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Police nor criminal court can seize passport, says K’taka High Court

BENGALURU, December 16 (PTI): The High Court of Karnataka has reiterated that “neither the police nor the criminal court invoking powers under Sections 102 or 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code can seize or impound a passport.” The court, therefore, recently quashed the order of the Debt Recovery Tribunal-1, Bengaluru, which had impounded the passport of Nitin Shambhukumar Kasliwal, a businessman from Mumbai. The court said the Tribunal has the powers of a civil court and when the civil court itself cannot impound a passport, the DRT too cannot. The facts of the case date back to 1999 when Kasliwal

IAS officer Raghvendra Kumar Singh appointed Principal Secretary to Madhya Pradesh CM

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): IAS officer Raghvendra Kumar Singh has been appointed principal secretary to Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav. According to an order issued on Friday evening, Singh, an IAS officer from the 1997 batch, has also been given the additional charge as principal secretary of the state government and Public Service Management Department. Singh would replace Manish Rastogi, an IAS officer from the 1994 batch who held the previous charge and has now been appointed as principal secretary to the state government. The reshuffling of the administration comes just two days after the

Women’s reservation bill to come into force after 2024 census: Sitharaman

MANGALURU, December 16, (PTI): The Centre will initiate steps to enforce the women’s reservation bill after the 2024 census, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking after releasing a commemorative postal stamp in the name of Rani Abbakka at Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday, Sitharaman said the women’s bill became a reality as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always believed in the role of women in nation building. Lauding the courage and heroics of Rani Abbakka, the 16th century queen of Ullal who fought against the Portugese, Sitharaman said the Union government has taken steps to document

US religious freedom watchdog ‘implores’ Biden administration to designate India

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. religious freedom watchdog on Friday again called on the Biden administration to designate India as a “country of particular concern” under the U.S. Religious Freedom Act, citing its alleged targeting of religious minorities overseas. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal government commission, said “recent efforts by the Indian government to silence activists, journalists, and lawyers abroad pose a serious threat to religious freedom.” “USCIRF implores the U.S. Department of State to designate India a Country of Particular Concern due to India’s systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of freedom

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