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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">President of India has appointed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India, He will be the 44th Chief Justice of India. He will be sworn in as CJI on January 4, 2017. Chief Justice of India Justice Thakur had earlier recommended the name of Justice Khehar for the appointment. He would remain in office from January 4, 2017 till August 4, 2017.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His Lordship was born on August 28, 1952. After graduating in science from Government College, Chandigarh in 1974, His Lordship was awarded the LL.B degree by the Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1977, he then acquired the LL. M. qualification from the same University in 1979, for the latter qualification, His Lordship was awarded the Gold Medal for having stood first in the University.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His Lordship was enrolled as an Advocate in 1979 and practiced mainly in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh High Court, Shimla and the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi. His Lordship was appointed as Additional Advocate General, Punjab, in January 1992, and then as Senior Standing Counsel, Union Territory, Chandigarh. His Lordship was designated as Senior Advocate in February, 1995. His Lordship remained standing counsel for Universities of the area, Corporate Bodies and a large number of companies and cooperative organizations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His Lordship appeared as counsel for Mr. M. Krishnaswamy, M.P. (from the Arani constituency in Tamil Nadu), in the defence of Mr. Justice V. Ramaswami, then Judge of the Supreme Court of India, before the Judges Inquiry Committee (comprising of Mr. Justice P.B. Sawant, then Judge Supreme Court of India; Chief Jutice Mr. P.D. Desai of the Bombay High Court; and Mr. Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India) constituted to investigate the grounds on which the removal of Justice V. Ramaswami was sought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His Lordship was elevated to the Bench of High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh, on February 8, 1999. His Lordship was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court twice i.e., with effect from August 02, 2008, and again, with effect from November 17, 2009. His Lordship was elevated as Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand, at Nainital, on November 29, 2009 and thereafter he was transferred as Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka, where he assumed his office on August 8, 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By a notification dated May 20, 2010 the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha appointed His Lordship as a member of the Judges Inquiry Committee for investigating the grounds on which the removal of Mr. Justice P.D. Dinakaran, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, has been sought.</span></div>
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Pending of cases: How much cases are pending in courts......A complete information.

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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">in India people usually avoid litigation. it is a common thinking that cases takes several years even some times it takes decades too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">      So in this blog we are going to discuss a complete information regarding pendency of cases in all the courts in Indian Court.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">         Among the High Courts,
pendency in Allahabad is the longest and Sikkim has the shortest pendency of
cases. These are simple averages — so while they indicate length of
delays, at least 50% of total number of cases are pending for longer. A
huge majority of cases have been pending for 10-15 years. The break-up of
pendency in 5-year brackets helps understand ageing of cases, and can form the
basis for prioritising hearings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt; padding: 0in;">Case types:</span></b><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt;"> The
survey shows that Jharkhand is the only High Court with more criminal cases
than civil cases. The categorisation of cases pending in High Courts are made
on the basis of their most </span></span><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">pendency of cases.</span></div>
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judges, litigants and lawyers too have to deal with multiple hearings, in both
HCs and lower judiciary. Among the five subordinate courts with the highest
number of hearings per case, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate,
Howrah, leads, followed by Nagpur and Durg.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Justice delivery system is one of most concerning subject.  People are getting justice after waiting of years, even after decades and some times after their death their legal heirs are getting justice. overhauling of Indian Judicial System is must.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Regarding the overhauling of judiciary some effective steps have to be taken like as appointment of judges, their working hours to be increased, holidays to be curtailed, fixing minimum target, etc.</span></div>
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Now High Courts have their name on the capital of its State.

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "droid serif", serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce ‘The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016’ in Parliament. The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 will facilitate the changing of the names of ‘Bombay High Court as Mumbai High Court’ and ‘Madras High Court as Chennai High Court’ respectively.</span><br />
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Now High Courts have their name on the capital of its State.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to introduce ‘The High Courts (Alteration of Nam...

Supreme Court refuses to stay NEET, Today it will be held.

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The first phase of the single entrance test NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held on Sunday as the Supreme Court on Saturday refused to accord an urgent hearing of a plea seeking modification of its earlier order.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakurdid not allow the plea seeking urgent hearing for modification of the April 28 order passed by another bench with regard to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">"Nothing will happen in the meantime. Matter had been heard by the bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted," the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The observation came when lawyers, representing some students, said that the order on NEET needed to be modified as students who had prepared for the state-level entrance exams will find it difficult to prepare for the NEET in such a short span of time. </span><br />
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A Person can change his religion but not his caste: Supreme Court

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If you love her and leave her, have you raped her? In a world where a woman meets a man on equal terms, can a reciprocal sexual act be later framed as rape? British hockey player Ashpal Kaur has accused the Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh of sexual harassment and attempt to rape. In her version, he promised to marry her, had a long relationship with her, forced her into an abortion, and finally abandoned her. Her charge has once again drawn attention to the “breach of the promise to marry”, which can, in certain circumstances, amount to rape in India.</div>
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Rough estimates suggest that “breach of promise to marry” cases make up about 20-30% of reported rapes. A rape charge hinges on the absence of free and informed consent. “Under Section 90 of the IPC, consent given under a misconception of fact is tainted consent,” says Suneita Ojha, a lawyer who works on family law. The question of whether rape is sex by force, or sex without mutual consent, has vexed legal systems around the world. In India, “the 2013 amendment to rape law defined what unequivocal consent means,” says Mrinal Satish, professor at the National Institute of Law, Delhi.</div>
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Some jurisdictions have historically allowed damages for broken engagements, but these so-called heart-balm cases are rare. In India, though, the “breach of promise to marry” and “rape by deception” are legal categories that come seamlessly together, because sexuality is yoked to marriage, and any other expression of it is seen as a matter of shame and social ruin for the woman.</div>
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The police are often eager to file these FIRs, explains Satish as “they reflect patriarchal ideas of the value of marriage, and these cases are relatively easy to investigate, since the man does not deny that the act occurred.”</div>
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But while the media makes much of these cases, like those of film director Madhur Bhandarkar or Union minister Sadananda Gowda’s son Kartik, and assume that ordinary jiltings are regularly treated as rape, the courts are increasingly unlikely to punish a man for a consensual relationship.</div>
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As a 2013 study of Delhi’s district courts by Rukmini Shrinivasan of the Hindu revealed, there were 109 “promise of marriage” instances in the 460 rape cases fully tried in court. Out of those, only 12 resulted in conviction, and they involved outright deception, like the man being already married or having conducted a fraudulent marriage with the victim. “When the cases result in acquittals, it feeds the entire rhetoric about women filing false cases out of spite,” says Satish.</div>
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While patriarchal protectiveness plays a part in these rulings, the courts have increasingly tended to tell women that they knew what they were getting into. In Uday vs State of Karnataka, the Supreme Court ruled against the woman, saying that she may have wanted to believe her former lover but there was no misconception of fact. On the other hand, in Deelip Singh v State of Bihar, the court ruled that consent obtained by a false promise is vitiated, and held that it was rape. In 2013, the Bombay High Court observed that every breach of promise to marry could not be considered rape, in an increasingly permissive society where pre-marital sex was more common.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">    Many lawyers and activists feel rape laws should not be used to regulate intimate arrangements and “protect” a “dishonoured” woman. “If we’re now speaking in terms of a woman’s sexual autonomy, then this approach doesn’t fit,” says lawyer Vrinda Grover. In her view, this attitude of protection doesn’t square with the idea of an adult woman who enters a relationship out of her own volition.</span></div>
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But on the other hand, for many women who file such rape charges, the stigma and social insecurity is all too real. If one gets behind the statistics, most of these cases hide a long history of exploitation and inequality, says Audrey D’mello of Majlis Legal Centre, which works with survivors of sexual violence. In a study of 644 victims, they found that “many of these girls are minors, or they are pregnant. They seek escape from an abusive family, with a man who promises marriage. The rape charge is a last stab at justice,” she says.</div>
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While many Indian women may indeed be more materially affected by a broken relationship, there should be civil remedies for this distress. “There are differences in the social consequences for men and women,” Grover says, but in her view, women should sue for damages rather than pursue rape charges.</div>
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India is home to the whole spectrum of sexual and domestic situations. There are hookups and baggage-free unmarried relationships, but there are also women mired in sexist families and societies who enter into coercive sexual arrangements and then punished for it. And so, as the Bombay HC said, there is no readily available straitjacket to solve them all.</div>
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Supreme Court agrees to hear plea to rebuild Ram Temple

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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/allow-rebuilding-of-ram-temple-swamy-urges-sc/article8268416.ece" style="color: #1f57a5; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_parent"><b style="outline: 0px;">A plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to "re-build" Ram temple</b> </a>at the Ramjanmabhoomi site where kar sevaks destroyed Babri Masjid in 1992 will be heard by the Supreme Court along with appeals challenging a 2010 Allahabad High Court decision fixing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram at the disputed Ayodhya site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A three-judge Lucknow Bench of the<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/court-awards-twothirds-of-ayodhya-site-to-hindu-parties-onethird-to-waqf-board/article804632.ece" style="color: #1f57a5; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_parent"><b style="outline: 0px;"> Allahabad High Court had in September 2010 gave a unanimous decision that Lord Ram was born under the central dome of the makeshift temple</b></a><b style="outline: 0px;"> </b>and Hindus have the right to worship there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subsequently, the Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of the High Court decision soon after. The case has remained in limbo ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, Mr. Swamy contended that the pendency of the appeals in the Supreme Court has restricted his fundamental right to worship and dignity of life under the Constitution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He asked the court to intervene with the government to “allow the Hindus to rebuild the Ram temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya, State of Uttar Pradesh. The exact spot where Lord Rama was born (Ram Janmabhoomi) has been and remains firmly identified in the Hindu mind and is held as sacred”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“A masjid is not an essential part of Islam religion, according to the above majority judgment of a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, whereas according to the House of Lords, U.K. (1991), the temple is always a temple even if in disuse or ruins. Thus, the fundamental truth is that the Ram temple on Ram Janmabhoomi has an overriding claim to the site than any mosque Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Article 25 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution to the petitioner as well as to other persons belonging to the Hindu religion,” the petition said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"So you want Ram temple to be constructed in the same place in Ayodhya?" Justice Arun Mishra, on the Bench with lead judge Gopala Gowda, asked Mr. Swamy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Why should you not go to the High Court? Without going to the High Court you have come here" Justice Gowda asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Justice Gowda questioned how the court is expected to consider this plea for Ram temple when the civil appeals on the very question of fixing the birth place are yet to be decided.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"When the civil appeals are still pending before this court, how can we hear your petition?" Justice Gowda asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The court then suggested that the current petition could be converted into an intervening application and be tagged along to be heard with the civil appeals whenever it came up for hearing.</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1950: Gopal Simla Visharad files first suit in Faizabad civil court for rights to perform pooja to Ram Lalla.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1950: Paramahansa Ramachandra Das files a suit for continuation of pooja and keeping idols in the structure.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1959: Nirmohi Akhara files third suit, seeking direction to hand over charge of the disputed site. U.P. Sunni Central Wakf Board files fourth suit in 1961 for declaration and possession and fifth in 1989 in the name of Ram Lalla Virajman for declaration and possession.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1986: District judge orderes locks be removed. Site opened for Hindu worshippers.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1989: The four suits pending were transferred to the High Court.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1991: U.P. govt. acquires land around the structure for convenience of devotees who attend Ram Lalla darshan.</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">›</span> 1993: Govt. takes over 67 acres of land around the area, seeks SC's opinion on whether there existed a Hindu place of worship before the structure was built.</span></li>
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JNU Students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered.

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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 16pt;">Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban
Bhattacharya, who are facing charges of sedition, surrendered before the Delhi
Police late on Tuesday night after the Delhi High Court directed them to give
themselves in earlier in the day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The two left the campus in a university vehicle escorted by
guards around 11:45 p.m. and were take into custody by a police team waiting
outside one of the exit gates of the varsity.</span><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Deepak Mishra
confirmed the arrest.</span><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Yesterday, Umar and Anirban moved the High Court seeking
protection in order to surrender but the court, while directing the students to
surrender, adjourned the hearing for protection till Wednesday.</span><span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Delhi high court on Tuesday made it clear to the JNU
students, accused in the sedition case, that it cannot allow them to surrender
in the manner they wished as it would amount to going by their "whims and
fancies".</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">"There are procedures under the statute which have to be
followed," Justice Pratibha Rani said while expressing her disagreement
with the plea of JNU students — Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya — that
they be given a safe passage and be allowed to choose the place of their
surrender.</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3b3a39; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The five students — Ashutosh Kumar, Anant Prakash, Rama Naga,
besides Umar and Anirban – are wanted by the police in a sedition case.</span></div>
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JNU Students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered.

Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are facing charges of sedition, surrendered before the De...

Assault of Kanhaiya Kumar was pre-planned and organised: National Human Rights Commission.

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On 16.02.2016, the National Human Rights
Commission took suo motu cognizance of the newspaper report published in Hindu
newspaper dated 13.02.2016 captioned “Govt. acts tough, JNU student leader
charged with sedition”. It was reported that the President of JNUSU was
arrested on the charges of sedition after allegedly raising anti-India slogans.
The Commission issued notice to the Home Secretary, Govt. of India, Chief
Secretary, NCT of Delhi, Commissioner of Police, Delhi and the Registrar,
Jawaharlal Nehru University.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">NHRC
Team on 19.02.2016 visited Central Prison, Tihar to inquire into important
issues pertaining to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union
President Shri Kanhaiya Kumar and forwarded inquiry report to Commission
of Police, Delhi and Director General of Prisons, Tihar Jail for comments</span><span style="color: #333333;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> The
NHRC team has submitted a report dated 19.02.2016 with the following
findings: </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">1.
The Central Prison, Tihar has made special arrangements to ensure safety and
security of Shri. Kanhaiya Kumar inside the prison. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">2.
He has been kept in an independent and separate cell. Dedicated security staff
has been deployed to ensure his safety and security round the clock. Several
security instructions have been issued by the prison authorities in this
regard. He has no complaints against prison official. According to Shri.
Kanhaiya Kumar, he was arrested without any valid reason and without disclosing
to him even grounds of arrest. He had not committed any offences as now
alleged. However, this aspect is under investigation by the police. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">3.
Shri. Kanhaiya Kumar did not complain of any physical assault by the police
while in custody. However, he was subjected to psychological pressure during
interrogation. The statement which was issued by the police as an appeal on
behalf of Shri. Kanhaiya Kumar was not written by him voluntarily.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">4.
 The content, construction and framework of the statement were as dictated
by the police. Shri. Kanhaiya Kumar was abused and physically assaulted by some
persons dressed as advocates in the Patiala House court premises on
17.02.2016. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">5.
He was even physically assaulted inside the adjoining court room in the
presence of police who did not do anything to prevent the assault or apprehend
the attackers even though they were identified by Shri Kanhaiya Kumar then and
there. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">6.
The physical assault on Sh. Kumar in the court premises appears to be organized
and pre- planned. What happened in the Patiala House Court Complex on
17.02.2016 was a major security lapse on the part of the police. There was serious
dereliction of duty on the part of the police. Going by the sequence of events,
the safety and security of Shri. Kanhaiya and his family members is a serious
cause of concern. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A copy of the inquiry report submitted by the NHRC team has been forwarded to
the Commisioner of Police, Delhi and the Director General of Prisons, Tihar
Jail for their comments, to be received by the Commission, on or before
26.02.2016.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On 16.02.2016, the National Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognizance of the newspaper report published in Hindu newspaper dated ...

Justice Markandey katju: A bold and Energetic Judge, we must know about him.

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">Justice </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">Markandey Katju</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> is the former Chairman, </span>Press Council of India<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">. Prior to his appointment as Chairman, </span>Press Council of India<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">, he served as a Judge at the </span>Supreme Court of India<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> Before being elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court, he had earlier served as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, </span>Madras High Court<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">, and as acting Chief Justice of </span>Allahabad High Court<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Justice Markandey Katju is known for his bold judgments, bold comments and criticism of government for valid reasons.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Markandey Katju is famous for his knowlege and sense humour. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Markandey Katju was born on 20 September 1946 in Lucknow, British India, in a Kashmiri Pandit family. He topped the merit list of the Allahabad University's LL.B. examination in 1967. He was awarded Honoris Causa a Doctor of Philosophy from Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit University, New Delhi, for his book Mimansa Rules of Interpretation, and aDoctorate of Law from Amity University. He is an Honorary Professor of Law at the National Law University, Delhi and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow. Katju's background is related to law and politics. His father was S. N. Katju, formerly a Judge of the Allahabad High Court. His grandfather Dr. Kailash Nath Katju, was one of India's leading lawyers and participated in the country's freedom movement. Dr. K. N. Katju was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the Governor of West Bengal and Odisha, as well as the Union Law, Home and Defence Minister. Katju's uncle was B.N. Katju, the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. The academic Tilottama Mukherji Tharoor, first wife of Shashi Tharoor, is a cousin to Katju. Her mother was the sister of Katju's father.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Katju is married to Rupa and has two children, a son and a daughter. He has a wide range of interests, including Sanskrit, Urdu, history, philosophy, science, and sociology, aside from his interest in jurisprudence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Katju started his law practice at the Allahabad High Court in 1970-91 specializing in Labour Law, Taxation and Writ Petitions. He has worked as Standing Counsel, Income Tax Department. He was elevated to the Bench of Allahabad High Court in 1991. He was appointed acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in August 2004, Chief Justice of Madras High Court in November 2004, and Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in October 2005. He was elevated to the Supreme Court of India in April 2006.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[9]</sup> He retired from this position on 19 September 2011, after serving the Indian judiciary for 20 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His courtroom was one of the fastest in the Supreme Court disposing off 100-plus matters in a week. He is variously described as "brilliant","bold","one of the best","a maverick". His strong belief in judicial restraint has been contrasted with some unconventional opinions he delivered. The contradiction may be partly explained in his own words: "A judge should restrain from challenging policy decisions in economic matters by the Government, though be an activist in cases of personal liberty."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Katju has served as a Member, International Association of Refugee Law Judges (IARIJ).</span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Addressing a seminar organised by the South Asia Media Commission, and subsequently in several articles and interviews Katju has said that "90 per cent of Indians are idiots" and "80 percent Hindus and 80 percent Muslims are communal". He tried to justify his statement on the ground that 90% of Indians vote in elections on the basis of caste and religion and not on the merit of candidates, 90% Indians believe in astrology, etc. He later clarified his remark by saying that it was meant to awaken people to the realities of social evils like casteism, communalism in the country after three Lucknow students Tanaya and Aditya Thakur and Shivam Yadav had sent him a legal notice.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Katju has criticized Salman Rushdie, arguing that the author is over-praised. He said that his novel 'Satanic Verses' has deeply hurt Muslim sensitivities and that an individual's freedom of speech has to harmonised with the public interest. He also noted that Article 19(2) provides for 'reasonable restrictions' on the freedom of speech in the "interest of security of the State, public order, decency, morality, etc."</span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Commenting on a judgement given by a single judge in Allahabad High Court and in light of alleged corruption, a bench of Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had observed that "Something is rotten in the State of Denmark', said Shakespeare in Hamlet, and it can similarly be said something is rotten in the Allahabad High Court, as this case illustrates." The Allahabad High Court had taken strong exception to the apex court’s remarks that "something was rotten" and there was "rampant uncle judge syndrome" in the high court, but the Supreme Court had refused to expunge the 'rotten remark'. The Government had backed the Supreme Court in this connection.</span></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In May 2007, while hearing a multi-crore corruption case in the Supreme Court, Katju had made the oral observation "The law does not permit us to do it, but otherwise we would prefer to hang the corrupt" In March 2013, Katju had said that it will take India 20 years to defeat corruption. According to Katju, the reason for corruption in India today is that Indian society is in a transitional phase. As the country was moving from a feudal society to an industrial society, the old moral code was being destroyed but the new moral code of an industrial society had not yet been put in place</span></li>
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Sexual Harassment Case: Supreme Court Judge Ranjan Gagoi will probe the matter.

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The Rajya Sabha Chairman has appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi as head of the panel probing sexual harassment charge against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge following the retirement of presiding officer Justice Vikramjit Sen from the apex court.</div>
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Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had recently expressed the view that despite his retirement from the apex court on December 31 last, Justice Sen could continue to head the panel as the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968 is silent on the issue on whether a judge can head the committee despite his retirement from the court.</div>
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He had left it to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari to take a call on whether he wants Justice Sen to continue or replace him with a sitting judge.</div>
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The Law Ministry had, however, said that Justice Sen was heading the panel by virtue of being a sitting judge of the Supreme Court and, hence he should be replaced.</div>
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Vice President Ansari decided to reconstitute the committee.</div>
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A Rajya Sabha notification issued on Wednesday said that in partial modification of its earlier notification, “the Chairman, Rajya Sabha has re-constituted, for the purpose of making an investigation into the grounds on which the removal of Justice S.K. Gangele of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is prayed for, a Committee consisting of the following three Members:— Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Supreme Court of India, Justice Manjula Chellur, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and K K Venugopal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India.”</div>
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Justice Chellur and jurist Venugopal were already part of the committee.</div>
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On the stand taken by the Law Ministry that Justice Sen should not continue as he headed the panel by virtue of being a SC judge, the AG had said that even the opposite view “is also not contrary to law“.</div>
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He had said that both the views were valid and the Rajya Sabha Chairman can decide on whether Justice Sen could continue to head the committee.</div>
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Sexual Harassment Case: Supreme Court Judge Ranjan Gagoi will probe the matter.

The Rajya Sabha Chairman has appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi as head of the panel probing sexual harassment charge ag...

Supreme Court admits its mistake and recalled its order-Rare Incidemt

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">In a rare case Hon'ble Supreme Court accept its mistake . Supreme Court on Monday conceded its "mistake" and recalled its notice issued to Arunachal Pradesh governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa in cases arising out of imposition of President's Rule in the political crisis-hit hill state.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">After considering its earlier verdict and the legal position that the governor enjoys "complete immunity" in court proceedings, a five-judge Constitutional bench headed by Justice JS Khehar said "that (issuing notice) is our mistake."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The bench made the remark at the outset when attorney general Mukul Rohatgi pointed out the legal position and referred to a 2006 judgement which had held that governors cannot be asked to join legal proceedings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Referring to Rohatgi's contention that governors have "complete immunity" under Article 361 of the Constitution, it said, "We consider is just and appropriate to recall the notice issued to Respondent 2 (the Governor)."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">It also said that earlier senior advocate Satpal Jain, appearing for the governor, had undertaken, in pursuance of court's direction, to file materials leading to recommendation of President's rule.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The attorney general, during the hearing, said either the leaders including Rajesh Tacho and Nabam Rebia agree to delete the name of the governor from their respective pleas or he would cite the legal position and the case law on the issue.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">We can recall the notice, if we have committed the mistake," the bench said.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">"Having given a thoughtful consideration to the issue in hand, we are inclined to recall the notice. That, however, would not preclude the governor from filing or putting forth his views before it," the bench said.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">It, meanwhile, issued notice to the Centre on fresh pleas of former chief minister Nabam Tuki and Congress leader Bamang Felix against imposition of President's Rule.</span><br />
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Now How To Get Passport, What Documents You Should Submit.?

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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mADKHWMqDoQ/VqpGqwiFfyI/AAAAAAAACTQ/4JB-fzSvvLM/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mADKHWMqDoQ/VqpGqwiFfyI/AAAAAAAACTQ/4JB-fzSvvLM/s1600/download.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The ministry of external affairs has announced two major changes that will fast-track the process for first-time passport applicants and make it more                  convenient to secure an appointment at the local passport seva kendra.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Citizens will be granted a fresh passport under the normal category in a week if their applications are accompanied by three documents - copies of Aadhaar card, electoral photo identity card (EPIC) and PAN card - besides an affidavit in the format of Annexure-I (declaration of citizenship, family details and no criminal record).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Until now, the process would take a month, with the police verification eating up a lot of time.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Police verification of such applications will be conducted after the passport is issued. There will be no extra charge for the service, a statement issued by the ministry said. The process is subject to online validation of the Aadhaar number while processing and an approval from the granting officer.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br />
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1. If you submit application with copies of Aadhar, Voter ID and PAN Card with an affidavit of no criminal case, we will issue the Passport.</div>
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj/status/691605921462521856" pg="AS1_InlineMedia#AS1_Link#AS1_http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Get-passport-in-a-week-by-giving-four-documents/articleshow/50749610.cms" style="color: #3ca2c8; cursor: pointer; opacity: 0.8; text-decoration: none;">January 25, 2016</a></blockquote>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">In addition, EPIC and PAN cards may also be validated, if required, through respective databases in real time, before the application is approved. Besides, passports may also be impounded and revoked later, in case of adverse police reports.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; content: "."; display: block; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-regular1, roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">The idea of the upgrade is to liberalise the process without compromising on security, explained Anil Kumar Sobti, director of the passport division in the ministry. "There are plenty of inbuilt safeguards in our system which can instantly spot fake identities and forgeries. Most importantly, our system is linked to the Aadhaar database which helps conduct real-time verification of the applicant while s/he is still at the passport seva kendra,"</span></div>

Now How To Get Passport, What Documents You Should Submit.?

The ministry of external affairs has announced two major changes that will fast-track the process for first-time passport applicants and ma...