NATIONAL OCTOBER 2010

NATIONAL OCTOBER 2010

• Six more CBI Courts will be opened in the A.P. State by the end of this year, of which four of them will be in Hyderabad and two at Vishakhapatnam. Total of 81 special courts have been opened through out the country so as to speed up the trial of CBI cases.
• Karnataka High Court disqualifies 11 BJP rebel M.L.A.s.
• 27 micro–earthquakes occurred in five days at Sachivayalanagar of Vanasthalipuram in Hyderabad. The magnitude of 0.3 on Richter scale was recorded.
• Central Environment Ministry announced elephant as Heritage animal.
• In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court said that a woman who had ended a “live-in” Relationship was entitled to maintenance provided it met four parameters. The four conditions laid down by a bench comprising justices Markandey Katju and T.S Thakur were:(a)The couple must have been akin to spouses before society;(b)They must be of legally of marriageable age;(c)They must be unmarried; (d)They must have cohabited voluntarily as spouses for a significant period of time.
• India launched the National Green Tribunal, becoming the third nation to have a special court for environmental issues. The former Supreme Court Judge, Lokeshwar Singh Patna, will be its chairperson. The tribunal will have four regional benches.
• Haryana Government imposed complete ban on use, storage and re-cycle of plastic bags. The other states which have already imposed ban are: Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh.
• According to Indian Army, during the last 20 years there were 1,514 complaints of alleged human rights violations were received from Jammu and Kashmir. 104 officers were found guilty out of 1,508 cases of investigations on human rights violations.
• The inquiry commission headed by Justice V Bhaskara Rao on police firing on protesters after Macca Masjid blast in Hyderabad submitted his report to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Committee was constituted in June 2007 to submit the report in 3 months.
• The Supreme Court has ruled that Judges should have basic computer knowledge at the time of appointment and a candidate who fails to fulfill the requirement can be denied employment.