An Indian Bureaucrat's Diary

Some one forwarded me a e-mail……I have reproduced it down below.
I do not know whether it is authentic or fake.
A google search on ABHIJIT+BHATTACHARYYA did not throw up any result.
But the issues are not as simple as made out by the so called author.

The author has written:
There is at least one Supreme Court judgement  clearly stipulating that the only valid DOB record of a person is his / her school certificate at the stage of passing out from school (the old “matriculation certificate”).
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                          Kiran Bedi is fond of hogging the lime light. But the present news items and allegations relating to numerous false billings in relation to her flights over the years have caught her on the wrong foot. They are far more serious than she and her friends are willing to concede. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tibetans in India – High Court to the rescue of

The Tibetan Refugees in India have been facing a peculiar dilemma.
Even though many of them are born in India and acquire Indian citizenship by birth, they have to describe themselves as Tibetan Nationals.
They are issued identity cards by the Indian Government permitting them to stay in India. Read the rest of this entry »

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In  April 2010, Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe announced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council that Pune’s Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh would be transferred and steps would be taken to upgrade security following a spate of high profile crimes in the city.

Political observers were surprised, when within hours of his announcement, his senior, Home Minister R. R. Patil, distanced himself Read the rest of this entry »

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The appointment of Chief Judges of different High Courts of India and Judges of the Supreme Court is made by the President of India (read Home Ministry) on the recommendation of a collegium of judges headed by the Chief Justice of India.
   In August 2009, the collegium comprising K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, Justice B.N. Agrawal, Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Tarun Chatterjee and Justice Altamas Kabir, recommended the names of Justice P.D. Dinakaran, Read the rest of this entry »

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Abortion & Law

There are different legal provisions relating to abortion in different countries.

The Position in India

In India, abortion is not allowed after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
This has led to a piquant situation. Read the rest of this entry »

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