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Dr Gopal Krishna 09 October 2024
This is fifth part of a multi-part series “India’s First Mass Surveillance, Mass Spying and Unending Census Case”.   In a functional democracy, election is a dialogue with the people. The frequent dialogue and deeper dialogue is like sunlight for democracy which is good for the health of...

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Since information on documents required at the time of school admission in Delhi government schools is time bound, the information too must be time bound; in fact, it should have been uploaded in the public domain by the public authority (PA), in this case, the directorate of education,...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 09 October 2024
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday revived a public interest litigation (PIL) petition regarding pothole maintenance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.   Nevertheless, it opted not to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other civic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 October 2024
India faces an urgent need for legislation to manage the finances and care of incapacitated adults. With an ageing population, seniors who may be mentally or physically incapacitated lack the capacity to direct using their savings towards necessary care without legal guardianship. The current...

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It may be recalled that in order to combat air pollution in Delhi, one of the flagship initiatives tom-tommed by the Delhi government was to install anti-smog guns, anti-smog towers and other such machines. In fact, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, along with the municipal commissioner, had a...

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It may be recalled that in order to combat air pollution in Delhi, one of the flagship initiatives tom-tommed by the Delhi government was to install anti-smog guns, anti-smog towers and other such machines. In fact, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, along with the municipal commissioner, had a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2024
Going one step ahead by sharing dates related to the appointment of Madhabi Puri Buch as chairperson of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Union ministry of finance (FinMin) denied sharing information on dates when Ms Buch and her family declared their financial assets. This was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 September 2024
Commodore (Cmde) Lokesh Batra (retd) was felicitated by Moneylife Foundation and prominent right-to-information (RTI) activists from Mumbai for his tireless dedication to promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance through the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Cmde Batra's...

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Considering that the issuance of contracts through tenders in various infrastructure projects has been mired in controversy—particularly after the recent collapse of bridges, roads and airport ceilings—the information commissioner’s directive to make all tenders transparent is a hope for better...

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Satyendra Wankhade (Bar  and   Bench) 24 September 2024
The Supreme Court has issued notice to all States and Union Territories (UTs) on a contempt of court petition alleging non-compliance with directions to set up online Right to Information (RTI) portals (Anuj Nakade v Dr Poonam Malakondaiah Govt. of Andhra Pradesh & Ors).   A Bench of Chief...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 September 2024
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) welcomed the order from the Bombay High Court (HC), striking down as unconstitutional the Information Technology (IT) Amendment Rules of 2023 on the formation of fact-check units (FCU) by the Union government.   The petitions, including one filed by stand-up...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2024
Except for the dates of appointment, market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) does not have any information readily available on its chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch's appointment, her application for the post, declaration of assets and cases where she had recused herself due...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 20 September 2024
The Bombay High Court on Friday struck down the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, specifically Rule 3, which empowers the Central government to form Fact-Check Units (FCUs) for identifying false or fake news against the...

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Anadi Tewari (Bar  and   Bench) 20 September 2024
The Supreme Court Thursday reiterated that contributory negligence on the part of the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, cannot be vicariously attributed to passengers to reduce the compensation awarded to them or their legal heirs (Sushma v. Nitin Ganapati Ranglore and Others).   A...

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Alleging that many fake disabled employees are working in the Trivandrum central railway station, who allegedly got jobs with the help of fake writers during their written examination, an RTI applicant’s request for the list of names of disabled personnel employed in the Southern Railways, was...

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Recently, Maharashtra’s information commissioner, Makarand Ranade, disposed 2,500 complaints filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, all from one applicant, admonishing him for the overbearing number of applications.   Last week, on 6th September, central information commissioner...

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Abhimanyu Hazarika (Bar  and   Bench) 11 September 2024
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that Section 498A (cruelty to married women) of the Indian Penal Code, along with provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, are among the most abused laws.   The observation was made by a Bench led by Justice BR Gavai and comprising Justices Prashant...

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Some time ago, at a meeting organised by the Moneylife Foundation, one of the guest speakers was Dr Prakash Baba Amte with Dr Mrs Mandakini Amte. This was the second generation of Amtes, contributing their whole life‘s work to provide medical help to poor people in rural India in the backward...

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While sexual assaults in West Bengal and Maharashtra are making news, the disclosure of the Hema committee report, which was submitted to the Kerala state government way back in 2019 with investigations and recommendations for women working in the Kerala film industry facing sexual harassment...

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While sexual assaults in West Bengal and Maharashtra are making news, the disclosure of the Hema committee report, which was submitted to the Kerala state government way back in 2019 with investigations and recommendations for women working in the Kerala film industry facing sexual harassment...

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