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“There is no better symbol of American greatness than PEPFAR,” John said during his opening remarks.
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Elton John joined a Senate Foreign Relations hearing to voice support for extending a bipartisan AIDS relief program.
Rijiju shares statement extending support to him over his remarks on retired judges
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Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju New Delhi: Days after a group of lawyers criticised him for his remarks on retired judges, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday shared on Twitter a statement extending support to him.
Rijiju retweeted a tweet by Sanket Gupta, who identifies himself on Twitter as a Supreme Court advocate.
“We support statement made by honourable law minister @KirenRijiju sir. Please fill and circulate,” Gupta said, sharing the statement.
“We, the undersigned, are regular and active practitioners of the legal profession. We have read with a sense of alarm reports appearing in the media that a paltry number of lawyers had issued a statement condemning the remarks of…Rijiju to the effect that three-four retired activist judges had been making anti-India statements…,” read the statement.
Addressing a media event here on March 18, the minister had claimed that a few retired judges and some activists who are part of the “anti-India gang” were trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of the opposition party.
Last week, more than 300 lawyers, including 62 senior advocates practising in the Supreme Court, had issued a statement condemning the comments made by Rijiju.
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#Rijiju #shares #statement #extending #support #remarks #retired #judges( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
CAG extending its outreach to include political executives
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New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s outreach is now being extended to include political executives to highlight audit concerns.
“The intent is to build a shared understanding of the most pressing concerns in governance and find possible solutions,” Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu said on Wednesday.
Murmu said that the media is a very powerful tool that adds value to society.
“In the Indian context, it has helped to disseminate the government’s plans and initiatives. As a probationer, you have to understand the perspective and vision of your department, and it should improve the country’s image in the international arena,” he said this during an orientation programme with the Officer Trainees of the Indian Information Service (IIS).
The probationers belong to three batches of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Murmu stressed that the public has the right to access fair and objective information, whether it is about the government or otherwise.
“As officers, you should be able to guide the ministries and departments, the dignitaries and functionaries you are going to cover. Here, positioning, marketing and principles will come to play a role. The core of your training is to learn these strategies, and the soft skills to add value to you work,” he said.
Noticing that most of the officers are from engineering background, Murmu said that technical skills should be used to handle the challenges of future media, especially with emerging self-help AI tools such as ChatGPT.
He said that the trainee IIS officers should gear up to meet the challenges posed by Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.
During the Q&A session, one of the probation officers asked Murmu if the CAG, which is the guardian of the public purse, actually enables citizens to know about the government’s expenditure and receipts in an informed way.
To this, the CAG replied that there are several IEC programmes for raising awareness on social audits.
Asked whether the perception of the CAG as a paper tiger was true or not, Murmu said “the CAG audits strengthen the accountability of government projects and, thereby, upholds the ideals of democracy”.
During the day-long session, senior CAG officers took sessions to explain the working of the institution. Deputy CAG, Ila Singh, spoke on the evolution of the CAG and the different types of audits it carries out with the highest professional standards.
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Special court should be careful before extending probe in anti-terror cases: HC
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said on Friday that before granting further extension to a probe agency to complete investigation in a case lodged under the anti-terror law, a special court has to apply its mind to ascertain the reasonable time required and extend the period of custody of accused for a period up to 90 days.
The high court said the report of public prosecutor is not required to be provided to the accused at the stage of grant of extension of remand for continued investigation.
However, the “accused cannot be a silent spectator” and the special court would be required to take into consideration his submissions while examining the report regarding the progress of investigation and the reasons for seeking further detention for continued probe, it said.
“As regards the issue whenever a report of the public prosecutor is presented for seeking extension of time for investigation beyond 90 days, the special court will apply its mind to find out the reasonable time required to complete the investigation and extend the period of custody for such period upto 90 days…
“Subject to the right of the investigating agency to seek further extension of remand if remand for less than 90 days is granted, based on a fresh report of the public prosecutor, upto a maximum of 90 days,” a bench of Justices Mukta Gupta and Anish Dayal said.
The high court said the special court would also be required to satisfy itself from the investigation carried out that there is sufficient material to form a reasonable belief that prima facie an offence under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is made out.
It said no reasons with regard to this will be required to be reflected in the order as the same would entail disclosure of the investigation carried out.
The bench in its 81-page judgement, dealt with the common issues raised in 10 appeals regarding the validity of extension of the period of detention beyond 90 days under Section 43D(2)(b) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
In these cases, the period of detention of the accused and investigation was extended from 90 days to 180 days.
Section 43 D (2) of the anti-terror law grants 90 days to the investigating agency to complete its probe and file the charge sheet. It, however, states if it is not possible to complete the investigation within that period, the court concerned may extend the deadline up to 180 days.
The high court said the essential requirements to be seen by the special court while extending the remand of the accused to complete the investigation include reasons evidencing the personal satisfaction of the public prosecutor regarding the progress of investigation made.
The other two requirements are “reasons indicating why the investigation could not be completed within the period of 90 days and further investigation required to be carried out for which extended period of time is necessary”.
All these three essential ingredients must form part of the public prosecutor’s report, based on which the special court will arrive at the satisfaction to extend the period of remand, the bench said.
The high court dismissed several of the appeals including those of accused Zeeshan Qamar, Mizha Siddeeque and Shifa Haris who had challenged the special court’s orders granting extension of time for investigation and remand, leading to continued detention.
It, however, granted default bail to accused Mushab Anwar and Dr. Rahees Rasheed and directed that they be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh with two sureties of the like amount.
The high court was informed that accused Mohd. Manan Dar has already been granted bail by the trial court.
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