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India heads down right path of economic reforms at wrong speed
In recent weeks, India’s government has shown unusual amounts of energy in pushing through
long-awaited economic reforms. The last session of Parliament — cut short when several MPs
tested positive for Covid-19 — was exceptionally productive. Two labour-law amendments were
passed, as was a package of measures addressing the agricultural sector.
Government to borrow Rs 4.34 lakh crore in second half of 2020-21
The Finance Ministry on Wednesday said the government will borrow Rs 4.34 lakh crore in the
second half of the current fiscal to meet its expenditure requirement amid COVID-19 crisis
afflicting the country’s economy.
The government is sticking to Rs 12 lakh crore borrowing target for the current fiscal, Economic
Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj said.
Lack of jurisdiction cannot decide transfer of criminal cases, says Supreme Court.
Section 406(1) in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973(1) state that Whenever it is made to
appear to the Supreme Court that an order under this section is expedient for the ends of justice,
it may direct that any particular case or appeal be transferred from one High Court to another
High Court or from a Criminal Court subordinate to one High Court to another Criminal Court of
equal or superior jurisdiction subordinate to another High Court.
The Single Bench of Justice V. Ramasubramanian passed this Judgment on a petition filed by
Kaushik Chatterjee, seeking transfer of three criminal cases from the Additional Judicial
Magistrate, Gurugram, Haryana, to any competent court in New Delhi.
Special Court acquits all 32 accused in Babri Masjid demolition case; sweets distributed at
Joshi’s hous
A special CBI court today acquitted all 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani,
MurliManohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, of criminal conspiracy charges almost 28 years after the
Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya.
Special CBI Court judge Surendra Kumar Yadav, in his 2,000-page judgment, said that he found
that evidences against the accused were not strong enough and that the Babri Mosque demolition
incident was not preplanned.
Ayodhya’sBabri Masjid was demolished by karsevaks on December 6, 1992.