REGULARISATION OF UNAUTHORISED COLONIES AND LAYOUTS CHALLENGED AT DELHI HIGH COURT

REGULARISATION OF UNAUTHORISED COLONIES AND LAYOUTS-CHALLENGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr.H.R. Suri filed a petition, challenging the powers of the DDA to frame regulations for regularisation of unauthorised colonies in 2008, saying that no such provision for regularisation of unplanned and illegal massive construction was permissible under the Delhi Development Act. Furthermore, the petitioner alleged that the DDA had failed in curbing unauthorised construction, and to cover up its laxity, it illegally regularised as many as 567 unauthorised colonies in 1990.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Shah Endlaw also issued notice, returnable by May 2, to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on the issue.

On Friday The Delhi High Court issued notice to central and Delhi governments on a plea challenging their powers to regularise unauthorised colonies. Even the Delhi government was barred, under a constitutional provision relating to land development and colonisation, to frame any rules in the matter, the petition maintained.

Anna nominated for Prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize!!!!!

Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare @ Anna Hazare had been nominated for the prestigious The International Gandhi Peace Prize. Others who are nominated are Nobel Peace prize winner Aung, San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former President APJ Abdul Kalam, Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and the late singer Bhupen Hazarik

The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, was awarded annually until 2005. Launched in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, it is given to individuals and institutions for their contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian The award carries Rs 1 crore in cash, a plaque and a citation.

SUPREME COURT CAN STRIKE DOWN DECISIONS WHICH ARE UN CONSTITUTIONAL

Justice AK Ganguly, who retired on Thursday, who was on the two-member bench of the Supreme Court that cancelled 122 licences, on Monday asserted that the courts can certainly scrutinise and strike down policy decisions which are unconstitutional?  He said "Under our Constitution, judicial review is one of its basic features, and, in exercise of such judicial review, the Court can certainly scrutinise and even strike down policy decisions of the executive when such decisions are unconstitutional,"

Former Lok Sabha Speaker and noted lawyer Somnath Chatterjee was very critical about the judgement and said that courts cannot interfere with executive policies and decisions; even by justifying that larger public interest is involved and Justice Ganguly felt that the right to criticise a judgement is virtually part of one's freedom of speech guaranteed under the Constitution.

Justice Ganguly further stated that "The judgement was rendered in clear discharge of duty by the Court....This is the plainest duty of the court under the Constitution and in discharging such duties, Court does not act above the Constitution but acts in accordance with it."

YUVI - GET WELL SOON

INDIA PRAYS FOR THE GOOD HEALTH OF YUVARAJ SINGH

BEATING THE RETREAT CEREMONY-2012 AND THE REPUBLIC DAY PARADE AWARDS

Curtain Raiser – Beating Retreat Ceremony 2012

Continuing with the tradition, Indian tunes will be the flavour of the ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony this year. As many as 14 of the 27 performances have been composed by Indian musicians; just seven popular tunes by foreign musicians have been retained, interspersed five times with ‘Fanfare’, a collage by Buglers, and the ‘Drummers Call’, a traditional performance by only the  drummers.

            The ceremony at the Vijay Chowk on January 29^th every year marks the culmination of the four-day-long Republic Day celebrations. A total of 39 Bands from the three Services will perform at the ceremony. Out of these, 14 are Military Bands, while 17are of Pipes and Drums. Navy and Air Force will be represented by eight Bands.

The arrival of the President will be sounded by Fanfare comprising of 14 Trumpeters, 32 Buglers and 14 Echo Buglers, placed strategically along the North & South Blocks,Vayu and Rail Bhawans.

This will be followed by playing of the tune of National Anthem and a tune ‘Parameshwar’, composed by Captain Mahendra Das NK.

Thereafter, Army’s Massed Pipes and Drums Bands will play a total of six tunes, - ‘General Tappy’, a quickmarch tune, ‘Chipli Naach’, a slow march tune, ‘The Hundred Pipers’, a quick march tune, ‘Louden’s Bonnie Woods & Brass’, a strathspey tune, ‘The High road to Linton’, a reel tune and ‘Queen of Hill’, a quick march tune.

After these tunes, Air Force and Navy will play six tunes. Everest, Skylark, Rhythm of the Waves, Twilight, Renaissance and Sea Patrol.

This will be followed by the massed military bands of the Indian Army playing ‘Nakhreli Joban, Almora, Sarangi, Post Horn Gallop and Redetzky March’.  Thereafter, all the massed military bands will play the ‘Vijayee Himalaya’, after Pipe & Drums Band play ‘Drummer Call’. After that will be played ‘Abide with Me’, the eternally enchanting hymn, a favourite tune of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.  The Buglers will retreat to the sound of ‘Sare Jahan se Achha’, penned by Iqbal, and arranged by Prof A. Lobo, before the illuminations.

‘Beating the Retreat’ has emerged as an event of national pride when the Colours and Standards are paraded. The ceremony traces its origins to the early 1950s when Major Roberts of the Indian Army indigenously developed the unique ceremony of display by the massed bands. ‘Beating Retreat’ marks a centuries old military tradition, when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms and withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camps at sunset at the sounding of the Retreat. Colours and Standards are cased and flags lowered. The ceremony creates a nostalgia for the times gone by.

Republic Day – 2012 Awards

Three panels of judges were appointed for assessing the performance of Marching Contingent from three Services, Marching Contingent from Para­Military Forces and Tableaux from various States/ Ministries/Departments and School Children items from schools of Delhi as well as outside Delhi.

On the basis of the assessment of the panels of judges, the results of the competitive presentation of Services contingents, Para-military forces contingents, tableaux and school children items, participated in the Republic Day Parade, 2012 are as under:-

I. BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT AMONG THE THREE SERVICES

INDIAN AIR FORCE

II. BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT AMONG PARA-MILITARY FORCES AND            OTHER AUXILARY MARCHING CONTINGENTS

BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF)

III. BEST THREE TABLEAUX

FIRST                                     Ministry of Human Resources Development

                                                (Deptt. of School Education & Literacy)            SECOND                               Goa                                                 THIRD                                   Karnataka                                                                                          IV. BEST SCHOOL CHILDREN ITEMS.

(i)            GOVT. SARVODAYA KANYA VIDYALAYA, HASTSAL, DELHI

(KodiyanchaKarvan)

(ii)           NORTH CENTRAL ZONE CULTURAL CENTRE, ALLAHABAD

(Gudum Baja of Madhya Pradesh)

V. CONSOLATION PRIZE

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SCHOOL, R.K. PURAM, NEW DELHI

(ShikshaSarvatraPujayate)

3. In addition to the above, tableau presented by the C.P.W.D. has been selected for a Special Prize.

Ashoka Chakra conferred to Lieutenant Navdeep Singh

The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lieutenant Navdeep Singh (Posthumous) of the Army Ordnance Corps / 15th Battalion, The Maratha Light Infantry, at the beginning of the 63rd Republic day celebrations, in New Delhi on January 26, 2012. The Award was received by his father Subedar Major, Honorary Lieutenant (Retd.) Joginder Singh.

INTEREST RATES MIGHT GO DOWN

Due to the resurregence and recovery in the economy, the RBI might revise the interest rates which had been on the raise in the past few years and thus the borrowers will heave a sigh of relief from ever increasing interest rates in the country.

RBI DIRECTS THE PUBLIC TO LODGE POLICE COMPLAINTS AGAINST CYBER CRIME AND FRAUD -FICTIOUS OFFERS-ONLINE

The Reserve Bank of India has today advised members of public to immediately register a complaint with the local police/cyber crime authorities when they receive fictitious offers of money from abroad or if they are victims of such offers. It has also placed, on its website, the list of such nodal agencies with whom the public can register complaints.

The Reserve Bank has, on several occasions in the past, cautioned the members of public against falling prey to fictitious offers/lottery winnings/remittance of cheap funds in foreign currency from abroad by so-called foreign entities/ individuals or to Indian residents acting as representatives of such entities/individuals. It has stated that such offers are fraudulent and has advised the public to immediately register a complaint with the local police/cyber crime authorities when they receive such offers or become a victim of any such fraud.

Members of public have also been cautioned against making any remittance towards participation in such schemes/offers from unknown entities since such remittances are illegal and any resident in India collecting and effecting/remitting such payments directly/indirectly outside India is liable to be proceeded against for contravention of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. They are also liable for violation of regulations relating to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms/Anti Money Laundering (AML) standards.

The Reserve Bank has further stated that it does not undertake any type of money arrangement, by whatever name called, and it does not take any responsibility for recovering moneys remitted in response to such bogus communication.

LOANS-SECURED- POWERS TO THE BANKS UNDER SARFAESI ACT- READ THIS BEFORE ???????

Sarfaesi act

·  The Bank is entitled to take actual possession of the secured assets from the borrower or from any other person in terms of Sec 13 (4) of the Act.

·  Any transfer of secured assets after taking possession of the same by the Bank shall vest in the transferee all rights in relation to the secured assets as if the transfer was made by the owner of such assets.

·  Any party aggrieved by such dispossession will have to take recourse to approaching the DRT under Sec 17(4) of the Act.

·  If the party is dispossessed, not in accordance with the provisions of the Act, then DRT is entitled to put the clock back by restoring the status quo ante.

·  Where the taking of possession comes in conflict with the local law (like Rent Control Act), the provisions of Sec 13(4) shall override the local law.

·  Sec 13(13) of the Act operates as an attachment/injunction restraining the borrower from disposing of the secured assets and, therefore, any tenancy created after such notice would be null and void.

·  Any tenancy created by the mortgagor after the mortgage in favour of the Secured Creditor in contravention of Sec 65 A of the Transfer of Property Act would not be binding on the Bank and in any event such tenancy rights shall stand determined once action under Sec 13(4) has been taken by the Bank.

·  When tenancy rights prior to the creation of the mortgage is claimed and such tenancy is disputed by the Bank, the person claiming tenancy rights has to approach DRT by way of an application under Sec 17 of the Act to establish such rights.

2804 Acres of Government land is encroached by LAND MAFIA – A revenue Department Report to the Govt- A news paper publication

The State Government appointed a Legislature Committee to study the land grabbing and encroachment of Government lands in the state and at Bangalore rural and urban districts and the committee submitted startling report that over 20,000 acres of Govt land had been encroached.  The Govt formed a SPECIAL TASK FORCE FOR THE RECOVERY OF ENCROACHED LAND, headed by retired IAS officer Mr.V.Balasubramanian to verify and suggest various measures to stop such encroachments and the procedures to recover the same.

Based on the reports of the Joint Legislature Committee and STF reports, the Revenue Department conducted internal investigation and formed 60 teams to detect the encroachments.  The team stumbled upon over 428 cases and found that over 2804 acres of Government land had been encroached by fraudsters by fabricating documents. Most of the cases are related to Inamthi lands, grant land and by the orders by the DC (who is under suspension).

The Revenue department has suggested that the lands must be recovered from the mafia, which is worth over few thousand crores and initiate criminal proceedings against the offenders.

Majority of such fake/fabricated documents and properties are found in Bangalore North District, which includes 41 villages, 609 alleged fraudsters and over 1204 acres of land only in VARTHUR,BIDARAHALLY,K.R.PURAM and 840 acres in Bangalore East Taluk.

It is also said that the discovery is just the tip off the iceberg, more land grabbing cases are yet to be detected.

Buyers in these areas are advised caution.  Most of the grant lands appear to be Government Lands.