Articles tagged with: Kush Kalra

RTI reveals PCI paid news complaints increased 10-fold & background-based matrimonial ads are not cool

The Press Council of India (PCI) has answered a Right to Information (RTI) that matrimonial advertisements showcasing race, caste and religion, are not allowed by it, while conceding that it has no powers to force compliance. In an RTI filed by advocate Kush Kalra, the PCI answered “no” in response ...

RTI reveals: BCI & contractor made record Rs 10+ cr out of 2 bar exams in 2012/13 as pass rates rose to highest ever levels

AIBE
AIBE
In the fourth and fifth All India Bar Exams (AIBE), 80 per cent and 73 per cent respectively passed the exam out of a total of 58,631 applicants.

DoJ RTI reveals: 7-year Rs 900+ cr eCourts project 85% complete at 12,000+ digital courts

Digital courts
Digital courts
The DoJ project to computerise 14,249 courts is 85 per cent complete, according to an RTI response.

RTI reveals Rs 4 cr budget hike in National Green Tribunal (NGT) & 220 pending cases

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NGT-RTI-page-1
National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) 2012-13 budget: Rs 6 crore.

RTI reveals: Full AIBE 4 results still not out; BCI allows re-checking papers for Rs 100

AIBE
AIBE
Exclusive: While the Bar Council of India (BCI) has not yet released the complete results of the fourth All India Bar Examination (AIBE) held on 9 December, the regulator has decided to consider the complaints of December’s AIBE’s examinees.

RTI reveals: 1.3m advocates; 1 in 300 Delhi-ites a lawyer; Maharashtra lawyers ‘richest’; Jharkand, Assam, J&K fastest

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In 2011 there were 1.3 million lawyers in India, revealed a right to information (RTI) response by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to Delhi-based advocate Kush Kalra, with an average annual growth rate between 2007 and 2011 of around 4 per cent.