Public interest not the same as govt’s interest: SC to courts | India News – The Times of India

Public interest not the same as govt’s interest: SC to courts | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Holding that public interest isn’t synonymous with the cause of govt but with enforcing accountability, Supreme Court said courts shouldn’t overlook govt negligence or condone inordinate delay in filing cases, as this amounts to institutionalising inefficiency.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said courts shouldn’t become a “surrogate of state…

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Can legislative committees interfere in Revenue deptt work? | India News – Times of India

Can legislative committees interfere in Revenue deptt work? | India News – Times of India

Representative imageRepresentative image SC to examine their power to interfere in quasi-judicial functionsNew Delhi: Can parliamentary and legislative committees interfere in the quasi-judicial work of the revenue department? The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine this question arising from the directions issued by a parliamentary committee in the UP Assembly in a land dispute…

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