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Corruption, Arrest & thereafter

Top postal officer, arrested for taking Rs. 2 – cr bribe, back with plum posting  – Former Chief Postmaster General of Maharashtra reinstated November 8, 2011 – I came across the above headlines in the Mumbai Mirror today. After having… Read more ›

November 8, 2011 1 Comment
Binoy Gupta
Bombay High Court, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Current Issues, Insensitive, Legal Issues, Lok Pal, Public Issues

Kiran Bedi and her overbilled air expenses

                          Kiran Bedi is fond of hogging the lime light. But the present news items and allegations relating to numerous false billings in relation to her flights over the years have caught her on the wrong foot. They are far… Read more ›

October 26, 2011 3 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Bureaucracy, Capital Punishment, Corruption, Current Issues, Insensitive, Legal Dilemma, Legal Issues, Lok Pal

Sanjiv Bhatt, Police and Politics

Sanjiv Bhatt, Police and Politics. I have just seen the following article on a popular website. It is most distressing and dangerous. IPS officer Sanjiv R. Bhatt suspended Posted by: “Anjlee Pandya” anjleepandya@gmail.com Fri Aug 12, 2011 10:54 pm (PDT) ———- Forwarded message… Read more ›

August 13, 2011 4 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Bureaucracy, Corruption, Current Issues, Insensitive, Legal Issues, Miscarriage of Justice, Public Issues

Fate of Graft Cases

Ex-agriculture Director of Maharashtra acquitted in bribery case     July 21, 2011 Every now and then, I read of a case of graft – that some official has been arrested red handed while taking a bribe. Usually, such cases… Read more ›

July 23, 2011 3 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Bureaucracy, Corruption, Lalit Modi, Public Issues

Baba Ramdev, Anna Hazare and Santosh Hegde

I retired as a senior officer of the Government of India after serving the Government for over 37 years. I have also studied law and earned a doctorate (not an Honorary Doctorate) in the subject. The recent issues, incidents and… Read more ›

June 22, 2011 3 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Anna Hazare, Bureaucracy, Current Issues, Legal Issues, Lok Pal, Public Issues, Santosh Hegde

Munnar – a cuppa of British Tea

Kashmir of South India I had heard a lot about Munnar, the beautiful hill station in South India. And although I had visited places very close to Munnar, such as Theni (Tamil Nadu) – only about an hour’s drive from… Read more ›

June 12, 2011 3 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Conservation, Culture, Forests, Hill Stations, Lakes and Waterfalls, Nature, Travel India, Wildlife

Baba Ramdev

Sanyasi or Politician ……. When I was Chief Commissioner of Income Tax I, Chennai in 2005, I was invited to Baba Ramdev’s discourses in Chennai and to receive his blessings. Some how, I could not attend it. The people who… Read more ›

May 21, 2011 6 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Culture, Current Issues, Death Penalty, Legal Issues, Public Issues

Consumer Court

How to prepare and submit a Complaint to a Consumer Forum Of late, I have appeared before the Consumer Forums in Mumbai on behalf of several consumers. The procedure is simple, and the decision quite fast. I have received a… Read more ›

May 10, 2011 24 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Current Issues, Legal Issues, Public Issues, Travel India

Limits of Corruption

Limits of Corruption The year 2010 ended leaving India riddled with a spate of corruption cases. There seems to be a race for the top “I am the most corrupt” slot in India. I am not talking about the top… Read more ›

January 21, 2011 1 Comment
Binoy Gupta
Current Issues, Insensitive, Public Issues

Magistrate and Train Travel

Supreme Court on Standard of conduct Expected from Judicial Officers This is a bizarre story of a high handed lady magistrate in Mumbai who travelled in local travels in Mumbai without paying for her tickets. Arundhati Ashok Walavalkar was appointed… Read more ›

January 16, 2011 2 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Bombay High Court, Current Issues, Miscarriage of Justice, Public Issues, Supreme Court

Tibetans in India

Tibetans in India – High Court to the rescue of The Tibetan Refugees in India have been facing a peculiar dilemma. Even though many of them are born in India and acquire Indian citizenship by birth, they have to describe… Read more ›

January 15, 2011
Binoy Gupta
Bureaucracy, Culture, Current Issues, Legal Dilemma, Public Issues

Corruption, Imputations and Public Outrage

Corruption, Imputations and Public Outrage and Article 311(2) The entire government machinery – the politicians and the civil servants in India – are facing the worst ever low in terms

December 28, 2010 4 Comments
Binoy Gupta
Current Issues, Public Issues, Supreme Court
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