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'4.7 Lakh Aadhaar Cards Cancelled As Duplicate, No Assurance That Card Holders Are Indian Residents' : CAG's Audit Of UIDAI
The country's top auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, has pulled up the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) over a range of issues related to the issuance of Aadhaar cards.The issues flagged by the CAG raise a cloud over the authenticity and uniqueness of Aadhaar cards and lend credence to the the concerns being raised by data privacy activists with...
BREAKING: Birbhum Massacre| Calcutta High Court Orders CBI To Probe Into Murder Of TMC Leader Bhadu Sheikh
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murder of local All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bhadu Sheikh that was followed by arson in Bogtui village, Rampurhat, Birbhum, that killed eight people, including two children.The Court had earlier transferred to the CBI the investigation into the incident of violence in...
Congress Councillor Tapan Kandu's Murder: State Files Appeal In Calcutta High Court Against Single Judge Order For CBI Probe
The State government on Thursday moved a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court against the order for a CBI probe into the death of former Congress councillor of Jhalda Municipality in Purulia, Tapan Kandu who was reportedly shot dead by miscreants on March 13.According to reports, Congress councillor Tapan Kandu and TMC's Anupam Dutta were shot dead on March 13 in separate incidents in...
BREAKING| Parliament Passes Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Allowing Collection Of Prisoners' Biometrics
The Rajya Sabha today passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 which enables investigating officers to collect the biometric details of prisoners. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, April 4.The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha by a voice-vote. An opposition proposal to refer the Bill to a select committee was defeated in vote.The Bill proposes to allow Police...
"Ingenuity Of Lawyers" : Supreme Court On 60 Cases Between Husband & Wife In Matrimonial Dispute
"The ingenuity of the lawyers has to be marked, 60 cases between a husband and a wife!" the Supreme Court of India remarked on Wednesday while hearing a case of matrimonial discord.The remark came from Justice Hima Kohli, after the counsel appearing for petitioner informed a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana that 60 cases have been filed by the husband and wife in 30 years...
Breaking: Delhi HC Strikes Down MEA's Decision Requiring Judges Of Supreme Court, High Courts To Seek Political Clearance For Private Visits Abroad
The Delhi High Court has struck down an office memorandum dated July 13, 2021 issued by Ministry of External Affairs, to the extent that it required the judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to seek political clearance for private visits abroad. "Insofar as the instant O.M. dated 13.07.2021 requires judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to seek political clearance for...
File Notings Made By Judges In Administrative Meetings Exempt From Disclosure Under RTI Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court recently observed that file notings made by Judges in administrative/ committee meetings are exempted from disclosure under the RTI Act.A bench of Justices GS Patel and Madhav J Jamdar observed,"Withholding file notings is, in our view, entirely salutary. This is required for the better administration of justice. The actual material may be disclosed pursuant to an...
PMLA vs IBC : Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Over ED Attaching Properties Purchased By Resolution Applicants
The Central Government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it will come up with a mechanism with regard to the properties which are proceeds of crime as defined under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act but are purchased by a new owner in insolvency process under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).The question involved is whether in cases where the property is acquired by...
"Is Humour Banished From Jail? Even Secondary School Will Have More Books" : Bombay High Court On Scanty Book Collection In Prison Library
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday remarked that even a secondary school would have more books than the 2,800 books provided to prison inmates in Taloja Central Prison. The court stressed on the importance of books for reformation of prisoners and suggested that costs imposed by courts could be used for enriching prison libraries. The bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and GA...
Parliament Passes Bill To Merge Three Municipal Corporations In Delhi
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill, 2022, which seeks to merge three municipal corporations in the national capital. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on March 30.The Bill introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah seeks to amend the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and unify South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), North Delhi Municipal...
