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No need to furnish income certificates

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`No need to furnish income certificates'TNN 26 October 2009, 10:54pm IST

HUBLI: K N Desai, joint director (education), has clarified that SC/ ST candidates need not furnish income
certificates during admissions to 
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Replying to an RTI application filed by Y A Doddamani of Karnataka Shikshana Mattu Samshodana
Pratishthana, Desai said that neither the education department nor the medical education department
has issued any order in the last 10 years, asking the SC/ST candidates selected through Common Entrance
Tests (CET) to submit caste certificates during admissions to medical courses. 

Doddamani had sought the information in view of several medical and engineering colleges insisting SC/ ST
students to submit income certificates to avail of benefits.

He said the need of income certificate for SC/ ST candidates will not arise as they do not come under the
creamy layer. Even several apex court judgments have clarified the same. 

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Fresh row: Dinakaran ruled to favour friend

Fresh row: Dinakaran ruled to favour
friendhttp://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/india/Fresh-row-Dinakaran-ruled-to-favour-friend/Article1-470746.aspx 

Nagendar Sharma, Hindustan Times
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New Delhi, October 30, 2009
First Published: 01:25 IST(30/10/2009)
Last Updated: 08:21 IST(30/10/2009)

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran passed orders in favour of a family whose hospitality
he’d enjoyed in Canada, documents show.
Dinakaran has been under public scrutiny ever since a group of eminent jurists wrote to the Chief Justice of
India last month opposing his promotion to the Supreme Court, saying there were corruption allegations
against him.
Asked for a report, the Tamil Nadu government stated that he had encroached on large tracts of public land in
his village in Thiruvallur district.
On Wednesday, 66 residents of the village lodged a police complaint claiming Dinakaran had been removing
fences he had put up around the property he had forcibly occupied, to remove evidence of any such occupation.
Hindustan Times, which was the first to report on the jurists’ complaint, now has documents showing that
in 2005, Dinakaran, in a land dispute he heard in the Madras High Court, ruled in favour of an NRI family well
known to him.  As a judge of the Madras High Court between 1996 and 2008, he presided over and passed orders in
a dispute over 12,000 square feet of land in Chennai between the Pentecostal Mission and a number of
petitioners, which included one Ananthi Murthy.
Dinakaran’s travel documents show that while visiting Toronto in August 2004, he was a guest of Murthy
and her husband Karuna. The Murthys are also named as guardians of Dinakaran’s daughter, who is
studying in the United States.
Asked for his reaction, Dinakaran’s office said he was “not willing to speak”.

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Rs 124 cr spent to fight swine flu

Rs 124 cr spent to fight swine flu
Press Trust of India
In reply to an RTI filed by a local resident, the Union Health Ministry said an amount of Rs 123.89 crore has
been spent towards procuring ...

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Dinakaran not to be elevated to SC: Report

Dinakaran not to be elevated to SC: Report
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Tags:PD Dinakaran, Supreme Court

Zeenews Bureau 

New Delhi: With serious charges slapped against the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, the Supreme
Court Collegium has reportedly pulled out the name of Justice PD Dinakaran from the from the list of chief
justices it had recommended for elevation to the apex court. 

The move came after serious charges of corruption including destroying evidence, threatening
government officials surfaced against Dinakaran. He had allegedly encroached approximately 500 acres
of public land. In fact, a report of Thiruvallur District Collector also upheld the encroachment charges
against him. 

In September, the Collegium headed by the CJI had recommended Justice Dinakaran for elevation to the SC. 

Earlier this week, Kaveri Rajpuram villagers of Tamil Nadu filed a case against Dinakaran, accusing him of
destroying the proof of encroachment of 600 acres of government land. 

The complaint was entered in the community service register maintained by the police to record local
disputes. It brings parties together for inquiry and possible settlement. 

Meanwhile, reacting to the development, senior advocate Prasant Bhusan told a television channel on
Sunday, “It is not very clear whether his name is removed from the list (of judges to be elevated to the
Supreme Court) or not. However, the question is whether he can remain as the Chief Justice of Karnataka
High Court. With so many charges levelled against him, of which many has been also proved, can he continue
now. In fact, the Collegium should have long withdrawn its recommendation.” 

Further, Bhusan added that since all charges are criminal offence, he should be prosecuted for criminal
offence. “The CJI has been asked for permission to prosecute him,” he informed. 

Expressing his surprise on the serious charges, the senior advocate suggested that Dinakaran should be
asked to desist from discharging his judicial function or a judicial decision should be made to ask him to
desist from judicial function. 

“Its a major case which highlights the lack of judicial accountability in the country.. What is going on
today is quite informal. We need a proper system for impeachment of judges and judicial
investigation,” the advocated suggested. 

Along with Dinakaran, the collegium had earlier cleared the names of Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh
High Court AK Patnaik, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court TS Thakur, Chief Justice of the
Calcutta High Court SS Nijjar and Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court KS Radhakrishnan for elevation
to the apex court. 

The collegium, also comprising Justices BN Agarwal, SS Kapadia and Altamas Kabir, had asked the District
Collector for his report on the allegations of land grabbing against Dinakaran. 

Earlier, various representations were made by eminent lawyers, including those from Tamil Nadu, urging
the CJI and the Government to probe the charges and not to el 

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Anna Hazare, Aamir Khan want Kiran Bedi to hold top RTI job

Anna Hazare, Aamir Khan want Kiran Bedi to hold top RTI job
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-Hazare-Aamir-Khan-want-Kiran-Bedi-to-hold-top-RTI-job-/articleshow/5185855.cms
Anil Singh, TNN 1 November 2009, 02:21pm IST
MUMBAI: Social activist Anna Hazare and a host of other eminent people have written to the Prime Minister
proposing the name of Kiran Bedi,  India's first woman IPS officer, for the job of chief central
information commissioner (CCIC). Following this, Right to Information (RTI) activists led by
Magsaysay award winner Arvind Kejriwal are rooting for her. 

Hazare has written to Manmohan Singh as well as Sonia Gandhi saying that Bedi be appointed CCIC as she has the
best credentials to be the person who will be demanding transparency in governance on behalf of a billion
Indians. "If you are appointing another person, please let us know how that person is more suitble than
Kiran Bedi,'' says the letter. 

Among the others who have written to the PM are actor Aamir Khan and Subhash Chandra of the Zee group. Several
other dignitaries, such as Narayana Murthy of Infosys, are to send their letters on Monday. 

"We have learnt that the government is appointing a person of its choice as CCIC in two days without the wide
consultation that is needed for it,'' said Kejriwal. 

Bedi, a national tennis champ, joined the Indian Police Service in 1972 and was acknowledged as a tough and
upright officer. She received the Magsaysay award in 1994 for her work in prison reforms as inspector
general of police in charge of Delhi's Tihar jail. Bedi opted for voluntary retirement in 2007 after being
bypassed for the post of 
Delhi police commissioner. She plays the host and chief judge in a popular TV series, "Aap ki Kutchehri",
where she resolves domestic problems. She also runs two non-government organisatons for prison
reforms, child welfare, and against drug abuse. 

The process of appointing central information commissioners has been opaque and concerned citizens and
RTI activists have been demanding a transparent and more participatory process. Generally,
bureaucrats close to the powers-that-be in Delhi are chosen. In fact, Kejriwal has been saying that the
Information Commission is in danger of becoming a parking ground for retired bureaucrats and political
loyalists. 

For the moment, Wajahat Habibullah will continue as CCIC till his successor is chosen. Appointed the first
CCIC of India in October 2005, Habibullah, a former bureaucrat, resigned recently and will take charge as
the first chief information commissioner of Jammu & Kashmir. 

The CCIC will be chosen by a three-member panel comprising the PM, the leader of the opposition (L K Advani)
and a cabinet minister nominated by the PM (Veerappa Moily). The post is on a par with the Election
Commissioner of India and the term is five years or up to the age of 65. The CIC can have a team of 10 central
information commissioners working under him/her. At present, there are eight, including Shailesh
Gandhi, who was Mumbai's best-known RTI activist. In fact, Gandhi is only one of the two non-bureaucrats
in the eight-member panel. The 
other non-bureaucrat is Annapurna Dixit, widow of former national security adviser J N Dixit. 

RTI activists say the current method of appointing the CCIC and state information commissioners, based on
insider information, contacts and recommendations, without advertising and inviting applications,
violates Section 12 of the RTI Act 2005. Section 12(5) states: “The Chief Information Commissioner and
Information Commissioners shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and
experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or
administration and governance.” 

To give such people a fair chance to apply, RTI activists say, the government must cast its net far and wide,
all over India and in all walks of life. It must advertise the position, attract a good number of candidates
and select the best from among them with proper screening procedures. Handpicking people from a small
inner circle at DoPT, PMO and Central Information Commission, as it is doing now, is a sure way of defeating
excellence, nurturing mediocrity and protecting vested interests within the administration, say RTI
activists. 

Anna Hazare, Aamir Khan want Kiran Bedi to hold top RTI job 
Anil Singh | TNN 

MUMBAI: Social activist Anna Hazare and a host of other eminent people have written to the Prime Minister
proposing the name of Kiran Bedi, India's first woman IPS officer, for the job of chief central
information commissioner (CCIC). Following this, Right to Information (RTI) activists led by
Magsaysay award winner Arvind Kejriwal are rooting for her. 

Hazare has written to Manmohan Singh as well as Sonia Gandhi saying that Bedi be appointed CCIC as she has the
best credentials to be the person who will be demanding transparency in governance on behalf of a billion
Indians. "If you are appointing another person, please let us know how that person is more suitble than
Kiran Bedi,'' says the letter. 

Among the others who have written to the PM are actor Aamir Khan and Subhash Chandra of the Zee group. Several
other dignitaries, such as Narayana Murthy of Infosys, are to send their letters on Monday. 

"We have learnt that the government is appointing a person of its choice as CCIC in two days without the wide
consultation that is needed for it,'' said Kejriwal. 

Bedi, a national tennis champ, joined the Indian Police Service in 1972 and was acknowledged as a tough and
upright officer. She received the Magsaysay award in 1994 for her work in prison reforms as inspector
general of police in charge of Delhi's Tihar jail. Bedi opted for voluntary retirement in 2007 after being
bypassed for the post of 
Delhi police commissioner. She plays the host and chief judge in a popular TV series, "Aap ki Kutchehri",
where she resolves domestic problems. She also runs two non-government organisatons for prison
reforms, child welfare, and against drug abuse. 

The process of appointing central information commissioners has been opaque and concerned citizens and
RTI activists have been demanding a transparent and more participatory process. Generally,
bureaucrats close to the powers-that-be in Delhi are chosen. In fact, Kejriwal has been saying that the
Information Commission is in danger of becoming a parking ground for retired bureaucrats and political
loyalists. 

For the moment, Wajahat Habibullah will continue as CCIC till his successor is chosen. Appointed the first
CCIC of India in October 2005, Habibullah, a former bureaucrat, resigned recently and will take charge as
the first chief information commissioner of Jammu & Kashmir. 

The CCIC will be chosen by a three-member panel comprising the PM, the leader of the opposition (L K Advani)
and a cabinet minister nominated by the PM (Veerappa Moily). The post is on a par with the Election
Commissioner of India and the term is five years or up to the age of 65. The CIC can have a team of 10 central
information commissioners working under him/her. At present, there are eight, including Shailesh
Gandhi, who was Mumbai's best-known RTI activist. In fact, Gandhi is only one of the two non-bureaucrats
in the eight-member panel. The 
other non-bureaucrat is Annapurna Dixit, widow of former national security adviser J N Dixit. 

RTI activists say the current method of appointing the CCIC and state information commissioners, based on
insider information, contacts and recommendations, without advertising and inviting applications,
violates Section 12 of the RTI Act 2005. Section 12(5) states: “The Chief Information Commissioner and
Information Commissioners shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and
experience in law, science and technology, social service, management, journalism, mass media or
administration and governance.” 

To give such people a fair chance to apply, RTI activists say, the government must cast its net far and wide,
all over India and in all walks of life. It must advertise the position, attract a good number of candidates
and select the best from among them with proper screening procedures. Handpicking people from a small
inner circle at DoPT, PMO and Central Information Commission, as it is doing now, is a sure way of defeating
excellence, nurturing mediocrity and protecting vested interests within the administration, say RTI activists.

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Just 25% funds spent for RTI publicity this year
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Assets and Liabilities of Cheif Justice of Kerala who hais from Karnataka [1 Attachment]

Dear Friends,

Find along with email statement of assets and Liabilities made by S. R. Bannurmath, Chief Justice of Kerala.
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Government favours strengthening RTI Act, defends CAT

Government favours strengthening RTI Act, defends CAT
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New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) The union government Sunday said it is moving to amend and strengthen the country's
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