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An Income-Tax appellate authority here has upheld the order of Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) not to provide a copy of NHRC chairperson and former CJI K G Balakrishnan's I-T returns to an RTI applicant. Disposing off an appeal by the RTI applicant, the authority said that to provide a copy of IT return to the appellant either he should be able to establish a "larger public interest" or there should be no objection from the former CJI. Full Article

In what could be a severe blow to Anil Ambani group seeking cheap gas from elder brother Mukesh- led RIL, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that government has the last word on pricing and utilisation of national asset. Full Article

The CBI on Monday opposed the bail plea of Price Waterhouse auditor Mr Srinivas Talluri who was arrested in Satyam fraud case for allegedly conniving with its founder Mr B Ramalinga Raju and other aides. Additional Solicitor General, Mr Harin Raval told a Bench headed by the Chief Justice, Mr K G Balakrishnan that Mr Talluri was part of the conspiracy in the entire fraud. Full Article

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Company Law Board's order facilitating takeover of the scam-tainted Satyam Computers by the Mahindra group and allowed the IT firm to go ahead with the process to rope in a strategic investor through a public auction. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan dismissed the petition filed by an advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, who claimed to be a shareholder of the company. Full Article

Can a judge be asked under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as to why and how he came to a particular conclusion in a judgment? No, says the Supreme Court. The apex court saw the mischief potential of queries under the RTI Act in relation to a judge and his judgments and a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan firmly said that a judge speaks through his judgments and he could not be made to answer questions relating to his verdict in .. Full Article

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan’s recent request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to protect the judiciary from increasingly ‘‘intrusive’’ queries appears to have triggered an exercise to look for options to effect changes in the RTI Act. Following the CJI’s impassioned letter, which said questions asked by chronic litigants about the judiciary could erode its independence, the government has started looking into possible changesin the RTI Act, highly.. Full Article

“The vision and values of the Constitution are facing challenges. It is up to us to safeguard the Constitution and its values from such challenges. As has been said the Constitution has not failed us. We have to ensure that we do not fail the Constitution”, said Shri Mukul Wasnik, the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment while welcoming Shri K. G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice, who delivered the Ambedkar Memorial lecture on ‘Constitutional Values and the Promo.. Full Article