15, 2013

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s notorious ‘fake courts’, which hold civil and criminal proceedings and exercise even ‘contempt of court’ jurisdiction, are back in news with all their paraphernalia such as court halls, national emblem and ‘judges’ accompanied by mace-wielding duffedars calling out ‘Silence’. …

Litigants may soon get case details online, through text messages  Times of India

Jun 18, 2013

NEW DELHI: Soon, litigants may get updates on progress of their cases pending in various subordinate courts online, and through text messages on their mobile phones as part of judicial reforms initiated by the government. …

Soon, ‘vulnerable’ witnesses won’t have to face accused

Jun 18, 2013

NEW DELHI: Realizing the need of having a better witness protection programme in place, lower judiciary is now working towards creating a new ‘vulnerable witness facility’ that will help witnesses who are under threat or are likely to be threatened by the accused to come out and depose without any danger. …

Madhya Pradesh judge goes by ‘animal instinct’  TOI News

May 4, 2013

JABALPUR: Chief judicial magistrate in Khandwa district court, GC Dubey decided to rely upon “animal instinct” than the rule book to decide a custody issue. During the proceedings of a theft case lodged in Piplod police station last month, where parties charged each other with stealing a baby goat weighing about 16 kilograms, Dubey summoned two female goats to the court and delivered instant justice on Thursday by observing which one shared a better comfort-level with the little one. …

Punish convicts for the crime as well as its brutality, Supreme Court says

Apr 25, 2013

NEW DELHI: The increased brutality in committing crimes, including gang rapes in the recent past, has not been lost on the Supreme Court, which has promised to the society that the accused if convicted would get adequately punished not only for the crime but also for their depravity. …

Compensate rape victims: SC

Apr 25, 2013

NEW DELHI: Victims of sexual assault need a completely different treatment than what is meted out to them by the society and state authorities, the Supreme Court has said and ordered all states to implement its 18-year-old directive.

The 1995 judgment of the apex court had directed setting up of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and said it could take up the task of determining the amount to be paid by the offender to rape victims who incur huge financial loss apart from carrying the unwarranted stigma. …

‘Car thief’ demands top cop’s apology

Apr 14, 2013

NEW DELHI: Dubbed a ‘known car thief’ by Delhi Police, which slapped 55 cases on him, Irfan Ali will now settle for nothing less than a written apology from the police commissioner.

Ali has approached the Delhi high court, demanding that the police chief apologize as the cops used him as a “fill in the blank” for all the unsolved car theft cases since 1991. For being framed, Ali has also sought a compensation of 80 lakh as he suffered “mental harassment, humiliation, physical agony and judicial custody”. …
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■ O.M. dated 16.01.2015 – Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 – Filing of annual immovable property returns > O.M. dated 13.01.2015 – Declaration of Assets & Liabilities under sec.44 of Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act-extension of last date-Clarification regarding > Notification dated 26.12.2014 – Amendments to the Public Servants Furnishing of Information & Annual Returns of Assets & Liabilities Rules, 2014 – Forms No.II and IV as per DOPT’s notification dated 26.12.2014 > O.M. dated 25.12.2014 – Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under Sec. 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – extension of last date for filing of revised returns >>> Acts and Rules
■ 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. > SC Judgment dated 18.12.2014 – Additional District and Sessions Judge ‘X’ Vs. Registrar General, High Court of Madhya Pradesh and others – “The Chief Justice of the High Court, having assumed a firm position, in respect of certain facts contained in the complaint filed by the petitioner, ought not to be associated with the “inhouse procedure” in the present case. …” – >>> Court Judgments on Service Matters ————————————————————————————————–

Retrenched staff get relief from SC, 23 years after launching legal battle   Indianexpress.com
March 24, 2015
Manohar Kamkar was 48 in 1992 when Mumbai-based shipping company Mackinnon Mackenzie laid off over 90 of its employees including him. For the next 23 years, he and his colleagues spent fighting a legal battle in three different courts — the Industrial court, High Court and Supreme Court. …

How to deal with frenemies at work   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 11, 2015
A frenemy is one of the most dangerous workplace friends you can come across,” says US-based executive coach and corporate author Ellen Lubin-Sherman. …

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Madras high court stays termination of TCS employee   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 13, 2015
CHENNAI: In a case which may open a floodgate of litigation, the Madras high court on Tuesday restrained software major TCS from retrenching an employee who has been issued termination by the company. …

For women, more education means salary discrimination at work  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Nov 3, 2013
AHMEDABAD: The more educated a woman, the higher the salary discrimination she faces at work, says a recent study by a faculty member of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). …

SC trashes Central Bank plea against HC ruling  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Aug 25, 2013

MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Central Bank of India against the Bombay high court’s landmark order against recruitment on the basis of campus interviews. “We see no reason to interfere. The special leave petition is dismissed,” observed Justice H L Gokhale and J Chelameswar in their one-page order on August 19. …

Infographic visual resumes: Job aspirants experimenting with new ideas to lure recruiters

21 Jun, 2013

BANGALORE: A tough job market, companies shy of hiring, and a growing pile of CVs are increasingly forcing job aspirants to experiment with innovative ideas like infographic CVs, Facebook-styled timelines, photographs, icons and even video resumes in order to showcase their credentials better. …

Banks lay out special maternity benefits in an attempt to retain women employees  Economic Times

18 Jun, 2013

NEW DELHI: Anupama Ranade, joint general manager and head of corporate credit risk at ICICI Bank, has stuck to her first job for more than 20 years. With good reason.

A few years ago, when she was heading general banking operations, her husband was posted abroad for three years. She had two children to look after, and staying away from her husband or working from a remote location, were not feasible. …

When promotions can be harmful  TOI News

May 17, 2013

The phenomenon where an employee reaches his/ her ineptitude level after a series of elaborate promotions is known as Peter Principle. Managers with exceptional managerial skills may lack even the basic leadership skills. Therefore, when they get promoted to leadership roles, they fail to perform

Rahul Raj, TimesJobs.com Bureau

Pallab Mishra (name changed) had been a consistent performer for most part of his career. This ensured him promotions at regular intervals and he was moving-up the hierarchy fast. …

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‘Disabled should get reservation in promotion’   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 28, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said the government could not deny quota in promotion to those who were appointed to a post under the reservation policy for the physically handicapped. …

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Hindu reconvert gets SC benefits   Economictimes.indiatimes.com
27 Feb, 2015
NEW DELHI: In a ruling that would stoke the debate over religious conversion and reconversion, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that a Christian who reconverted to Hinduism be given back his Scheduled Caste benefits. …

AIIMS faculty picked while quota probe on   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 27, 2015
NEW DELHI: The faculty selection process at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was completed recently despite an ongoing probe by the health ministry into the matter and repeated demands by various BJP allies to put the process on hold till anomalies are addressed. …

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A. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (01.01.2011 to 30.04.2011)
B. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (01.07.2010 to 31.12.2010)
C. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (issued before 1.7.2010)

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A. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (01.01.2011 to 30.04.2011) 

  O.M. dated 21.04.2011 - Minutes of the Third Meeting of the National Anomaly Committee held on 15.02.2011 (375.1 KiB, 764 hits)

  O.M. dated 19.04.2011 - Consolidated Deputation Guidelines - Posts in UPSC/ECI/CVC/CIC under Central Staffing Scheme (31.4 KiB, 1,057 hits)

  O.M. dated 18.04.2011 - Revision of Stitching Charges (58.2 KiB, 988 hits)

  O.M. dated 01.04.2011 - Grant of honorarium for translation from regional language to English or Hindi and vice versa (116.6 KiB, 1,204 hits)

  O.M. dated 25.03.2011 - Clarification on counting of service rendered by officers as PS or OSD to Ministers for the purpose of empanelment as AS/Secretary in GOI (49.9 KiB, 1,107 hits)

  O.M. dated 21.03.2011 - Declaration of Holiday on 14th April, 2011 - Birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (104.3 KiB, 1,123 hits)

  O.M. dated 09.02.2011 - Review of items in the Govt. of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961 (58.7 KiB, 601 hits)

  O.M. dated 16.07.2009 - Selected candidate not joining after giving their consent to join in Autonomous, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies - Procedure reg. (49.4 KiB, 950 hits)

  O.M. dated 18.01.2011 - Appointment of Liaison Officers for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, 2011 (270.2 KiB, 1,035 hits)

  Handbook on Writing Notes for the Cabinet and Cabinet Committees (January, 2011) (2.1 MiB, 1,403 hits)

  Preparation of Notes for the Cabinet or Cabinet Committees or Empowered Group of Ministers or Group of Ministers - Instructions regarding (23 December,2010) (1.7 MiB, 1,056 hits)

  O.M. dated 12.01.2011 - Internship Programme of the Department of Economic Affairs for 2011-12 (146.7 KiB, 650 hits)

  O.M. dated 11.01.2011 - Early closure of Offices in connection with Republic Day Parade and Beating Retreat Ceremony during 2011 (192.7 KiB, 890 hits)

B. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (01.07.2010 To 31.12.2010) 

  O.M. dated 28.12.2010 - Special concessions & facilities to Central Govt. employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached or subordinate offices of PSUs under Central Government (315.5 KiB, 733 hits)

  O.M. dated 24.12.2010 - Proceedings of the Interactive Session on e-service book held on 14.12.2010 at North Block, New Delhi (269.5 KiB, 1,060 hits)

  Notification dated 20.12.2010 - Guarantees given by Governments - Disclosure Requirements (286.4 KiB, 1,350 hits)

  Government Guarantee Policy (2010) (236.2 KiB, 670 hits)

  Guidelines for Redress of Public Grievances 2010 (4.4 MiB, 734 hits)

  Citizen’s Charters – A Handbook (455.0 KiB, 1,196 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.12.2010 - Consolidated guidelines on cadre review of Central Group 'A' Services (108.7 KiB, 1,726 hits)

  Cadre Review of Group 'A' Central Services-A Monograph (2010) (734.4 KiB, 2,360 hits)

  Notification dated 08.12.2010 - Amendment to FR 56(d) (235.2 KiB, 720 hits)

  Ad for 14th National Conference on e-Governance - Last date for nominations for national awards extended up to 15.12.2010 (204.9 KiB, 1,078 hits)

  Brochure for national awards for e-governance for 2010-11 (108.7 KiB, 823 hits)

  D.O. letter dated 02.12.2010 - Min. & Deptt. for Interactive Session on eService Book at 10.30 A.M. on 14th December, 2010 (32.7 KiB, 936 hits)

  D.O. letter dated 02.12.2010 - Min./Deptt. for Interactive Session on eService Book at 3.00 P.M. on 14th December, 2010 (38.8 KiB, 960 hits)

  D.O. Letter dated 01.12.2010 - Inviting nominations for central deputation at the level of JS, Dir. & DS for 2011 under Central Staffing Scheme (927.7 KiB, 768 hits)

  D.O. Letter dated 10.11.2010 - Request Reminder to Joint Secretaries (Admin) of All Ministries and Deptts. reg. e-Service Book questionnaire (81.5 KiB, 995 hits)

  O.M. dated 8.10.2010 - Time limit for framing of Rules and Regulations on conversion of Govt. Department into PSUs or autonomous or statutory body (46.0 KiB, 894 hits)

  O.M. dated 06.10.2010 - Training of Gp. 'D' employees of Departmental Canteens - Nominations from Ministries/Departments - regarding (47.1 KiB, 749 hits)

  O.M. dated 30.09.2010 - Declaration of holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act for Central Govt. Offices incl. CPSUs on 14.10.2010 for Closing Ceremony of Commonwealth Games (39.6 KiB, 650 hits)

  O.M. dated 14.09.2010 - Departmental proceedings against Govt. servants - Consultation with UPSC for advice (180.0 KiB, 1,364 hits)

  O.M. dated 27.08.2010 - Procurement of Uniforms (Summar & Winter) for employees of non-statutory Departmental Canteens and Tiffin Rooms in Central Govt. offices (614.5 KiB, 770 hits)

  O.M. dated 27.08.2010 - Public Interest Disclosure & Protection to Persons making the Disclosure Bill, 2010 (600.9 KiB, 958 hits)

  Public Interest Disclosure & Protection to Persons making the Disclosure Bill, 2010 (in Hindi) (507.5 KiB, 698 hits)

  O.M. dated 26.08.2010 - Training of Group D employees of Departmental Canteens - Nominations from Ministries or Departments (66.0 KiB, 687 hits)

  O.M. dated 13.08.2010 - Processing of files referred to DOP&T for advice or clarification - Procedure to be followed (38.7 KiB, 647 hits)

  O.M. dated 13.08.2010 - Central Staffing Scheme - Procedure for selection and apptt. of officers to Sectt. posts in Ministries or Deptts. and to certain non-Sectt. posts (823.0 KiB, 720 hits)

  O.M. dated 02.08.2010 - Constitution of Standing Audit Committee (SAC)-reg. (242.1 KiB, 1,061 hits)

  O.M. dated 02.08.2010 - Uniform conditions of service in respect of Chairperson and Members of Regulatory Authorities (17.5 KiB, 745 hits)

  O.M. dated 29.07.2010 - Computer Training for all LDCs and UDCs in Central Sectt. - Reg. (47.8 KiB, 657 hits)

  O.M. dated 07.07.2010 - Minutes of 46th Meeting of National Council (JCM) held on 15.5.2010 (109.8 KiB, 1,057 hits)

  O.M. dated 07.07.2010 - Declaration of holiday for Central Govt. Offices, including CPSUs, located in New Delhi on 14th October, 2010 for Closing Ceremony of Commonwealth Games (37.5 KiB, 926 hits)

  O.M. dated 01.07.2010 - Non-submission or delay in submission of Action Taken Notes or Aaction Taken Reports - Follow up to COS Meeting - Regarding (35.6 KiB, 672 hits)

C. Other Circulars/Orders/Rules (Issued Before 1.7.2010) 

  O.M. dated 21.6.2010 - Holidays to be observed in Central Govt. Offices during 2011 (171.5 KiB, 928 hits)

  O.M. dated 31.5.2010 - Procedure to be followed for holding of international conferences, workshops, seminars, etc.-Regarding (53.2 KiB, 1,066 hits)

  Notification dated 24.5.2010 - Date of enforcement of Graduity Amendment Act, 2010 (516.4 KiB, 779 hits)

  Payment of Gratuity Amendment Act, 2010 (555.7 KiB, 899 hits)

  Cab. Sectt. Circular dated 20.05.2010 - Procedures regarding preparation/submission of papers for consideration of the Committee of Secretaries and implementation of the decisions (unknown, 894 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.5.2010 - Departmental proceedings against Govt. servants - Procedure for consultation with the UPSC (132.0 KiB, 1,459 hits)

  D.O. letter dated 19.5.2010 - Suggestions & views sought regarding measures to expedite the process of disciplinary & vig. proceedings (241.4 KiB, 1,012 hits)

  O.M. dated 6.5.2010 - Incentive increments to the sportspersons for outstanding sports achievements at National and International levels (30.9 KiB, 935 hits)

  O.M. dated 4.5.2010 - Working of Central Govt. offices in Mumbai in the context of disruption of rail services -Flexi-timing - Reg. (28.0 KiB, 858 hits)

  Letter dated 16.4.2010 - Summary of proceedings of Brainstorming with Civil Society Organisations - regarding (468.0 KiB, 897 hits)

  O.M. dated 13.4.2010 - Laying on the Table of the House Annual Report and Audited Accounts of private and voluntary organizations receiving grant-in-aid-Reiteration of GFR provisions (738.4 KiB, 719 hits)

  Guidelines for Transfer of Records of Permanent Nature to the National Archives of India (28.0 KiB, 828 hits)

  Record Retention Schedule in Respect of Records Common to All Ministries/Departments (778.3 KiB, 4,835 hits)

  CCS Cultural&Sports Board letter dated 12.4.2010 - National Himalayan Trekking Expedition from April to June, 2010 (224.3 KiB, 1,064 hits)

  O.M. dated 7.4.2010 - Questionnaire E.O. Division regarding imrovement in the system (74.6 KiB, 716 hits)

  O.M. dated 30.3.2010 - Fake instruction on OTA - regarding (32.4 KiB, 679 hits)

  O.M. dated 23.3.2010 - Incentive for acquiring higher qualifications - Regarding (63.9 KiB, 730 hits)

  O.M. dated 15.3.2010 - Special concessions to Central Government Employees working in Kashmir Valley in attached offices or PSUs falling under the control of Central Government (157.0 KiB, 945 hits)

  Cabinet Secretary's d.o. letter dated 3.3.2010 regarding observance of ethics by civil servants (15.4 KiB, 694 hits)

  O.M. dated 23.2.2010 - Filling up of posts of autonomous bodies - placing advertisement on DOP&T website (37.7 KiB, 1,111 hits)

  Note dated 17.2.2010 - Ban on issue of unilateral guidelines-instructions by Ministries (39.0 KiB, 701 hits)

  O.M. dated 12.1.2010 - Policy on Appointment on Compassionate Ground (62.4 KiB, 1,133 hits)

  O.M.dated 7.1.2010 - Incentive for acquiring higher qualification (63.6 KiB, 1,110 hits)

  Notification dated 6.1.10 - UPSC (Exemption from Consultation) Regulations, 1958 (88.8 KiB, 1,216 hits)

  O.M. dated 29.12.2009 – Group Insurance (CGEGI Scheme)-1980 – Tables of benefits for the Savings Fund for the period from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 2010 (2.2 MiB, 951 hits)

  O.M. dated 30.09.2009 - Posting of husband and wife at the same station (160.7 KiB, 1,996 hits)

  O.M. dated 16.07.2009 - Selected candidate not joining after giving their consent to join in Autonomous, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies - Procedure reg. (49.4 KiB, 950 hits)

  O.M. dated 20.05.2009 - Manpower Management Information System (MMIS) of Central Govt. Employees-(i) Qly expenditure on pay & allowances for 2009-10 and (ii) No. of posts, etc. as on 31.3.2009 (2.9 MiB, 742 hits)

  O.M. dated 27.12.2006 - Cash Management System in Central Govt. - modified exchequer control during the last quarter of the financial year (96.6 KiB, 1,032 hits)

  Manual of Office Procedure 2003 - 12th Edition - published by Deptt. of AR & PG (1.5 MiB, 1,765 hits)

  O.M. dated 10.10.2001 - Closing of Central Govt. offices in connection with elections to Lok Sabha/State Assembly/Panchayat/Municipalities/Corpn. or Other Local Bodies - Spl. Casual Leave/Permission (26.8 KiB, 1,429 hits)

  MOF O.M. dated 25.10.1977 - Transfer of posts within an organization - application of ban orders (611.7 KiB, 1,213 hits)

  Instructions dated 8.9.1954 - Petitions to the President - Procedure regarding (356.5 KiB, 818 hits)

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Don’t always rely blindly on rape survivor’s testimony, says SC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 11, 2015
NEW DELHI: Testimony of an alleged rape survivor stands on a higher pedestal but courts should not blindly rely upon such statements, the Supreme Court has ruled. …

Can’t keep live-in relations outside purview of rape: HC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 8, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the IPC, saying it would amount to giving them the status of matrimony, which the legislature has chosen “not to do”. …

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10 things we touch everyday that are dirtier than a toilet seat   Thehealthsite.com
February 19, 2015

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‘You are in solid trouble!’ Supreme Court orders DDA officials to give 24,000 families their Rohini plots by July 2016, or face jail   Dailymail.co.uk
10 March 2015
In a major relief for 24,000 families waiting for the last 34 years for their plots of land in Rohini, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an ultimatum to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman Balvinder Kumar, to complete the allotment process by July 31, 2016, or face stern action. …

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RECENT JUDGMENTS 

* Consideration for promotion a fundamental right. – SC Judgment dated 09.01.2014 – Major General H.M. Singh, VSM Vs. Union of India and Anr.
* 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. ——————————————————————————————–

Woman can’t evict hubby just because she pays EMI: Court   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Feb 14, 2015
MUMBAI: A family court on Monday rejected a wife’s interim plea seeking her estranged husband’s removal from their Lokhandwala flat where she stays with him and their child, just because she pays the EMI (equated monthly installment to repay home loan). …

Court says refusing to pay for jobless estranged wife an abuse   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Feb 09, 2015
NEW DELHI: Refusal to maintain an estranged wife who has no source of income amounts to economic abuse, a Delhi court said recently. …

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File affidavits of assets, income during divorce proceedings, directs HC    Indianexpress.com
January 24, 2015
Hiding your assets and income from the court during divorce or maintenance proceedings will now be difficult with the Delhi High Court issuing directions that both the husband and the wife have to file detailed affidavits of income, assets and expenditure at the time of filing for divorce or maintenance petitions. …

Wife’s pubbing not cruelty, so no divorce: Bombay HC   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Jan 9, 2015
MUMBAI: A Wadala resident’s bid to get divorce on grounds of cruelty by alleging that his wife, a businesswoman and resident of Pedder Road, liked to visit pubs and neglected their child and they had fights during their honeymoon failed in the Bombay high court. …

False dowry charge ground for divorce, Supreme Court rules    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 24, 2014
NEW DELHI: If a woman’s complaint accusing her husband and in-laws of cruelty under the dreaded Section 498A of Indian Penal Code turns out to be false, then the man is entitled to divorce, the Supreme Court has ruled. …

US oil tycoon coughs up $1 billion in America’s costliest divorce   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 12, 2014
WASHINGTON: From an entirely male perspective on the matter of divorce, the late Robin Williams put it coarsely, saying the word, derived from Latin, means, ”to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet. …

False charges of infidelity equal cruelty: Court    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Oct 25, 2014
MUMBAI: Observing that making false accusations of infidelity and humiliating a person on the basis of this amounts to cruelty, a family court has granted divorce to a deputy municipal commissioner, whose wife falsely accused him of having an affair with a fellow officer’s wife. …

Court: Many hide pay for alimony    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Oct 4, 2014
NEW DELHI: A trial court has expressed concern over the increasing instances of people concealing their actual incomes while seeking maintenance from their estranged partners. The court made the observation while denying maintenance to a woman, saying she was educated enough to fend for herself. …

Wife calls spouse ‘hijra’, court grants him divorce    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 7, 2014
MUMBAI: Two cases in the family court have shown how all-encompassing ‘mental cruelty’ can be in divorce matters. A husband called a ‘hijra’ by his wife for his inability to appease her in bed and a woman whose husband often deliberately switched off the fan in her room both got divorce from their spouses recently, with the woman in the second case getting a Rs 10 lakh alimony. …

Court grants man divorce over wife’s demand for excessive sex   Financialexpress.com
Aug 31 2014
A man, who sought separation from his wife alleging that she was aggressive and autocratic with an insatiable appetite for sex, was granted divorce by a family court here. …

Not allowing wife to wear jeans amounts to cruelty, court rules    Timesofndia.indiatimes.com

Jun 29, 2014
MUMBAI: Objecting to wife wearing kurta and jeans and forcing her to wear saree amounts to cruelty inflicted by husband and can be a ground to seek divorce, a family court here has ruled. …

HC delivers justice to ‘childless’ woman  Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
May 11, 2014
CHENNAI: Slamming the myth that infertility is a woman’s problem and the ostracization and ridicule suffered by childless women, the Madras high court has said the most inhuman insult that can be heaped on such a woman is her husband marrying again. … 

Supreme Court fines wife Rs 25,000 for going back on divorce terms  Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
May 4, 2014
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has fined a woman Rs 25,000 for changing her mind after agreeing to a divorce by mutual consent and for seeking to transfer a case from Ajmer to Mumbai. …

Well-paid wife can’t seek maintenance: Court  Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Apr 27, 2014
NEW DELHI: A trial court has dismissed a woman’s plea seeking residential maintenance from her estranged husband observing that no financial assistance can be provided to a woman if she earns as much as her husband. …

Children born of live-in relationships are legitimate, Supreme Court says  Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Apr 24, 2014
NEW DELHI: Giving an important clarification on live-in relationships, the Supreme Court has said that if a man and woman “lived like husband and wife” for a long period and had children, the judiciary would presume that the two were married. …

Refusal to have sex during honeymoon is not cruelty: Bombay high court Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Mar 9, 2014
MUMBAI: Refusal to have sex with a life partner during honeymoon does not amount to cruelty, the Bombay high court has ruled while setting aside a family court judgement dissolving the marriage of a couple on this ground. … 

No divorce as estranged couple still had sex, Bombay high court rules   Timesofndia.indiatimes.com
Mar 5, 2014
MUMBAI: A Malad resident’s plea for divorce from his doctor wife who had left her matrimonial home 16 years ago was thrown out by the Bombay high court after it came to light that the couple was having a sexual relationship even while the husband’s plea for separation was pending. …

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RECENT JUDGEMENTS/ORDERS/CIRCULARS
* 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.
More: Court Judgements on Service Matters
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Can’t fire navyman for affair, link to foreigner: SC   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 11, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday injected liberalism into the strict moral and ethical boundaries defined for officers in the armed forces and said a consenting relationship between an officer and the wife of another officer could not be a ground for dismissal from service. …

Onus on govt to prove soldier not fit for disability pension: Supreme Court   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 17, 2015
NEW DELHI: A soldier, discharged from service due to some disease, cannot be asked to prove that he suffered the ailment because of military service in order to be eligible to get disability pension, the Supreme Court has ruled. …

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One-rank one-pension’ scheme before next budget: Parrikar    Zeenews.india.com
December 26, 2014
Panaji: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that ‘one-rank one-pension’ policy would be implemented in the defence forces before the next budget. …

Supreme Court rejects Centre’s appeal denying benefit to disabled soldiers    Indianexpress.com
December 12, 2014
“They are in the line of fire. They sacrifice their life for you and for us. This is the least you could do for them.” It was the message by the Supreme Court to the Centre, which was fighting against the ex-servicemen of Army over a modest increase in their disability pension. …

Cohabiting for extended period equivalent to marriage: Tribunal    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 27, 2014
CHENNAI: A man and a woman cohabiting as husband and wife for a long period of time is equivalent to a lawful marriage, said the Chennai bench of the armed forces tribunal granting family pension and other consequential benefits to the second wife of an ex-serviceman. …

Govt announces one rank, one pension for military personnel in budget  Timesofindia.indiatimes.com   
Feb 17, 2014
NEW DELHI: In a last-ditch gambit to woo the defence community of 14 lakh serving and over 25 lakh retired military personnel, the government has yanked the long-demanded, much-promised but never-implemented one rank, one pension (OROP) rabbit out of its hat in the run-up to general elections. …

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The globality Of Hinduism: Hindutva’s attempt to put the Hindu creative brilliance in jail is doomed   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
March 11, 2015
One of the attempted follies of our times is the conflation of Hinduism, essentially an eclectic way of life, into a codified belief system that seeks to mirror the major faiths it has interacted with; for instance, Islam and Christianity. Indeed, since the May 2014 electoral thrashing of Congress by the self-professed Hindutva party, BJP, this gross and distorted projection of Hinduism by fringe groups has grown. …

Bizarre India   Itimes.com

Youtube Video: Republic Day Celebrations, 26th January 2015

e-Voting a Possibility in Next General Election, Says CEO Bhanwar Lal   Newindianexpress.com
Jan 25, 2015
HYDERABAD:E-voting facility is likely to be introduced in the general elections in 2019 or 2024.
This was hinted at by state’s chief electoral officer Bhanwar Lal at the National Voters Day celebrations organised by the United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations at Paryatak Bhavan here on Saturday. …

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Are you a citizen or resident of India?   Business-standard.com
January 19, 2015
One of the secretaries in the Union government grew agitated when it was pointed out to him that though he might be holding an Indian passport, an Aadhaar number and a voter identity card, it did not necessarily mean he was a citizen of India. …

ET Global Business Summit 2015: India definitely a country of the future, says Paul Krugman   Economictimes.indiatimes.com
17 Jan, 2015
NEW DELHI: Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman had good news to offer at the Airtel Economic Times Global Business Summit, both general and particular. …

SC Nods, NRIs to Cast Their e-Vote   Newindianexpress.com
13th January 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to take steps within eight weeks for implementation of e-voting by NRIs after being told that the government has accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to this effect. …

Government Promulgates Ordinance Merging PIO, OCI Schemes   Newindianexpress.com
07th January 2015
NEW DELHI: On the eve of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, a three-day meet of the Indian Diaspora starting on Wednesday, the NDA Government promulgated an ordinance that seeks to merge Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes, making the PIOs eligible for life-time Indian visa — the facility already offered to OCI card holders. …

PM Modi appoints US-based economist Arvind Panagariya as NITI Aayog’s vice chairman     Indianexpress.com
January 6, 2015
Giving a final shape to the NITI Aayog, the government on Monday appointed US-based economist and Columbia university professor Arvind Panagariya as the first vice chairperson of the newly created agency. …
More
— Planning Commission website archived, NITI Aayog to launch its own soon
— China is a little wary of Modi the nationalist, says Simon Denyer, author of ‘Rogue Elephant’

India Ranks 10 slots below in Innovation Index: CSIR   Economictimes.indiatimes.com
6 Jan, 2015
KOLKATA: ‘Global Innovation Index’ rankings reveal that India is slipping.
The country has fallen 10 ranks down from being No. 66 in 2013 to No. 76 now, revealed eminent Indian scientist and former CSIR director general Raghunath Anant Mashelkar. …

Government files police complaint against Google    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Dec 14, 2014
DEHRADUN: Survey of India has filed a complaint with police against Google Maps for alleged wrong depiction of India’s international boundaries. …

Youtube: PM Modi Speech at Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia – Part 1

Swachh Bharat: Millions of govt employees to take cleanliness pledge    hindustantimes.com
New Delhi, October 01, 2014
More than 30 lakh central government employees across the country will take a pledge of cleanliness in various public functions to be organised Thursday as part of the Narendra Modi government’s ‘Clean India’ campaign.
In addition, lakhs of state government employees have been asked to be part of this massive drive which will be launched by the Prime Minister. …

Lok Sabha elections 2014: A quick glance through polling schedule   Dnaindia.com
6 April 2014
The Lok Sabha elections start on Monday as India will vote to select its next government and a new Prime Minister. Below is a schedule of the polling dates to look out for and bookmark to participate in the voting process.  …
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