Bharat H Gajjar, Milan Joshi Gujarat Unknown Harassed http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/info-on-schools-under-rti-invites-threat-calls/284602/
Rolly Shivhare Madhya Pradesh Unknown Harassed http://www.tehelka.com/story_main47.asp?filename=Ne091010Dead_Right.asp
Jai Prakash Arya Delhi Unknown Harassed http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/11-arrested-year-harassing-rti-activists-479
Dr. Gian Singh Delhi Unknown Harassed http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/11-arrested-year-harassing-rti-activists-479
Ram Sagar Delhi Unknown Harassed http://www.indianexpress.com/news/enquire-death-threats-to-whistleblower-cic-to-police-chief/746539/0
Sumankant Raichaudhari Bihar Unknown Harassed http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK-CWZVhWuG1iG-Y3lvwMk08E7Mg?docId=CNG.d82ee9d9f26a247464cd108ddda0b700.31
Piyusha Tiwari Rajasthan Unknown Harassed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-04/jaipur/28659030_1_rti-application-state-information-commission-ngo
Rayabhai Zapadiya Gujarat Unknown Harassed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/rajkot/28659293_1_rti-applicants-public-information-officer-rti-act
Razuddin Harayana Unknown Harassed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Mystery-clouds-death-of-journalist/articleshow/10240058.cms
Rukhminibhai Andhra Pradesh Unknown Harassed http://www.timesnow.tv/Teacher-fired-after-son-filed-RTI/articleshow/4394177.cms
Roshan Lobo Karnataka Unknown Harassed http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article2600579.ece
Bhadresh Wamja Gujarat Unknown Harassed http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315
Bhanjibhai Jogel and Bharatbhai Ghughal Gujarat Unknown Harassed http://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_rti-activists-have-always-been-targetted-in-gujarat_1608315
(Unknown) Maharashtra Unknown Harassed http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/mar/300312-Whistleblower-fears-for-safety-approaches-cops.htm
Lalji Makwana Gujarat Unknown Harassed http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_dalits-demur-complain-against-gujarat-police_1688975
Venkata Rao Andhra Pradesh Unknown Harassed http://www.asianage.com/hyderabad/fake-cases-against-rti-activists-fighting-graft-053
(Unknown) Maharashtra Unknown Harassed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Civic-body-reveals-identity-of-RTI-applicant-to-institutes/articleshow/15357409.cms
Nagendra Jaiswal Bihar Unknown Harassed http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Patna/Whistleblower-faces-threat-to-life-runs-for-cover/Article1-938272.aspx
Jeetendra Ghadge Maharashtra Unknown Harassed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-30/mumbai/34816272_1_rti-activists-rti-queries-rti-user
Manoranjan Roy Maharashtra Unknown Harassed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-30/mumbai/34816272_1_rti-activists-rti-queries-rti-user
Sunil Singh, Gulab Singh, Ram Milan Singh and Shiv Singh Uttar Pradesh Unknown Harassed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-08/kanpur/34993749_1_rti-application-rti-activist-rti-queries
Lalit Mehta Jharkhand 5/15/08 Killed http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/In-grief-over-a-murdered-NREG-activist-his-courage-is-healer/313893/
Kameshwar Yadav Jharkhand 6/7/08 Killed http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080609/jsp/frontpage/story_9385159.jsp
Venkatesh Karnataka 4/6/09 Killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/RTI-activist-was-murdered-Autopsy/articleshow/4386863.cms
Satish Shetty Maharashtra 1/13/10 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/article80222.ece
Arun Sawant Maharashtra 2/1/10 Killed http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm
Vishram Laxman Dodiya Gujarat 2/11/10 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article532051.ece
Shashidhar Mishra Bihar 2/14/10 Killed http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm
Sola Ranga Rao Andhra Pradesh 4/11/10 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article532051.ece
Vitthal Gite Maharashtra 4/21/10 Killed http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm
Dattatraya Patil Maharashtra 5/22/10 Killed http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm
Amit Jethwa Gujarat 7/20/10 Killed http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20100910271800400.htm
Vijay Pratap alias Babbu Singh Uttar Pradesh 7/25/10 Killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Home-guard-killed-for-seeking-info-under-RTI/articleshow/6225768.cms
Ramdas Ghadegaonkar Maharashtra 8/27/10 Killed http://www.hindustantimes.com/Not-enough-steps-taken-to-curb-attacks/Article1-594029.aspx
Sonu Haryana 2/10/11 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1447478.ece
Niyamat Ansari Jharkhand 3/2/11 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article1505888.ece
Amit Kapasia Gujarat 12/29/11 Killed http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Slain-Surat-builder-had-filed-30-RTI-queries/894167/
Shehla Masood Madhya Pradesh 8/16/11 Killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Anna-supporter-and-RTI-activist-shot-dead-in-Bhopal/articleshow/9622139.cms
S Bhuvaneswaran Tamil Nadu 1/10/12 Killed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-11/india/30615544_1_rti-applications-rti-activist-land-encroachment
Premkant Jha Maharashtra 2/26/12 Killed http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rti-activist-shot-dead-in-maharashtra/233920-3.html
Perumalla Suryanarayana Andhra Pradesh 6/22/12 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3561661.ece
Kapurchand Gupta Maharashtra 11/20/12 Killed http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-22/mumbai/35301931_1_multiple-stab-wounds-hawkers-nashik
Lingaraju Karnataka 11/20/12 Killed http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/rti-activist-murdered/article4116507.ece
Nadeem Saiyed Gujarat 11/5/11 Killed (Possibly for reason unrelated to RTI filed) http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_slain-rti-man-nadeem-saiyed-was-threatened-by-goon_1608607
Ramvilas Singh Bihar 12/8/11 Killed (Possibly for reason unrelated to RTI filed) http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activist-shot-dead-in-bihar/885698/0
V Balasubramanian Tamil Nadu 8/19/10 Killed (?) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/RTI-activist-found-dead-on-road/articleshow/6346865.cms
Jayesh Barot & Yogesh Shekhar Gujarat 11/13/11 Killed (?) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/BJP-ex-sarpanch-accused-of-killing-two-in-Halol/articleshow/12320267.cms
Ravinder Balwani Delhi 4/23/12 Killed (?) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/RTI-activist-dies-mysteriously-family-says-he-was-murdered/articleshow/13056722.cms
Jabbardan Gadhvi Gujarat 2/22/11 Killed self http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Denied-info-RTI-activist-immolates-self-in-Gujarat/articleshow/7543457.cms
Last updated on 7th Jan 2013
Other articles of relevance:
RTI information sought by whistle-blowers, since killed, to be made public http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2512796.ece
RTI Anonymous comes to the rescue of those afraid of being targeted for filing RTI applications http://www.moneylife.in/article/rti-anonymous-comes-to-the-rescue-of-those-afraid-of-being-targeted-for-filing-rti-applications/24402.html
Punjab government moves to protect 'whistle-blowers' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2218160/Punjab-government-moves-protect-whistle-blowers.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Haryana notifies policy for security of whistle blowers http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/haryana-notifies-policy-for-securitywhistle-blowers/66266/
Police protection to RTI activist remains on paper http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-23/thane/35982293_1_rti-activist-social-activists-vikrant-karnik
3rd DEGREE torture by POLICE World over due to Judicial irresponsibility
Match Fixing Judges of India
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CJI P Sathasivam led Bench refuses to extend Order; Jai Prakash Associates Limited to pay 25 crores
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to extend order passed by the predecessor bench, which granted interim protection to Jai Prakash Associates Limited from paying 25 Crores.
This civil appeal in the Supreme Court arises from a writ petition that was filed by Himprivesh Environment Protection Society before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh against setting up of cement plant and thermal plant by Jai Prakash Associates Limited (JAL). The High Court gave a judgment against JAL on 4th May, 2012 and imposed huge damages on the company. In the judgment, the High Court observed that the entire project of JAL was based on a “tissue of lies” and at every stage JAL has either given wrong information or has tried to mislead the authority.
It was found that JAL was guilty of making false statements for obtaining environmental clearances for all its projects. High Court quashed the environment clearance in respect of thermal plant. The High Court observed that even environment clearance with regard to cement plant is liable to be quashed but keeping in view livelihood of thousands of villagers, the same was allowed.
The Court further said, “After having discussed the matter in detail above and finding JAL guilty of deceit, we must make sure that neither JAL nor any other Company in the future behaves in such a manner. We have, therefore, decided to impose damages on JAL.” Damages worth Rs. 100 crores was imposed on JAL and that was supposed to be paid in four instalment of Rs. 25 crores each; the first to be paid by 31st August 2012; second by 31st March, 2013, third by 31st March 2014 and the last instalment by 31st March 2015.
JAL approached the Supreme Court against this order through a special leave petition. A Bench of Justices A K Patnaik and H L Gokhale on 26th November 2012, granted leave to appeal but a stay on the High Court order was refused. On 20th March, 2013 a Bench comprising of then Chief Justice of India, Justice Altamas Kabir gave extension of time for payment of 25 crores (which was supposed to be paid on 31st March, 2013) till 20th April, 2013. On 17th April, 2013 a Bench presided by Justice Kabir allowed the ‘interim order’ dated 20th March, 2013 to continue operation and the matter was listed for 8th May, 2013. On 8th May, 2013 the Court in its Order mentioned, “The stay granted shall continue till then”. However there was no ‘stay’ actually granted by the Court in any of the proceedings till then, though the 8th May order mentioned about a ‘stay’.
On 10th July, 2013 a Bench presided by Justice Kabir said, “Having heard learned counsel for the parties and since it has not been possible for this Bench to take up the matter, let it stand over till 23rd July, 2013, and be placed before the Bench presided over by Hon’ble the Chief Justice. Till then, the payment of the installment shall continue to be deferred.”
Yesterday, senior counsels Abhishek Manu Singhvi and V K Gupta sought for deferring payment of the installment. Justices P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi after going through the order dated 26th November, 2012 passed by Justices Justices A K Patnaik and H L Gokhale refusing a stay, came down heavily and refused to defer payment.
Porbandar judge accused of dowry harassment
Press Trust of India : Rajkot, Mon Jan 24 2011, 05:28 hrs
A complaint has been filed against District and Sessions judge of Porbandar for allegedly harassing his daughter-in-law for dowry, police said here on Sunday.
Darshana Dave, a native of Amreli, has filed a complaint against her husband Kinnar, father-in-law and district judge Arvind Dave, mother-in-law Pratibha and brother-in-law Prashant, the police added.
Darshana married Kinnar two years ago. Her complaint says that she was harassed from the beginning, and was even beaten up by the husband and in-laws, who were demanding Rs 10 lakh as dowry.
She has also alleged that she was thrown out of the house a few months back, and her husband is now seeking divorce, the police said.
Amreli Superintendent of Police H R Muliyana confirmed to have received the complaint against the judge and others. He said that action will be taken after verifying the complaint.
This is the second complaint related to dowry harassment filed against a judge in the state in the recent past.
Earlier, a woman had filed a complaint against additional sessions judge of Jetpur after her daughter and the judge's wife committed suicide.
Gurgaon judge to also face dowry harassment charge
Gurgaon's Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravneet Garg, booked for the murder of his wife, will also face dowry harassment charge, police here said Monday.
Police have issued notices to the CJM's father K.K. Garg and mother Rachna Garg, who have also been named in the dowry harassment case.
The CJM's father reached here Monday morning from Haryana's Panchkula town and contacted police, who wanted to question him.
"We had called CJM's parents...K.K. Garg was questioned by special investigation team (SIT)," Gurgaon Police Commissioner Alok Mittal said.
Mittal said on the basis of written complaint filed by the parents of the CJM's wife Geetanjali, penal sections of dowry harassment and extra-marital affair were included in the FIR lodged against the CJM Saturday.
Geetanjali, 24, bore three bullet wounds - on her chin, chest and stomach - but no bullets were found in her body that was recovered here Thursday. The CJM's licensed firearm was found near the body, police said.
Mittal said two bullets were seized from the scene of crime and would be sent for ballistic examination Monday, a day after ballistic experts examined the crime spot.
"The SIT Sunday questioned two women relatives of Ravneet Garg for hours at his government allotted house here in the Officers Colony," said Mittal.
"We have asked CJM to produce supporting evidences to prove his statement," he said.
The CJM allegedly said that his driver and domestic help may throw some light on his wife's death.
Judge Garg's in-laws alleged that two cars were provided to the accused on his and his family's demand. Rs.2 lakh were also delivered to him at the time of the admission of his daughters in school in May.
Geetanjali's brother Pradeep Aggarwal Saturday lodged a first information report against Garg and his parents, accusing them of murder.
"Ravneet and Geetanjali got married in November 2007. Everything was fine for a few years but the attitude of Ravneet and his parents towards Geetanjali started changing after she delivered two baby girls (now aged around four and a half and three years)," Aggarwal said in his complaint.
He demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his sister's murder.
Rs 100 crore offered for Gali Janardhan Reddy’s bail: Arrested judge
More skeletons are tumbling out in the murky cash-for-bail scam involving mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy as a lower court judge, arrested in the case, disclosed to the ACB that Gali's men were ready to offer as much as a staggering Rs 100 crore to secure bail for him. Earlier, the deal amount was put at Rs 15 crore.
T Lakshminarasimha Rao, the arrested judge, disclosed that Dasaradharami Reddy, a relative of Gali, had made the Rs 100 crore offer, according to the confession statement recorded by the ACB. Krishna Prasad, an auditor, who is known to him and another relative M Venkateswara Rao approached Lakshminarasimha Rao in the second week of April with a request to look for a `channel' to influence the CBI judge for Gali's release on bail. "They were in touch with Dasaradharami Reddy who was willing to pay even Rs 100 crore for securing the bail," the confession statement of Rao said. Though the deal initially came as a shock to the arrested judge, who at the time was registrar (enquiries), high court, he was later attracted towards the deal, it said.
Lakshminarasimha Rao called the CBI court judge B Nagamaruti Sarma to his residence on April 18 and tried to convince him on granting of bail to Gali. Sarma did not agree for the deal and went away rejecting the offer. He had, in fact, dismissed the bail plea. Then another person Raavi Surya Prakash Babu, a real estate dealer, who was taken to Bellary MLA Sriramulu by his associate Kolli Lakshmaiah Chowdary for striking the deal, approached Rao again. Surya Prakash had already met Sriramulu's nephew and Kampli MLA T H Suresh Babu who, too, was trying to secure bail for Gali and advised him to wait as Nagamaruti Sarma was not of 'their type'. But he requested Lakshminarasimha Rao to keep the `channel' open as the deal was "too lucrative to be ignored".
Later, in a strange sequence of events, Nagamaruti Sarma was shifted out of CBI court and a fresh bail plea was filed which came before another special judge T Pattabhirama Rao. Lakshminarasimha Rao roped in Pattabhi's batchmate D Prabhakar Rao, another district judge, who was with the state election commission as its secretary (legal). He also tried to push the deal but failed as Pattabhi told him that he would decide the matter on only `merit'. It turned out later that Pattabhi chose a 'route' planned by his friend Chalapati though the deal was only for Rs 5 crore. This was mainly because his friend did not put any precondition that he should meet Gali Somasekhara Reddy, brother of Gali Janardhana Reddy, before giving bail as was done by Prabhakar Rao, who was also arrested in the case. Prabhakar in his confession spoke of only Rs 15 core implying that he too was unaware of the whopping Rs 100-crore deal. While the ACB arrested Lakshminarasimha Rao on July 12, Pattabhi was arrested last month.
Interestingly, the ACB sleuths seized some cheques bearing the names of Lakshminarasimha Rao's family members with some complaint letters written by advocates against some AP high court judges. The letters were addressed to the President of India.
‘Corrupt judges must face the music’
Corruption exists in the Indian judiciary. A few judges are inappropriately influenced in their decision making. Saying this is A P Shah, former chief justice of the high courts of Madras and Delhi.
Shah lived up to his reputation for calling a spade a spade on Saturday, when he delivered a speech on judicial appointments and accountability at a function organized by the Nani Palkhivala Foundation and the Govindh Swaminadhan Trust at the Music Academy .
“Corruption has spread its tentacles and does not seem to be limited to conventional forms of bribery,” he said. Stating that judges guilty of misconduct should face prosecution, he said judicial independence should not protect a judge from investigation and censure for a valid charge.
The country remembers Justice Shah for his orders in the Delhi high court decriminalizing ‘unnatural sexual offences’ under Section 377 of IPC and ruling that the office of the Chief Justice of India too was amenable to the RTI Act. But, Chennai remembers the no-nonsense jurist for being instrumental in the removal of giant hoardings in the city. Sitting with Justice K Chandru, he quashed the political exemption granted to unauthorised buildings in the city, and it was because of his orders that many public buildings today offer a barrier-free environment to disabled people.
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