Month: January 2020

Davinder Singh and a System Which Rewards Officers Who Produce ‘Convenient Results’.

Source – thewire.in That DSP Davinder Singh of the J&K Police was caught “transporting” two hardcore Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and one overground worker (OGW), apparently for a paltry fee of Rs 12 lakh should not come as a surprise. What is really a matter of serious concern is that the system had not only “tolerated” him for

CAT quashing DGP’s appointment sends govt into a huddle.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Central Administrative Tribunal’s (CAT’s) decision to quash appointment of Dinkar Gupta as Punjab DGP on Friday came as a big setback to Captain Amarinder Singh-led state government, which immediately went into a huddle to explore the legal options to challenge the order. The chief minister was attending the special session of

MBBS fee: HC raps fee committee.

Source – thehindu.com The Kerala High Court has slammed the Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee for not refixing the fee structure of MBBS courses of self-financing medical colleges for academic years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, after reconsidering the claims of the managements on a High Court directive. The committee had earlier fixed the tuition fee

Nithyananda ashram case: Two ‘missing’ women file affidavit from 4th country.

Source – indianexpress.com An affidavit attested by the Indian High Commission at Kingston, Jamaica, was filed on Thursday at the Gujarat High Court (HC) by the two women who allegedly went missing from self-styled godman Nithyananda’s ashram. Their father, Janardhana Sharma, had filed a habeas corpus petition in November 2019, seeking the custody of his daughters.

Madras High Court orders early transplantation of kidney on 62-year-old patient.

Source – thehindu.com The Madras High Court has directed the Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (Transtan) to make an endeavour to facilitate an early kidney transplantation for a 62-year-old patient, suffering from chronic renal disease since 1991. He is yet to get a cadaveric transplant, despite having registered with the authority on February 18, 2016.