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TopicPuja Khedkar

Topic: Puja Khedkar

Not a terrorist, has not committed murder: SC grants anticipatory bail to ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar

Khedkar, a former IAS probationer, is accused of cheating, and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

Delhi HC dismisses pre-arrest bail plea of ex-IAS Puja Khedkar. ‘Tried to deceive UPSC’

Khedkar is facing criminal charges for cheating and unlawfully claiming OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination.

UPSC, Delhi cops tell HC Puja Khedkar ‘forged’ name, altered ‘disability’ for extra IAS exam attempts

Challenging ex-IAS trainee Puja Khedkar’s anticipatory bail plea in court, Delhi Police & UPSC alleged she hatched a ‘deep-rooted’ conspiracy, likely involving more people.

UPSC debarring Puja Khedkar isn’t enough. Those who conspired with her must be punished too

Those like us will draw the lesson that while passing executive instructions or quasi-judicial orders, attention should be paid not just ‘to the spirit, but also to the letter of the law’.

New disability quota rules can make life harder for PwDs, burden govt medical systems

If the government decides to go ahead with colour coding in disability certification, it should be based on the level of accreditation instead of the level of disability.

Our take on UPSC aspirants’ death & delay in Tejas jets delivery — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

UPSC cancels provisional selection of IAS trainee Puja Khedkar, bars her from future exams

Commission said data of over 15k candidates who cleared exam between 2009 & 2023 studied, and barring Khedkar, no other candidate was found to have availed more attempts than permitted.

Hotel brawl, ‘erroneous’ documents. Khedkar case is latest in line of rows involving civil servants

In light of the Puja Khedkar case, ThePrint looks at notable cases of IAS or IPS officers being accused of misusing or flaunting their power, or violating service rules.

‘Puja Khedkar story is the opposite of mine’—they cleared UPSC but didn’t get the job

The 8-year-old legal battle has left such candidates fatigued. Many have had a hard time all these years explaining their non-selection to relatives and society.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.