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(CIC) has finally cracked the whip, ask­ SpiceJet told to pay Rs. The ruling came from a bench of jus­
ing NGT's information officer not to 10L for offloading disabled tices A K Sikri and R K Agarwal, which
charge any information seeker more flyer sent one Parag Bhati, accused of mur­
than what is prescribed under the dering man in Greater Noida in 2011,
Right to Information Act, 2005 and Taking exception to the insensitive and to face trial for murder as an adult.
provide the information sought in the callous manner in which SpiceJet Bhati was found to have forged school
present case for free. offloaded Jeeja Ghosh, who was born documents to show that he was below
with cerebral palsy, from a Kolkata­Goa 18 years at the time of crime.
The CIC decision came on an appeal flight four years ago, the Supreme
filed by applicant Girish Mohan Gupta, Court has ordered the airline to pay For passport, mother's
who in September 2015 had sought a her Rs 10 lakh in compensation. name sufficient in some
copy of a January 2015 NGT order by cases: HC
which the tribunal had banned parking The bench said, "On our finding that
of cars on tarred roads in Delhi. SpiceJet acted in a callus manner, and The Delhi high court has held that in
in the process violated Civil Aviation certain cases, mother's name is sufficient
Army tribunal rules Requirement Guidelines, 2008 result­ for a child to apply for a passport, espe­
against triple talaq ing in mental and physical suffering cially because a single woman can be a
experiences by Jeeja Ghosh and also natural guardian as well as a parent.
The Armed Forces Tribunal has held unreasonable discrimination against
that unilaterally delivering the triple her, we award a sum of Rs. 10 lakh as Justice Manmohan directed the Re­
talaq to one's wife over the telephone damages to be payable to her by gional Passport Office to accept the
or by issuing a notice is un­Islamic and SpiceJet within two months." application form of the girl child of a
against the tenets of the Holy Quran. single parent without insisting upon
SC: In heinous crimes, onus mentioning her father's name.
The Lucknow bench of the tribunal said on juvenile to prove he's
this while dismissing the plea of Lance under 18 The court ruled that authorities "can
Naik Mohammad Faroor, who wanted insist upon the name of the biological
the army to stop granting maintenance In an important ruling, the Supreme father in the passport only if it is a re­
money from his salary to his wife. Court said a juvenile accused of heinous quirement in law, like standing instruc­
crime would be tried as an adult if the tions, manuals, etc. In the absence of
It held that the Constitution was supe­ court found documents produced to any provision making it mandatory to
rior to all laws, and has an overriding support that he/she was below 18 mention the name of one's biological
effect over religious or cultural prac­ years when the offence was commit­ father in the passport, the respon­
tices that may offend people individu­ ted turned out to be unreliable. dents cannot insist upon the same".
ally or collectively.

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