CIC Tells Dept Of Posts To Provide Info On Demonetisation To RTI Applicant [Read Order]

The CIC, in the case of Ramswaroop vs PIO, Department of Posts, has directed the authority concerned to provide information regarding the number of currency notes exchanged during the demonetisation period to the petitioner since demonitisation had a huge impact on the everyday life of every citizen of the nation.In the instant case, the petitioner, Ramswaroop, filed an RTI application seeking...

CIC Notice to CPIO Railway Board For Not Replying RTI Query, Awards Compensation To Applicant [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission, in the case of Pankaj Bansal vs Central Public Information Officer, Railway Board, has issued a show-cause notice to the CPIO for non-compliance with the provisions of the RTI Act and awarded a compensation of Rs. 5,000 to the appellant.Pankaj Bansal, the appellant, sought a copy of the file notings/ correspondence and relevant records/ reports pertaining...

Maharashtra Govt Unaware Of 2-Month-Old CIC Order Directing All Depts To Disclose Info On Welfare Schemes [Read Order]

In its reply to former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, the General Administrative Department (GAD) at Maharashtra Mantralaya claimed that they were unaware of any order by the CIC directing disclosure of information regarding various welfare schemes of the government.This said order was passed two months ago on March 25 and compliance of the same was kept on April 30.It...

TTV Dinakaran And Mallikarjuna Granted Bail In Election Commission Bribery Case [Read Order]

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran and his aide, Mallikarjuna were on Wednesday granted bail by Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court for their alleged involvement in the Election Commission (EC) bribery case for the AIADMK’s two leaves symbol. The bail was granted on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakhs each. The duo was, however, directed to surrender their passports.Mr. Dinakaran had sought...

Delhi HC Appoints ABP News Reporter As Local Commissioner To Inspect Garbage Removal By Municipality [Read Order]

The High Court of Delhi on Wednesday appointed an ABP news reporter as Local Commissioner to conduct inspections and place before the Court the position regarding the garbage removal and disposal in Delhi.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar also directed the reporter, Mr. Ankit Gupta, to submit an interim inspection report before 2 June, which is...

Highway Liquor Ban:Kerala HC Directs Excise Dept. To Consider Permission  To Bars Along Highways De-notified Prior To SC Judgment

The High Court of Kerala has directed the Excise Department to consider applications afresh seeking renewal of bar licence submitted by bar owners situated along Cherthala-Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur Kuttipuram roads.Justice Devan Ramachandran was hearing a batch of petitions filed by bar hotel operators who had been restrained from operating their bars from vending liquor, despite...

Consider ‘Wish’ And ‘Will’ Of People Of Locality Before Opening Liquor Shops: Madras HC To State [Read Judgment]

The attitude of the state is to be construed as 'pinching the child and swinging the hammock', the bench observed.The Madras High Court has urged the Tamil Nadu Government to revisit the entire policy in the matter of liquor prohibition by considering the 'will' and 'wish' of the larger sector of the society of each area in the matter of taking decision with regard to the establishment...

Habeas Corpus Writ Can’t Be Issued For Person Committed To Custody Under Court Order: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Habeas corpus is not available to question the correctness of a decision of the legally constituted court of competent jurisdiction, the bench said.The Karnataka High Court has observed that habeas corpus cannot be granted when a person has been committed to custody under an order from a competent court.The father had filed the petition seeking the release of his 3-year-old child who,...

Patna HC Quashes Complaint Against Farah Khan Ali For Tweet On Salman Khan Hit-And-Run Case [Read Judgment]

The Patna High Court has quashed a complaint against jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali for a statement she made supporting Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case.Farah Khan Ali had apparently stated on twitter that if no one was sleeping on the road, Salman would not have driven over anybody.She wrote: "The govt should be responsible for housing ppl. If no 1was sleeping on d road...

Doctors Can’t Be Prosecuted For Medical Negligence Merely For Not Delivering ‘Assurances’: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

Can a doctor be prosecuted for criminal negligence merely because he/she failed to deliver on the assurances given to the patient? No, said the Allahabad High Court in Dr Meera Malik vs State of UP, while quashing a complaint against a surgeon.It was alleged in the complaint that on the assurance of the surgeon that everything would be normal, consent papers were signed for operation to...

Bombay HC Rejects Plea By Grandson Of Deceased Account Holder Seeking Release Of Funds [Read Order]

A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice AK Menon of the Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by one Amol Patil who sought withdrawal of money from his deceased grandmother’s account without the demand of any succession certificate or probate.It was the case of the petitioner that his grandmother, Shevantibai Bhimgonda Patil, made a registered will dated December 12,...

False Postal Receipts Of Legal Notices Are Derailing Suits: CIC [Read Order]

Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu recently rapped postal authorities for issuing receipts without an official seal, observing that such practices were encouraging false receipts of legal notices to be issued.“The Commission finds that it is a small level fraud widespread all over the country causing serious loss to the parties discrediting the system of law and...