Hi everybody, Thanks for extending your support to this national cause of RTI. Just back home after getting bail.
Regards - Mohammed Afzal. ___________________________________________________________ On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:19 AM, LESLIE ALMEIDA <[email protected]>wrote: > > > We must all support our RTI activists who are pushing hard for Suresh > Joshi to impliment the RTI act and not soft peddle on issues > > L.Almeida > > --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Milap Choraria > <[email protected]<milap_choraria%40yahoo.com>> > wrote: > > From: Milap Choraria <[email protected]<milap_choraria%40yahoo.com> > > > Subject: [rti-times] Two New Items: (1) Eleven RTI activists held for > rioting (2) Bow down before your wife's 'diktat', SC tells husbands > To: [email protected] <rti-times%40lists.riseup.net> > Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 6:23 AM > > Eleven RTI activists held for rioting > 20 May 2009, 0132 hrs IST, Viju B, TNN > MUMBAI: It was supposed to be a peaceful meeting with state chief > information commissioner Suresh Joshi for addressing the grievances of RTI > activists. But 11 prominent RTI activists ended up getting arrested by the > Marine Drive police for rioting and forceful entry. > > The RTI activists-Krishna Raj Rao, Gaurang Vora, Mohmmed Afzal, Sunil Ahya, > Mukund Parekh, Vijay Chuahan, Sanjay Ghadalia, K N Singh, Ravi Haldipore, Dr > Srikant Prabhu and Pramod Kadam met Joshi to apprise him of various issues > that had been plaguing the RTI Act, on Tuesday evening. > > Chauhan said he wanted to sing the National Anthem. "Joshi went out of the > room after we sang the first line. This is punishable under the > Constitution,'' he added. > > They then found out that Joshi had lodged a police complaint. A State > Information Commission official said that this was not the way to register a > grievance. > > Bow down before your wife's 'diktat', SC tells husbands 19 May 2009, 1848 > hrs IST, PTI > > NEW DELHI: If you want to buy matrimonial peace just do whatever your wife > says! > > This is not some piece of advice from a marriage > > counsellor, rather it is from the country's apex court. > > A vacation bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Deepak Verma observed, > "Bibi joh boltee hai woh sunno (listen to whatever your wife says), as > otherwise it could land you in trouble. Because if you do not listen to her, > you will suffer the consequences." > > "Hum sab bhogi hai (we are all sufferers)," the bench said in a lighter > vein. > > The bench further said that a husband has to accept the suggestion of a > wife irrespective of the fact whether it is sensible or not. > > "If your wife asks you to put your face that side, put it that side. If she > says, put it this side, then put it this side. Otherwise you will face > trouble. Hum sub bhogi hai," the bench remarked again. > > The interesting suggestions from the apex court evolved on Tuesday during a > matrimonial case involving an Air Force official Deepak Kumar who complained > that his estranged wife Manisha had ruined him and his family by implicating > them in false criminal cases including sodomy. > > The couple got married 17 years ago but matrimonial disputes surfaced > between the two soon after marriage. > > A district court in Chandigarh dismissed Deepak's plea for divorce as > Manisha opposed it, but a single judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court > granted decree of judicial separation. > > On an appeal from Manisha, a division bench granted the decree of divorce > as the marriage "had irretrievably broken down" besides directing Rs 10 lakh > maintenance amount from Deepak to her. > > Aggrieved by the high court's order Manisha filed the appeal in the apex > court challenging the decree of divorce. > > Deepak's counsel argued that Manisha even though had implicated her husband > and his family in a host of criminal cases was yet opposing the divorce > despite the marriage breaking down irretrievably. > > The vacation bench however, posted the matter for further hearing to July > last week as there was no urgency in dealing with the matter. > > "You have waited for 17 years, so wait for a few more days," the bench said > while switching over to the next item on the agenda. > > TRUTH SHALL ALWAYS PREVAIL > Milap Choraria Editor: Suchna Ka Adhikar / RTI TIMES > National Convenor : Movement for Accountability to Public (MAP) > http://milapchoraria.tripod.com/msp http://rtitimes.net > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
