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POLITICS

Who is BBM in Haryana ?

There is one IAS officer very close to Haryana Chef Minister B S Hooda and he is now known as BBM. Do you know what is the meaning of BBM? It means "Beokuf banane wali machine ".Guess the name.

How many politicians and bureaucrats own property in Dubai ?
Intelligence agencies are now in possession of the list of Indian politicians and bureaucrats owning property in Dubai.


BUREAUCRACY


Salim Ali to be VC, Jamia Millia ?

Special Director, CBI , K Salim Ali is likely to be appointed Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamic University. The 1978 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer Ali is scheduled to retire on November 30, Finally the choice of Lt Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung will prevail.

300 complaints against IAS officers
Around 300 complaints of irregularities have been lodged with the Government of India against IAS officers during last three years.

Kaushal Srivastava to be Member, CBEC !
Kaushal Srivastava, presently Chief Commissioner, Central Excise in Delhi has been cleared for Member in CBEC. The file will now be moved to ACC. The post has been lying vacant for over 7 months. Srivastava belongs to 1978 batch.

Jain to be new Member of CBDT
In all probability A K Jain will be new Member of the CBDT. He is a 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

D K Jain to be AS, Agriculture
D K Jain is being elevated as Additional Secretary, Agriculture. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

IPS officer Mukesh Jain appointed JS, Power
Mukesh Jain has been appointed as JS in the Ministry of Power. He is currently PS to the Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Jain, a Gold medalist Electronics and Telecommunication engineer, is also an alumnus of IIM - Ahmedabad and John F Kennedy school of Government, Harvard University. At Harvard University, Mukesh Jain had the distinction of receiving the Raymond and Josephine Vernon Book award and also the Litterateur Fellow award as Edward Mason Fellow. The buzz is that he will also continue to be working as PS to the Minister of Power Scindia .He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Malhotra empanelled to the rank of Secretary in GoI
A K Malhotra has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IFoS officer.

Behuria empanelled to the rank of Secretary in GoI
P S Behuria has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is a 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Kashyap empanelled to the rank of Secretary in GoI
Rajendra Kashyap has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IRAS officer.

Gopinath empanelled to the rank of Secretary in GoI
P Gopinath has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IPoS officer.

Chopra empanelled as Addl. Secy in GoI
Ravi Kant Chopra has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IDES officer of 1978 batch.

Satnam Singh and Power Finance Corporation
MoS (IC) Ministry of Power has reportedly taken a hard stand on the rejection of extension on alleged complaints against CMD, PFC. He has recommended non extension to Satnam Singh to ACC. Satnam Singh has already completed his 5 years and insiders are bemused at the incorrect interpretation to ACC directions regarding tenures mandated by ACC. Removal during the period of appointments only requires approval of ACC. Since Shri Satnam Singh's tenure is over, his continued stay as CMD is technically flawed. Meanwhile the CMD goes about his duties. The SEBI may something to say since PFC is a listed company.

M L Sharma to retire with Satyanand Mishra
Information Commissioner M L Sharma has resigned from the Commission and will demit office on September 4 which is the last day for Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra in office. He was scheduled to retire on September 8.

Most expensive election of President in Gymkhana Club
This time all records will be broken. Election of the President Gymkhana Club Delhi which is going to take place on September 27 will be the most expensive one in the history of the Club. Though four candidates are in the fray ,tie is mainly said to be between a serving Secretary in the GoI and former R&AW Chief A S Dulat. It may be recalled that Dulat had been a popular President of the Club earlier also.

No candidate turns up for interview of Director (Fin), ITI Ltd
No candidate turned up for the interview held by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on August 13, 2013 to select a person for the post of Director (Finance), ITI Limited. The Board has recommended the Department of Telecommunication for exploring the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis.

P K Singh gets new assignment in Petroleum Ministry
Joint Secretary, Petroleum , P K Singh will now look after the desk of gas pricing, acquisition of E&P assets abroad. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

NH Khan is all set to join SSB on deputation basis
As the grapevine has is it, Nayyar Hasnain Khan is all set to join Sashastra Seema Bal. Khan, a 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, is currently serving as DIG, Magadh Range.

Ganesh Kr poised to join IB on central deputation?
As the grapevine has it, Ganesh Kumar may soon move on central deputation to join IB. Kumar is Bihar cadre IPS officer of 2000 batch. He is presently serving as SSP, Gaya.

Harikesh transferred to Delhi
SP, CBI , Bhilai ,Harikesh has been transferred to Delhi.

Nageshwar Rao to move to Chennai
SP, CBI in Visakhapatnam, Nageshwar Rao has been transferred to Chennai.

Sarwashrestha Ambastha is CVO of MSTC
The Competent Authority has approved for proposal of the Ministry of Steel for appointment of Sarwashrestha Ambastha, Sr Commandant, CISF(92) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Metal Scrap Trading Corporation(MSTC) with additional charge of Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited (HSCL), Kolkata under the Ministry of Steel. On his appointment as CVO, the officer will have the option to draw either the pay of the post or pay in the parent cadre plus deputation(duty) allowance thereon plus personal pay, if any.


NTPC to change its logo !

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is mulling over the suggestion of Government of India whether it should change its logo.

Md Shabaz Ali empanelled as JS in GoI
Md Shabaz Ali has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

Bandhyopadhayay to be Airport Manager, Dhaka
Air India officer, P Bandhyopadhayay has been appointed as Airport Manager, Dhaka.

Applications for Executive Secretary, JPC invited
Ministry of Steel has invited applications from the eligible persons for the post of Executive Secretary, Joint Plant Committee (JPC), an Instauration established by Government of India to collect data on Indian Steel industry. The willing officers can apply for the post at the earliest.

DoPT invites applications for Secretary, NBA
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department at the earliest.


Nine IAS probationers get postings in MP

As many as nine IAS probationers of 2011 batch, who completed their trainings, have been given postings in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Harjinder Singh has been posted as SDO (Revenue), Jaora, Ratlam while Mohit Bundas will be SDO (Revenue), Bichhia, Mandla and Mrs Ruchika Chauhan is SDO (Revenue), Saunsar, Chhindwara. Similarly, V S Chaudhary Kolsani has been posted as SDO (Revenue), Maihar, Satna; Ms Anugrah P as Assistant Collector, Ujjain; B Vijay Dutta as Assistant Collector, Rewa; Saurabh Kumar Suman as Assistant Collector, Jabalpur and Vijay Kumar J has been posted as Assistant Collector, Sagar.

Satya Gopal transferred to Arunachal
Satya Gopal has been transferred from Chandigharh to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

(We said this on july 20, 2013)

Rashmi Krishnan goes to Andaman & Nicobar
Ms Rashmi Krishnan has been transferred from Delhi to Andaman. She is a 2001 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Janak Digal moved to Arunachal
Janak Digal has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Gyanesh Bharti transferred to Delhi
Gyanesh Bharti has been transferred from Daman to Delhi. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sanjiv Kumar moves to Arunachal Pradesh
Sanjiv Kumar has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Krishnamurthy moves from Goa
P Krishnamurthy has been transferred from Goa to Andaman. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Verma returns from central deputation
Ashish Chandra Verma has returned from central deputation to Government of India to Delhi Government. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Thakur transferred to Delhi
Rupesh Kumar Thakur has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Satija moves to Delhi
Amit Satija has been transferred from Andaman to Delhi. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sanjay Kumar transferred to Delhi
Sanjay Kumar has been transferred from Andman to Delhi. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

R Sridharan to be Additional Secretary Mines (UPDATED)
R Sridharan is being appointed Additional Secretary Mines in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

(We said this on July 12, 2013)

Few names for President's Medal (UPDATED)
Anand Kumar and Shekhar Kumar, SP.s in Bihar, are likely to be conferred with the President Police Award.HGS Dhaliwal, IPS AGMUT cadre, is likely to be conferred with the President Police Medal.Rahul agrawal, IPS WB cadre, is likely to be conferred with the President Police Medal.Rauf-Ul-Hasan, IPS J&K cadre, is likely to be conferred with the President Police Medal on the eve of Independence Day.

Srinivasa Rao promoted as IG in AP (UPDATED)
V V Srinivasa Rao has been promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of this State cadre.

Akhilesh Ranjan posted as Joint Secretary, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Akhilesh Ranjan has been appointed as Joint Secretary (FT&TR-I) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue for a period of five years.

Ms Kalpana Singh appointed as Under Secretary, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Kalpana Singh has been appointed as Under Secretary (Inv. IV) in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue for a period of three years.

Tenure of Rajeev Prasad Singh extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Rajeev Prasad Singh, Commissioner of Income Tax presently working in DEA on loan basis has been extended for a further period of one more month.

Three IRSME officers get posting (UPDATED)
There are postings of three officers in Railway. Accordingly, Niraj Srivastava and Abhjit Singh of SG/IRSME/SCR, have been transferred to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity while S K Bharti, SG/IRSME/ER, was posted to North Eastern Railway.

Amitabh Verma to head Inland Waterways Authority of India (UPDATED)
Amitabh Verma is being appointed Chairman of the Inland WaterwaysAuthority of India in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Six IAS officers transferred in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, B D Nandakumar has been posted as Commissioner for Collegiate Education, Bangalore while G S Shivaswamy will now be Commissioner for Sericulture Development & Director of Sericulture, Bangalore and M V Vedamurthy is posted as Commissioner, Religious and Charitable Endowment and E/o Joint Secretary, Revenue Department, Bangalore. Similarly, V Yashwanth has been appointed as Special Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Bangalore; Dr N V Prasad as Commissioner, Land Acquisition, Upper Krishna Project, Bagalkot and Dr K V Thrilok Chandra was made Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Intelligence), Bangalore.

SAIL achieves 5% growth in sales in April-June-2013 (UPDATED)
SAIL's relentless drive to fast-track its modernisation & expansion plan (MEP), resulted in commissioning of projects worth Rs 2700 crore in April-June 2013, the highest in any quarter , since inception. The company's capital expenditure during Q-1FY14 was Rs. 2082 crore. Under the Modernization & Expansion Plan, cumulative orders worth Rs 58,579 crore were placed and an expenditure of Rs 46,064 crore incurred until June '13.In April-June'13 quarter, the significant projects which have commenced production, included the new 7 meter tall battery complex along with coke dry cooling plant and the 2500-mm wide slab caster, both at Rourkela Steel Plant. Maintaining its thrust on higher sales, the company achieved a growth of 5% in total sales during the quarter April-June'13 which were 2.62 million tonnes, as against 2.49 million tonnes in the corresponding quarter of last year. Production of value added steel touched the best ever Q1 mark, at 1.29 MT, a y-o-y growth of 4%. Efficiency in production also got a boost with specific energy consumption lower by 2% than CPLY, and BF productivity better by 1%. Chairman, SAIL C S Verma said, "The much-awaited capacity addition in SAIL has taken concrete shape with the commencement of hot metal production from India's largest operational blast furnace at our Rourkela steel plant. This ushers in, an era of quantum jump in SAIL's production capacity, which will enable us fulfil the country's growing demand of quality steel."There was an improvement of 2 % in concast production, and captive power generation increased by 8 % compared to CPLY. The unaudited financial results of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the quarter April-June '13 were taken on record by its Board of Directors today. The company recorded Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 451 crore in Q1 of FY14, down 35% compared to Rs 696 crore in CPLY.

GAGAN to be operationalized for aviation in the coming months (UPDATED)
GAGAN certification programme crossed yet another milestone on Tuesday, 13th August, 2013 when K N Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation released the GAGAN Certification documents to Sh. Arun Mishra, Director General of Civil Aviation in the presence of V P Agrawal, Chairman AAI in a function organised by Airports Authority of India at the Corporate Headquarters, New Delhi. More than 150 documents/artefacts prepared for GAGAN from the stage of its initial conception to the stage of operational testing and evaluation, Reviews conducted by expert groups were on display. V Somasundaram, Member (Air Navigational Services), briefing on the occasion, stated that the development of documents have been the collective effort of ISRO, AAI and DGCA for the past four years and is a milestone for Certification process of GAGAN. The GAGAN certification process is the first unique exercise where the regulator, DGCA officials have worked in tandem with service providers and system developers to reach the current milestone. India will soon have the GAGAN operationalized initially meeting Required Navigation Performance specifications of 0.1 for en-route and non-precision approach operations and subsequently GAGAN will be operationalized for Approach with Vertical approach guidance providing ILS like approaches to most of the Runway ends. GAGAN will be the fourth operational SBAS in the world leading Indian Aviation into the era of GNSS. K N Srivastava, Secretary, speaking on the occasion, complemented the entire team for the milestone progress. He urged DGCA and AAI to take up with the airline operators for appropriate aircraft equipage ensuring a successful business models are prepared and time bound plan is worked out.

Amitabh Jain posted as Secretary, Forest, Industries & Commerce in CG (UPDATED)
On return from central deputation, Amitabh Jain has been appointed as Secretary, Forest and Industries & Commerce in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Sunil Kumar Kujur appointed CEO, ECI (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Kujur has been appointed as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh.

Mrs Sanjukta Mudgal posted Director, Literacy school in GoI (UPDATED)
Mrs Sanjukta Mudgal has been appointed as Director, Literacy School, New Delhi on deputation. She is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Charan Jeet Singh goes on central deputation in Rural Development (UPDATED)
Charan Jeet Singh has been appointed to Central deputation in Rural Development Department in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Major reshuffle of IFS officers in MP (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr A K Bhattacharya has been appointed as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Member Secretary, MP State Bamboo Mission and Handicraft Development Board while Rajesh Shrivastava will now be CCF, State Minor Produce Federation and Arun Kumar is CCF(Finance & Budget) in PCCF office. Similarly, Ramesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as CCF (Administration-2), PCCF office; P C Dubey as CCF, Ujjain circle; R R Okhandiar as CCF, Indore circle; Pankaj Shrivastava as CCF, Khandwa circle; Satish Chandra as CCF, Research and Expansion circle, Indore; Ramesh Kumar Shrivastava as CCF, Shivpuri circle; Dr Atul Kumar Shrivastava as OSD, Forest Department, Bhopal; Mahendra Singh Dhakad as Commissioner, Command Area, WRD, Bhopal; Prashant Kumar Jadhav as CCF, Associate Professor, IIFM, Bhopal; Vibhash Kumar Thakur as CCF, Panchayat & Rural Development, Bhopal on deputation and Vivek Jain was made CCF (Land Management), PCCF office, Bhopal.

Police Medals announced (UPDATED)
As many as 864 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. President's Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to six personnel, Police Medals for Gallantry to 132 personnel, President's Police Medals for Distinguished Service to 87 personnel and Police Medals for Meritorious Service to 639 personnel. For more information, visit following link...
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98280

Shyam Lal Gaur gets Police Medal (UPDAED)
Shyam Lal Gaur, SI/Railway Board/SWR, has been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Services.

Shukdev Raj awarded President's medal (UPDATED)
Shukdev Raj, IPF, Ambala/Northern Railway, has been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Services.


CORPORATE

Sattar appointed Non Exec. Director, Orbit Corporation Limited
Orbit Corporation Limited has appointed Prof Abdus Sattar as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Potluri re-appointed CMD, SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd
SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd has re-appointed Ramesh Babu Potluri as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company for a period of three years w.e.f. December 1, 2013

Kumar appointed CS, Honda Siel Power Products Limited
Honda Siel Power Products Limited has appointed Rahul Kumar as the Company Secretary (CS) of the company.


Sharma resigns as Non-Execut Ind. Director, PG Electroplast Limited

Kailash Pati Sharma has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of PG Electroplast Limited.

Bhargava resigns as CS, Gabriel India Limited
Anshul Bhargava has resigned as Company Secretary (CS) of Gabriel India Limited

Deshpande appointed CS, Gabriel India Limited
Sarang Deshpande has been appointed as Company Secretary (CS) of Gabriel India Limited.

Jairaj appointed Addl. Director,
Royal Orchid Hotels Limited has appointed K Jairaj as an Additional Director of the company.

Three Ind. Directors appointed on Board of Euro Multivision Limited
Euro Multivision Limited has appointed Anish K Shah, Chandresh M Shah and Pravin G Vira as independent directors of the company.

Srinivasan appointed CS, Orient Green Power Company Limited
Orient Green Power Company Limited has appointed P Srinivasan as a Company Secretary (CS) of the company.

Mathur resigns as Director, Tube Investments of India Limited
S B Mathur has resigned as Director of Tube Investments of India Limited

Bang appointed CS, Thomas Scott (India) Limited
Thomas Scott (India) Limited has appointed Ms Rashi Bang as Company Secretary (CS) of the company.


FORUM

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Frequent Transfers of Upright officers

If an officer is honest, he is transferred many times in his service span. Please mention the names of officers who are transferred very less in their service. This will automatically prove the credentials of these kind of officers.

AKS

Twitter & votes or titter-bitter ?

It is a sign of Indians gaining real time "independence' from most things British and growing bonds of friendship with the Americans! whatever happens or doesn't happen in America is replicated by the 'elite' in India. In America, the political parties make use of the social media, so Indians are zealously following them. Even the Government of India has been sold the idea and tweeting has gained more importance in Indian parliamentary democracy than a starred question or a calling attention notice! A new American study has proved that tweets do bring votes and social media converts such activity into real votes. As the entire report is not available, it can only be conjectured that the study must have decisively proved that Obama won his second term only due to his success in using the social media, especially tweets successfully. The Study sums up that Obama & his supporters managed to get more votes for the "Democrats", resulting in the loss of votes to the "Republicans". Excellent! But can it succeed in India too? I have my doubts. One reason is that we are not limited to only the democrats and the republicans; we have more indigenous political thinkers than the entire galaxy of luminaries the west can boast of, who have paled every single political thinker from Hobbes, Locke to Karl Marx. Besides, we use titter-bitter more successfully than twitter-bwitter. Don't ask me to explain please, the netizens are making liberal contributions to the lexicon daily!


M L Gupta

National Level Shorthand Competition for CSSS Cadre

CSSS officers these days do not want to be bracketted as stenographers. In the era of computers and against the principles of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, they illegally do not fair typing of the demi official letters being issued from the side of their controlling officers. Further, they are fighting court cases with the Central Secretariat Officers for their infiltration in the later's cadre. They have been subservient enough and now they want to make others subservient.

Satya Prakash

National level shorthand test

It seems to be a very good idea of a very productive mind congrats, I would like to go one step ahead as computer literacy is a must in today's environment why we should not introduce computer led typing competition for all IAS, IPS, IFS and especially for CSS as they are the mainstay of bureaucracy and in the changing environment typing out on computer is a necessity and demand of the day. This should be a combined test for all govt. servants starting from Cabinet Secretary to all Govt. servants in service and award should be given on Civil Services day.

Ravi


Why not replace Indian democracy with mafia rule ?

Is it not remarkable that the entire political class represented by the country's parliament rose up to a man to oppose the RTI Act for politicians and the Supreme Courts order debarring criminals from entering parliament ? It would be better to do away with this charade called Indian democracy and replace it with straight forward mafia rule made popular in Sicily with terms like la cosa nostra (our cause) and the code of omerta ( code of silence).Periodic murders would silence inconvenient police officers and magistrates. Sudden road accidents called death due to cardiac arrest would suffice for others including the aam aadmi.


D Choudhury

Some sour facts about Rotational Transfer Policy

There must have been some brainstorming discussion amongst the policy makers who have decided to introduce Rotational Transfer Policy RTP) for Central Government employees at all level. I presume at upper level (All India Services etc.) this is inherent and thus mind & body is always ready to accept this as the fortune of job. But I have few facts to share from what I have listened/faced from my colleague's experience particularly concerning age of a person (especially I am speaking for lower level officials or say upto S.O. level that too for the persons who had put their 100% for service) after which one should not be disturbed from one's cadre. To explain, I want to put an example. Think, if a person is working for 30 years in a particular Ministry, many officers and officials come to know about his efficiency and sincerity which gives him confidence. And as we all know at the age of around 50, most of us start to have some disease or the other and if not to self, somebody in family; children are grown up, so as their responsibilities. To take care one needs frequent leave etc. and the officers understand the need. Suddenly that person is transferred to other cadre where immediately after joining, he needs frequent leave etc. Now what goes in the mind of this cadre is that this is a useless person, taking lot of leave, does not want to work etc., resulting in demoralizing, negativity and depressing. I think the above lines do not have any myth and DoPT will take into consideration my point concerning age for implementing this RTP.

Ashok K Bhimani


DATE WITH RTI

Disclosure of police case diary

Inspection and certified copy of the complete case diary in relation to a FIR was sought by an accused. The Delhi police informed that as the case same is pending trial, the requisite information would be asked from concerned court. Referring to section 172 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the CIC held that the case diary maintained by the police is a privileged document and all the details especially relating to the identity of the witness needs to be protected. There is a well-established procedure in law to ensure natural justice and that the disclosure of the copies of the case diary at this stage may impede the process of prosecution.

Comments

In Mukund Lal v. Union of India and Anr. (AIR1989SC144) the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that "accused can peruse that particular part of the case diary in the context of Sections 145 or 161 of the Evidence Act - (a) if it is used by the police officer concerned to refresh his memory or (b) if the Court uses, it for contradicting the official concerned. Further, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the matter of Deputy Commissioner of Police Vs. D.K Sharma allowed disclosure of case diary wherein the trial proceedings had concluded and the accused was convicted.


Citation: Shri Bhupinder Kumar v. MMTC Ltd in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/002676

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