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We have rarely heard of any recoveries of penalties slammed on public information officers (PIOs), but this one surely takes the cake!
Neeraj Kumar Gupta, the central information commissioner, in an order dated 19 February 2021, states, “If the Central Information Commission (CIC) starts imposing penalty on the PIOs in every other case, without any justification, it would instil a sense of constant apprehension in those functioning as PIOs in the public authorities, and would put undue pressure on them.
They would not be able to fulfil their statutory duties under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with an independent mind and with objectivity.”
30-Day Notice Under Special Marriage Act Required to Verify Credibility of Persons: Centre
Responding to a PIL, the Ministry of Law and Justice told the Delhi high court that the procedure and conditions, including the 30-day notice for solemnisation of a marriage under the Act, are fair and reasonable .
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Rights10/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Responding to a petition challenging certain provisions under the Special Marriage Act (SMA), the Centre has informed the Delhi high court that the procedure and conditions, including the 30-day notice for solemnisation of a marriage under the Act, are “fair and reasonable” and in consonance with the intention behind the statute.
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LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of a person named Nadeem who was booked under the newly-promulgated UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Ordinance-2020, in Muzaffarnagar on November 30.
The ordinance was promulgated on November 28, 2020.
A division bench, comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal, asked the UP Police not to take any coercive action against the accused. The bench also tagged the case to another division bench, comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Piyush Agarwal, which is seized of the matter in
response to a PIL challenging the vires of the ordinance.