Court said the 3 officers withheld information from ex-PM Manmohan Singh and distorted facts while recommending a private company for allotment of a coal block
HC Gupta was earlier convicted in two other coal scam cases relating to Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd (KSSPL) and Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd (VISUL).
It is a touchingly funny spectacle, where every senior leader wants to be loved like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but is beginning to speak the language of Modi of 2007, if not 2002.
BJP believes the CAG report on coal gives them their 2012 Bofors moment. But they also believe that a parliamentary discussion will dilute their case against Congress.
If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Gov employees cant be kept free of prosecution which is why they are free to harass citizens of India. And get away with crime. Such as income tax officers that take pleasure out of harassing entrepreneurs to extort money.
The most disastrous contribution of BJP and its associate bodies to Indian society is the word, SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. I am not saying what the IAS body is saying is wrong or right because I don’t have the details or competence to judge. But the situation is such in our country ever since Mr Modi has come to power that EVERYONE is questioning the judiciary. Be it Giriraj Singh or RSS fraternity’s foot soldier, everyone knows how a judge SHOULD form his opinion in a particular case.
If the court convicts on evidence and due process of defence lawyers given the opportunity of presenting their side of the story then the IAS Association has no business in rebutting the charges. They are utterly – buttery wrong and should stand down.
There is an appeal process, which is due to the accused. They should utilize that.
Gov employees cant be kept free of prosecution which is why they are free to harass citizens of India. And get away with crime. Such as income tax officers that take pleasure out of harassing entrepreneurs to extort money.
The law itself has been changed in July 2018, but not with retrospective effect. This would be a fit case for a presidential pardon.
The most disastrous contribution of BJP and its associate bodies to Indian society is the word, SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. I am not saying what the IAS body is saying is wrong or right because I don’t have the details or competence to judge. But the situation is such in our country ever since Mr Modi has come to power that EVERYONE is questioning the judiciary. Be it Giriraj Singh or RSS fraternity’s foot soldier, everyone knows how a judge SHOULD form his opinion in a particular case.
If the court convicts on evidence and due process of defence lawyers given the opportunity of presenting their side of the story then the IAS Association has no business in rebutting the charges. They are utterly – buttery wrong and should stand down.
There is an appeal process, which is due to the accused. They should utilize that.