As reported by TIMES NEWS NETWORK

09-12-2010

FOODGRAIN SCAM MAY REQUIRE 5,000 FIRs

THE TOTAL SIZE COULD BE ANYTHING BETWEEN 35K CR & 2 LAKH CR

It spreads across five countries including Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa and Bhutan, apart from a total of 34 of the 71 districts in Uttar Pradesh. It involves over 450 Class-I government officials and another 800 middle and lower rung subordinates apart from some 10,000 private entities and may require 5,000 FIRs to cover the scam in totality.

13-09-2009

‘Corruption a threat to national security’

New Delhi: While coming down heavily on corruption, the Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, said on Saturday that the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) provision asking investigating agencies to seek permission from higher authorities for prosecuting accused public servants could be contributing in creating a “climate of impunity” where the requisite sanction is either delayed or denied because of extraneous considerations.
 

18-08-2009

Backlog? First ensure power supply, say CJs

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s war-like approach to tackle the monster of three-crore pendency faced the first stumbling block in the acute power shortage affecting judicial work in 16,000-odd trial courts.

    A day before the PM termed the pendency problem a “scourge” and exhorted everyone concerned to join the war against it, chief justices of 21 High Courts met in the Supreme Court and unanimously passed a resolution seeking uninterrupted power supply for trial courts.

    “Do you expect a trial court judge to achieve the case disposal target when he has to sit all day under a fan that stands still and a court room that is packed with litigants creating an unworkable condition? They are not asking for air-conditioners but electricity to make the fan whirl,” said a CJ protesting against perpetual criticism faced by judiciary for the pendency.

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