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'Information commissioners cause loss of Rs. 86 crores'

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:09 AM PST

Information Commissioners across the country caused a loss of Rs. 86 crores to the exchequer during the last fiscal by not imposing penalties in cases where they should have under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a study released here Thursday said. Public Cause Research Foundation studied 76,813 orders passed by 87 information commissioners and [...]

Delhi mosque demolition: DDA to file report in court

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:55 AM PST

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will Friday submit its report to the Delhi High Court on the mosque built illegally on its land in the Jangpura area in 2005 and which was demolished Wednesday. Facing a contempt threat from the high court, the DDA – after several failed attempts – succeeded in razing the mosque. [...]

No apology for remark on chief justice: Prashant Bhushan

Posted: 13 Jan 2011 09:53 AM PST

Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan said Thursday there "is no occasion or cause" for him to accept the Supreme Court's suggestion that he apologise for calling Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia corrupt, a reference to the time when the judge was part of the forest bench deciding on a case of mining major Vedanta. He turned down [...]