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Keir Starmer puts ousted aide Sue Gray in the Lords: Ex-civil servant turned Labour apparatchik handed a peerage after losing No10 power struggle

Keir Starmer has handed his ousted former aide Sue Gray a peerage, it was confirmed today. Ms Gray, a former senior civil servant, stepped down as the Prime Minister's £170,000 chief of staff in October following reports of a clash with other senior aides. The Tories, for their party, handed peerages to Liz Truss's former deputy PM Thérèse Coffey, ex …

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The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?

The Independent

What is Keir Starmer’s problem? She was ostensibly praising Starmer when she described him as being “like a civil servant”, telling the BBC: “I’ve described him before as like a civil servant in the way that he does it, because he has a duty and he feels that public service duty to deliver for the people.” Awkwardly for Rayner, the …

Women Civil Labour Service Way Things Starmer

5 days, 9 hours ago

Kerala High Court Quashes Case Against Public Servant For Commenting On CM's Plea To Govt Officers To Donate 1-Month Salary For Flood Relief

Live Law

The Kerala High Court quashed proceedings against a public servant for allegedly making "sarcastic comments" on a WhatsApp group concerning the Chief Minister's appeal to government officers to donate their one-month salary to a relief fund after the 2018 floods.The court found that the alleged comments were not intended to cause any injury to the benificiaries of the flood relief …

Salary Kerala Court Public Servant Kerala High Court Relief Injury

1 week, 1 day ago

Keir Starmer is behaving like a civil servant, not a prime minister, and it’s a disaster

The Independent

What is Keir Starmer’s problem? She was ostensibly praising Starmer when she described him as being “like a civil servant”, telling the BBC: “I’ve described him before as like a civil servant in the way that he does it, because he has a duty and he feels that public service duty to deliver for the people.” Awkwardly for Rayner, the …

Labour Service Minister Way Starmer Keir Starmer Rayner

1 week, 1 day ago

S.197 CrPC | When Can Public Servant's Offence Be Linked To Official Duties? Supreme Court Explains Principles

Live Law

In a recent decision, the Supreme Court summarised the principles relating to Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which hold that public servants cannot be prosecuted in respect of acts done in the discharge of their official duties without sanction from the government.The judgment delivered by a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra explained when …

Justice Supreme Court Court Public Servants Duty Discharge Official

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No prior permission needed to prosecute cops who file false cases: Supreme Court

India Today

The Supreme Court on Friday said that prior sanction is not needed to prosecute police officers accused of lodging false cases or fabricating evidence. "When a police official is said to have lodged a false case, he cannot claim that sanction for prosecution under Section 197 CrPC was required since it can be no part of the official duty of …

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Courts Must Avoid Premature Staying Or Quashing Of Criminal Trials At Preliminary Stage : Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court emphasized that courts should avoid prematurely staying or quashing criminal trials, as this could harm the evidence that needs to be presented during the trial. “Courts must avoid the premature staying or quashing of criminal trials at the preliminary stage since such a measure may cause great damage to the evidence that may have to be adduced …

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Courts Must Avoid Premature Staying Or Quashing Of Criminal Trials At Preliminary Stage : Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court emphasized that courts should avoid prematurely staying or quashing criminal trials, as this could harm the evidence that needs to be presented during the trial. “Courts must avoid the premature staying or quashing of criminal trials at the preliminary stage since such a measure may cause great damage to the evidence that may have to be adduced …

Supreme Court Court Case Public Adv Servant Criminal Trials

1 week, 2 days ago

Drunk auto driver assaults policeman with paver block

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A police constable was attacked with a paver block by a drunk auto rickshaw driver at the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road in the early hours of Friday. Drunk auto driver assaults policeman with paver block According to the police, the injured policeman, Chintaman Belkar, 56, is attached to the Powai police station. Chauhan tried to flee after this, but Belkar …

Chauhan Powai Belkar Paver Block

1 week, 3 days ago

Rahul Gandhi summoned by Lucknow court over remarks on Savarkar

India Today

A Lucknow court on Thursday summoned Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case over his alleged derogatory remarks against Veer Savarkar. "Distributing previously printed pamphlets and leaflets at press conferences demonstrates that Rahul Gandhi had weakened and insulted the basic characteristics of the nation by spreading hatred and enmity in society," the …

British Gandhi Rahul Gandhi Savarkar

1 week, 4 days ago

Public Servant Exceeding Powers While Performing Official Duties Would Be Protected U/S 197 CrPC: J&K High Court

Live Law

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides protection not only for acts performed by public servants in the discharge of their official duties but also for those done in the purported discharge of such duties. Justice Sanjay Dhar, while quashing an order directing the registration of an …

Court Public Servants Discharge Order Official Public Jammu

1 week, 4 days ago

People First: Naidu Tells Collectors

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has emphasized the need for every government official to function as a "public servant" rather than being an authority. Naidu said the previous government had not only left a huge debt burden ofover Rs.10 lakh crore but also utilised funds meant for the coming two years. The CM also said that the Swarnandhra Vision-2047 …

State Collectors Naidu Tells

1 week, 5 days ago

S. 19 PC Act | Irregularity In Sanction Order No Ground For Acquittal Unless Failure Of Justice Is Shown : Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court clarified that an irregularity in obtaining sanction to prosecute a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, does not justify an acquittal unless it causes prejudice to the accused. The appellant-CBI contended that despite noting that had proved the demand and acceptance of a bribe by the public servant and the defence failed to rebut …

Justice Failure Court Sanction Order High Public

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Can Indian Parliament do what South Korean Parliament did on martial law?

India Today

President Yoon Suk Yeol surprised the world by declaring martial law in South Korea last week, but it was swiftly rejected by Parliament. South Korea's recent brush with martial law has sparked curiosity and raised questions about the arbitrary use of emergency powers in democratic nations, like India. "When India experienced one instance of the application of the emergency provisions …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Former civil servant takes over child benefit scandal portfolio

Dutch News

Former civil servant Sandra Palmen is taking over responsibility for compensating parents caught up in the childcare benefits scandal on behalf of the NSC, following the resignation of Nora Achahbar as minister. Her role as junior finance minister will also include taking responsibility for customs. In many cases the accusation was based on minor omissions in paperwork such as a …

Benefit Scandal Taking Responsibility

2 weeks, 6 days ago

‘We spoke about…’: Senior civil servant recalls his interaction with Karnataka IPS officer who died in road accident

Hindustan Times

People from across sectors are mourning the death of a 26-year-old probationary IPS officer who died in a road accident in Karnataka’s Haasan district on Sunday evening. Harsh Bardhan reportedly cleared his UPSC exam on the first attempt; he was all set to take his first charge, and the unfortunate accident came as a shocker to his dear ones. Harsh …

Karnataka Upsc Ips Harsh Bardhan Harsh Bardhan

3 weeks ago

Delhi HC issues notice over Sisodia’s plea challenging charge sheet cognisance

Hindustan Times

The Delhi high court on Monday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate over former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s plea challenging a city court’s order taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed in the Delhi excise policy case. The court will also hear the Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking similar relief in the same case on …

Court Delhi Hc Sisodia

3 weeks ago

2.59 million candidates write civil servants' job test

China Daily

By Cheng Si | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-02 14:22 The writing examination for the 2025 civil servants' recruitment drive culminated on Sunday. Approximately 2.59 million candidates undertook the writing examination — 86.7 percent of the total 2.98 million qualified for the examination at 101,345 testing sites in 248 designated cities nationwide across 31 provinces and regions, according to the National …

Test Civil Servants Government Bodies Write Civil Servant Recruitment

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Cab driver assaults cops at Mohali check post, arrested

Hindustan Times

Mataur police on Saturday arrested a cab driver for assaulting cops at a drunk driving check post at the Phase 3B2 market on Saturday. The accused was booked under Sections 132, 281 and 221 of the BNS at the Mataur police station. Mataur police, along with the traffic police, had laid a special check post to check drunk driving behind …

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Ludhiana: Cops attacked during brawl in Subhash Nagar; six arrested

Hindustan Times

Chaos erupted in a restaurant in Subhash Nagar when “notorious offender” Vishal Gill and his aides, armed with sharp-edged weapons, barged in to attack a rival who was celebrating birthday. According to police, Vishal Gill, the prime accused, has a long history of heinous crimes with multiple FIRs registered against him. Among those arrested are Anmol Gill of Amarpura, Divyanshu …

Public Servant Accused Fir Gill Subhash Nagar Vishal Gill

3 weeks, 3 days ago

When a ‘servant’ ill-treated Meghan Markle during her wedding: Prince Harry got furious

Live Mint

A royal expert has suggested that a disagreement over a wedding tiara set a negative tone for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship with the Royal Family. The issue reportedly arose during preparations for their 2018 wedding, involving Queen Mary’s Bandeau Tiara. He mentioned that selecting Meghan’s tiara had been challenging and hinted at tensions between Meghan and Angela Kelly, …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Chidambaram moves Delhi HC against INX media chargesheet cognisance

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court contesting the trial court’s cognisance of money laundering charges against him in the INX media case and argued that the mandatory sanction to prosecute him wasn’t obtained. Advocate N Hariharan appearing for the senior Congress leader argued that in 2021, when the trial court took cognisance …

Delhi Chidambaram Inx Media

3 weeks, 5 days ago

Not Necessary That Bribe Amount Should Be Substantial To Draw Presumption Under S.20 Prevention Of Corruption Act : Supreme Court

Live Law

While convicting a government servant for taking a bribe of Rs.2000, the Supreme Court observed that it was not necessary for the amount involved to be substantial to draw the presumption under Section 20 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.As per Section 20, the Court has the discretion to refrain from drawing adverse presumption against the public servant if …

Corruption Supreme Court Court High Respondent Public Act

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Kerala HC warns against delay in promoting government servant

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has warned the state government against delaying promotion to a government servant. “If the government or any other department is lethargic in considering the legitimate claim of a government servant, they must face adverse consequences carrying restitution benefits. A Division Bench issued the order while dismissing the appeal filed by the state government challenging the …

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Keir Starmer puts ousted aide Sue Gray in the Lords: Ex-civil servant turned Labour apparatchik handed a peerage after losing No10 power struggle

The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?

Kerala High Court Quashes Case Against Public Servant For Commenting On CM's Plea To Govt Officers To Donate 1-Month Salary For Flood Relief

Keir Starmer is behaving like a civil servant, not a prime minister, and it’s a disaster

S.197 CrPC | When Can Public Servant's Offence Be Linked To Official Duties? Supreme Court Explains Principles

No prior permission needed to prosecute cops who file false cases: Supreme Court

Courts Must Avoid Premature Staying Or Quashing Of Criminal Trials At Preliminary Stage : Supreme Court

Courts Must Avoid Premature Staying Or Quashing Of Criminal Trials At Preliminary Stage : Supreme Court

Drunk auto driver assaults policeman with paver block

Rahul Gandhi summoned by Lucknow court over remarks on Savarkar

Public Servant Exceeding Powers While Performing Official Duties Would Be Protected U/S 197 CrPC: J&K High Court

People First: Naidu Tells Collectors

S. 19 PC Act | Irregularity In Sanction Order No Ground For Acquittal Unless Failure Of Justice Is Shown : Supreme Court

Can Indian Parliament do what South Korean Parliament did on martial law?

Former civil servant takes over child benefit scandal portfolio

‘We spoke about…’: Senior civil servant recalls his interaction with Karnataka IPS officer who died in road accident

Delhi HC issues notice over Sisodia’s plea challenging charge sheet cognisance

2.59 million candidates write civil servants' job test

Cab driver assaults cops at Mohali check post, arrested

Ludhiana: Cops attacked during brawl in Subhash Nagar; six arrested

When a ‘servant’ ill-treated Meghan Markle during her wedding: Prince Harry got furious

Chidambaram moves Delhi HC against INX media chargesheet cognisance

Not Necessary That Bribe Amount Should Be Substantial To Draw Presumption Under S.20 Prevention Of Corruption Act : Supreme Court

Kerala HC warns against delay in promoting government servant