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The Apex Court pronounced its much awaited verdict on a bunch of public interest petitions on the patent illegalities in the allocation of coal blocks for captive mining, popularly referred to as Coalgate, on August 25, 2014. The machinations leading to this scam of epic proportions were exposed in a writ petition filed by Common Cause and six distinguished former public servants in October 2012. Our petition, extracted in the January-March 2013 issue of this journal, highlighted the brazenne...

The Apex Court pronounced its much awaited verdict on a bunch of public interest petitions on the patent illegalities in the allocation of coal blocks for captive mining, popularly referred to as Coalgate, on August 25, 2014. The machinations leading to this scam of epic proportions were exposed in a writ petition filed by Common Cause and six distinguished former public servants in October 2012. Our petition, extracted in the January-March 2013 issue of this journal, highlighted the brazenne...

Governments across the political spectrum are guilty of splurging tax payers' money on advertisements of political nature. Advertisements enumerating the achievements of the government or extolling the contributions of leaders revered by the political formation in power are brazenly issued by various governments in the hope of bolstering their own image and deriving political advantage, particularly at the approach of the elections. The barrage of publicly funded political advertisements bec...

In the context of a public outcry over massive mining scandals in various parts of the country, the Government of India had set up the Justice M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry for Illegal Mining of Iron Ore and Manganese in November 2010. The Commission was asked to inquire into the illegal mining, trade and transportation of iron ore and manganese ore, identify the deficiencies in the systems of management and regulation, and assess their overall impact in terms of environmental damage, prejudi...

We recapitulate below the significant developments in various public interest litigations of the Society since the publication of the last issue of the journal. -Editor Supreme Court i. WP(C) 13/2003: Large scale government advertisements: In response to the public notice issued by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting inviting suggestions for framing of guidelines for publicly funded government advertisement campaigns, Common Cause submitted its proposition for the proposed...

Under the Rules & Regulations of COMMON CAUSE as amended by the Governing Council on March 8, 2007, The membership of the Society is open to individuals irrespective of caste, creed or community. Organisations, which were members of the Society as on March 8, 2007, shall henceforth be Honorary members without voting rights. The membership fee for new Individual members (with voting rights) is Rs.500/- for one year and Rs.2,500/- for life. New Ass...

A businessman taking a seminar on efficiency completed a case study of his wife's routine for fixing breakfast, and presented the results to the class. `After a few days of observation, I quickly determined the practices that were robbing her of precious time and energy,' the man reported. `Taking note of how many trips she made from the kitchen to the dining room carrying just one item, I suggested that in the future she carry several items at a time.' `Did it work?' the ...