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						<description>Common Cause challenges appointments of the new CVC and VC as illegal and arbitrary.</description>
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				<title><![CDATA[CURRENT FOCUS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause and many renowned citizens have filed a PIL challenging the arbitrary appointments of India&#39;s new Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioner as illegal and void, and violative of the principles of &#39;impeccable integrity&#39; and &#39;institutional integrity&#39]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 16:36:14 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Local Self Government- the Unfinished Agenda]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:56:56 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Symposium on Participatory Democracy versus Representative Democracy: Exploring New Paradigms in Self Governance]]></title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:56:02 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Ethics in Governance]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:55:23 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Agenda for Administrative Reforms- Revamping Delivery Systems and E- Governance & Refurbishing Human Resource Pool & Enforcing Accountability]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:54:36 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Seminar on Police Reforms- Making the Police Effective & People Friendly]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:53:15 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Mr. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is an independent journalist and an educator. His work experience, spanning 35 years, cuts across different media: print, radio, television and documentary cinema. He is a writer, speaker, anchor, interviewer, teacher and commentator in three languages: English, Bengali an]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:24:03 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. LALIT NIRULA]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Lalit Nirula is a second generation member of a family that has been in the Hotel and Restaurant industry for 78 years. The business, which he joined in December 1967, has successfully brought to an over 4000 year old traditional society with classical and street food culture, new non-traditional fo]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:23:14 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MS. MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Madhu Purnima Kishwar is aProfessor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Director Indic Studies Project at CSDS. She is also the founder editor of Manushi - a Journal about Women and Society, which was founded in 1978. The print edition of Manushi gave way to online edition ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:22:23 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. PRASHANT BHUSHAN]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Office:

C-67, Sector- 14,

Noida - 201 301

Tel : 0120-2512523, 2512695

Fax: 0120-2512694

Residence:

B-16, Sector - 14,

Noida- 201301

Tel : 0120-2512411

e-mail :

prashantbhush@gmail.com

Chamber:

301,New Lawyer s&rsquo; Chamber s

Supreme Court

Tel : 011-2307030]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:21:41 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. PRAKASH SINGH]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Prakash Singh has been a very distinguished police officer of India with an excellent track record for combating terrorism in the turbulent parts of the country. He served &ndash; and occupied the highest positions &ndash; in the most volatile areas of Nagaland, Assam, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Kash]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:20:08 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[JYOTI SAGAR]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Jyoti Sagar has been practicing law since 1976. He founded a corporate commercial practice - J. Sagar Associates (JSA) - in New Delhi in 1991 as a solo practitioner. JSA now has over 240 professionals in 5 offices in India. Jyoti also founded K&amp;S Partners in 1994. K&amp;S is an IP boutique with ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:19:35 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DR. ASHOK KHOSLA]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Ashok Khosla is Chairman of the thirty-year-old Development Alternatives Group. Headquartered in New Delhi, the DA Group was among the first civil society organizations set up to address the issues of sustainable development as a whole. It also pioneered systematic innovation of technologies for rur]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:18:51 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DR. DIVYA JALAN]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Divya Jalan has been a member of the General Council and Trustee of Common Cause since June 1999. Her professional work is in the area of education. She is committed to influencing policy makers, teachers and communities to create inclusive educational structures, regardless of the extent of economi]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:18:13 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DR. VIPUL MUDGAL]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Dr. Vipul Mudgal has been a journalist and academic in India, the UK, and South East Asia for over 30 years.

He has held senior editorial positions at Hindustan Times, India Today, BBC World Service and Asia Times. He has been Resident Editor of HT at Jaipur and Lucknow, Editor Insight at New Del]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:17:30 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DR. B. P. MATHUR]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Birendra Prasad Mathur is a former member of the Indian Audit &amp; Accounts service (IA&amp;AS) and has held the post of Dy Comptroller &amp; Auditor General, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Steel &amp; Mines, Joint Secretary and Addl Financial Adviser, Ministry of Defence a]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:16:28 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Maj. Gen. J.P. Gupta]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Name :

J.P. Gupta

Date of Birth :

28 December 1932

Place of Birth :

Village Lai, Dist. Patna, Bihar

Education : 1st Course :

National Defence Academy

Post Graduate :

Defence Services Staff College, Wellington

Post Graduate :

National Defence College, New Delhi

Pos]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:15:44 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. KAMAL KANT JASWAL]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Kamal Kant Jaswal served in the Uttar Pradesh Cadre of the Indian Administrative Service for over 36 years till October 2004.

Kamal Jaswal holds degrees of Master of Science in Geology from the University of Lucknow, M.Phil. in Economics and Management of Public Enterprises from the University of]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:14:39 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MR. VIKRAM LAL]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Vikram Lal, former Chairman of the Eicher Group, was born in 1942 in Delhi. He did his Senior Cambridge from the Doon School in 1957, after which he went abroad to study mechanical engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt in West Germany.

He joined Eicher, the family company established ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:13:55 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Human Development]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Human development is identified with expanding the richness and dignity of human life and reduction of distress and poverty. It is the ultimate goal of any welfare, social policy or public initiative. Still, the measurement of Human development is a contentious subject. Some economists and policy ma]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:12:47 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Environment]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The deterioration of the environment leading to gradual degradation of land, water and air is a matter of grave concern. Over the years, there has been a steady pollution and contamination of precious resources such as air, water, soil, etc as well as the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:12:06 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Corruption]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[

Corruption is commonly defined as misuse of public office for private gain. While private gain is typically interpreted in terms of monetary benefit, it can assume the form of non-monetary benefits such as improved chances of re-election and helping friends or members of one&rsquo;s own social, ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:48:38 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Administrative Reforms]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause believes that administrative reforms are essential for efficient management of India&rsquo;s resources, fair and responsive policy-making, and a timely delivery of goods and services to citizens. Its biggest area of concern has been systemic transparency and accountability of government]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:47:41 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Judicial Reforms]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Justice is integral to the functioning of our democracy, to uphold the rule of law and to preserve the faith of citizens in the judiciary. A strong, independent, accountable and efficiently functioning judiciary is also essential for preventing corruption and abuse of power and for dispensing justic]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:46:46 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Police Reforms]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The need for reforming the police system in India has been recognized for many years. The system of policing in our country is essentially based on the Indian Police Act of 1861, which was designed to sustain the British colonial rule. Since Independence, several attempts have been made to devise a ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:46:02 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Governance]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Good governance is perhaps the single most important factor in eradicating poverty and promoting development&rdquo;

--Kofi Annan (former UN Secretary General)

Governance is broadly the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country&rsquo;s affairs at al]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:45:13 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ADVOCACY]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Representation to the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013

Common Cause made a representation to the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013 first at the Parliament Annexe on July 7, 2015, followed by]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:01:22 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[LATEST PILS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[1. Petition on electrocution by live wires

A petition under article 226 was filed in the Delhi High Court on the issue of recurring deaths due to live wire electrocution, especially during monsoon. Common Cause had earlier made representations to the executive authorities concerned for taking cor]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:42:14 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[INITIATIVES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause works to make a difference through litigations, advocacy and events. It uses democratic instruments available to citizens to try and address civic, environmental and developmental challenges arising out of lack of transparency and accountability in the system. For over a decade it has t]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:40:25 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Internship / Jobs]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[From time to time Common Cause issues notifications for online and off-line internships to graduate and post-graduate students. We are able to take only a few interns at a time and we normally get in touch with only those selected for internships due to a very large number of applicants. Except for ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:38:25 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Friends Of Common Cause]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The mainstay of Common Cause work is pro bono efforts by some of India&rsquo;s best-known legal/ constitutional and development thinkers. Many renowned policy makers, public-spirited individuals, like-minded organisations and well-wishers also join hands to act as force-multipliers.

If you wish t]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:34:18 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Donate]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause runs mainly on contributions from well-wishers and public spirited citizens. Donations are exempt under Section 80-G of the Income Tax Act. Contributions will be used solely for the purpose of pursuing the mission and objectives of Common Cause.For details please visit &ldquo;Who We are]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:31:40 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[GET INVOLVED]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause is registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act 1860. Its activities are run with voluntary contributions from its friends and well-wishers. Today the Common Cause Society has a membership of over 2500 spread all over India, and growing. The society&rsquo;s membership is]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:29:50 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[JOURNEY SO FAR]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[1980- Common Cause founded

The name Common Cause was taken from an organization of the same name in USA after receiving a no objection letter from them. There is no affiliation between the two organizations, the one in USA primarily being a lobbying organization founded in 1970.

Through a lawy]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:28:04 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR IMPACT]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[CANCELLATION OF COAL BLOCK ALLOCATIONS

In 2012 a Common Cause PIL led to far-reaching changes in the ways in which India&rsquo;s natural resources are allocated and it is widely felt that its aftershocks will be felt for a long time. By various estimates, the consequences emanating from the writ,]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:26:27 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MILSTONE]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Why am I sticking my neck out? Asked Common Cause founder Mr H D Shourie and offered the answer in his inimitable style: Because that is what a neck is for! Since its inception in 1980, Common Cause has done just that. It has stuck its neck out speaking truth to power and fighting democratic battles]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:24:17 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[INTERNAL GOVERNENCE]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[1. Certificate of Registration

2. Memorandum of Association

3. Trust Deed

4. Rules &amp; Regulations of Common Cause

5. Mission &amp; Vision Statement

6. Minutes of Annual General Meetings


	Minutes of the AGM - March 24, 2007
	Minutes of the AGM - March 29, 2008
	Minutes of the]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:29:36 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Governing Council]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[

Mr. Vikram Lal

Mr Lal is a humanist, philanthropist and a development thinker. He is former Chairman of the Eicher Group which manufactures commercial vehicles and Royal Enfield, an iconic brand of motorcycles. Mr Lal is the President Emeritus of the Common Cause Society since March 2015 prio]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:28:42 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Our Founder]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[GREAT CRUSADER FOR PEOPLE&rsquo;S CAUSES: H.D.SHOURIE (1912-2005)

&ldquo;The voice of the common man must rise,&rdquo; said this soft spoken revolutionary, on his 91st year, after a quarter century of coaxing that voice out with the promise that he would ensure it got heard. H.D. Shourie, civil s]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:27:17 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Who We Are]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Vision

To strive for an India where every citizen is respected and fairly treated.

Mission

To champion vital public causes

Objective

To defend and fight for the rights and entitlements of all groups of citizens.

Common Cause is dedicated to championing public causes. It has been in]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:26:39 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[CVC SELECTION CHALLENGED]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause and many renowned citizens have filed a PIL challenging the arbitrary appointments of India&#39;s new Central Vigilance Commissioner and the Vigilance Commissioner as illegal and void, and violative of the principles of &#39;impeccable integrity&#39; and &#39;institutional integrity&#39]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:16:19 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Common Cause challenges appointments of the new CVC and VC as illegal and arbitrary. ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause, along with some conscientious citizens of repute, has approached the Apex Court challenging the appointment of Mr. K.V. Chowdary as India&rsquo;s new Central Vigilance Commissioner(CVC) and Mr. T.M. Bhasin as the new Vigilance Commissioner(VC) for being arbitrary, illegal and against t]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[SC ban on political advertisements: Common Cause files contempt against Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause has filed a contempt petition against the State Govts of UP, TN &amp; Delhi for publishing public-funded advertisements in violation of the letter and spirit of the Apex Court&#39;s guidelines regarding large scale advertisements. The Court on May 13, 2015, had inter alia banned images ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ PIL filed in DHC on deaths by electrocution due to exposed electric poles and wires.]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause has filed a PIL in Delhi High Court on the issue of recurring deaths due to live wire electrocution, especially during monsoon. Besides the Govt. of NCT, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission, Delhi Transco Limited, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, BSES Yamuna Power Limited &amp; Tata Pow]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE, a registered Society with membership all over the country and operating on All India basis, has earned reputation and credibility as an Organisation dedicated to public causes for seeking redress for problems of the people. Its initiative in public interest litigation, for solving the ]]></description>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.commoncause.in/commoncause/search_show.php?table=cc_publication&id=416]]></link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[IMPORTANT LETTERS ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE has taken up the issue of open manholes/trenches, and has written the following letter to the concerned authorities.

HAZARDS OF OPEN MAN-HOLES/TRENCHES 

17th July, 2006

&quot;Every year there are prominent news-items in the media reporting mishaps - some even fatal - occurring ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT  BIG WIN FOR HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMANTS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: In a stern warning to insurance companies and doctors on their panels, a consumer court has ruled that medical policy claims cannot be rejected on flimsy grounds such as non-disclosure of pre-existing diseases. The State Consumer Commission gave this direction while awarding a Rs. 2 lakh ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MULTIPLICITY OF INSTITUTIONS IN DELHI: GOI (ASHOK PRADHAN) COMMITTEE]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Part-I

PRELIMINARY RESPONSE OF COMMON CAUSE

1. The questionnaire issued covers a very broad area of the administration of the National Capital Delhi. The large number of questions as framed are frequently overlapping and occasionally even repetitive. I propose to deal with a few basic issues t]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OBJECTIONS/SUGGESTIONS SUBMITTED REGARDNG.MIXED LAND USE AND BUILDING BYE-LAWS. ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[August 18, 2006 

Shri V. M. Bansal,
Principal Commissioner-cum-Secretary,
Delhi Development Authority (DDA),
Vikas Sadan, I.N.A.,
New Delhi 110023

Sub:Objections/suggestions on Notices re. Mixed land use and Building Bye-laws.

Dear Sir,

Kindly refer to the above cited Notice which we]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[THE MATTER CAME UP FOR HEARING ON 10.8.2006 AND  UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[O R D E R


Considering the large scale violation of various laws, this Court by judgment dated 16th February, 2006, reported in M.C.Mehta Vs. Union of India [(2006 (3) SCC 399], issued various directions for taking immediate steps to seal residential premises being misused for commercial a]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[WHO IS AFRAID OF FILE NOTINGS ?]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Dr. P. C. Alexander

The news about the government&#39;s decision to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act deleting the right of the citizens to information on notings in official files has come as a great surprise and disappointment to all those who have been entertaining high hopes about the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[O R D E R]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Serious challenge has been laid to the constitutional validity of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006. One of the grounds of challenge is that it amounts to legislative over-ruling by the legislators. Having heard learned counsel for the parties for considerable time, we are of the view th]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[MOVE TO EXCLUDE NOTINGS FROM RTI ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL 

J.S. Verma

The cabinet has reportedly approved far reaching amendments to the Right to Information Act, 2005, which among other things seeks to restrict access to &quot;file notings&quot; and allow access to only &quot;substantial notings ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL EXTRAORDINARY JURISDICTION
I.A. NO. 1 OF 2006
IN
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 266 OF 2006


IN THE MATTER OF:



	
		
			CITIZEN&#39;S VOICE &amp; ANR
			
			&hellip; Petitioners
		
		
			
			
			Versus
			
		]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[YOU, THE CONSUMER COULD BE THE KING ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[It could become the biggest leap in consumer protection in India. The government plans to widen the reach of the Consumer Protection Act to include almost everything- from the flat you buy to the shares you apply for, and from the gadget purchased from an e-commerce site to your daughter&#39;s prima]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[GOVERNANCE AND ELECTORAL COMPULSIONS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh observed at an NGOs&#39; and social activists&#39; meeting in Jaipur the other day that the NGOs should appreciate the relevance of electoral compulsions in the process of decision-making in a democracy. He said that the choices before the people&#39;s elected represe]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[CAG SURVEY CALLS FOR EDUCATING PEOPLE ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The findings of a CAG-commissioned survey on the status of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) of 1986 underscore the imperative need for the government &mdash;&mdash;at the Centre and States&mdash;&mdash;to take effective steps to educate the consumers about their rights and make the best use of the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE, a registered Society with membership all over the country and operating on All India basis, has earned reputation and credibility as an Organisation dedicated to public causes for seeking redress for problems of the people. Its initiative in public interest litigation, for solving the ]]></description>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.commoncause.in/commoncause/search_show.php?table=cc_publication&id=403]]></link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE, a registered Society with membership all over the country and operating on All India basis, has earned reputation and credibility as an Organisation dedicated to public causes for seeking redress for problems of the people. Its initiative in public interest litigation, for solving the ]]></description>
				<link><![CDATA[http://www.commoncause.in/commoncause/search_show.php?table=cc_publication&id=402]]></link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[AUDITORS REPORT ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Common Cause (`the Society&#39;) as at March 31, 2006 an also the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended on that date annexed thereto after incorporating the accounts of the Common Cause Trust (`the TRust&#39;). These financial statements are ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ANNUAL REPORT & AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2005 2006 ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[During the year under report COMMON CAUSE received a severe seismic jolt in the form of death of its Founder-Director Padma Bhushan H. D. Shourie It is virtually impossible to fill the void left by visionary pioneer of common causes. Nevertheless, President, Chief Executive and other members of the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[WHAT IS A LOK ADALAT?]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Lok Adalat or people&#39;s court is a concept which is very similar to that of panchayats where village elders, who were held in high esteem by their fellow villagers, would hold courts to adjudicate and settle disputes. The present system of Lok Adalats began after Parliament passed the Legal Servi]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ALTERNATE DISPUTE REDRESSAL SYSTEM]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[(Success story of LOK ADALATS in Punjab)

Maneesh Chibber

Consider this: You have a case, that has been hanging fire for the last many years with no decision in sight. Despite spending money and time, your case is nowhere near end. Even if you do win, there is always the possibility, a very str]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[To

All Members of COMMON CAUSE,

The Annual General Meeting of COMMON CAUSE Society will be held in COMMON CAUSE HOUSE, located at 5, Institutional Area, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110 070, on 24 th March, 2007 at 11.00 A.M.

Agenda will be as follows:

Consideration of Ann]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[NON-PERFORMING ASSETS ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE had filed a Writ Petition NO. 291 of 1998 in the Supreme Court of India highlighting the need for the Ministry of Finance and RBI to undertake a thorough and comprehensive review of the existing rules and regulations to the avoidance of mass-scale generation of Non-performing Assets (NP]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[EXCERPTS FROM ORDER ISSUED BY NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Transfer Petition No. 4 of 2004

CASE OF THE COMPLAINANT

The case illustrates how arbitrarily Government officers can misbehave and harass a senior citizen for whom various benefits are provided by the Government and thereby frustrates the beneficial schemes and rendering the senior citizen hel]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[POLICE REFORMS ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE had filed a joint Writ Petition (No. 310 of 96) with Mr. Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd.) and Mr. N. K.Singh, IPS (Retd.). It was contended in the petition that the violations of fundamental and human rights of the citizens by the police are generally in the nature of:

a) Non-enforcement o]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[HOW TO FILE APPEAL UNDER CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The Consumer Protection Act is an important tool in the hands of the common man. To ensure that he is able to enforce his rights in an informed manner the following article by Anuj D. Aggarwal published in the New Indian Express dated 10 th April `2006 is reproduced below:

The government has not ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[ADDITIONS IN DDA & GROUP HOUSING SOCIETY FLATS ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The Delhi Development Authority invited suggestions from the public through a Public Notice to assess the scope for permitting certain additions in DDA and Group Housing Society Flats. It is felt that the DDA flats were not constructed on the assumption that in the future there may be further additi]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[APPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES IN  DIFFERENT STATES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The Parliament passed Constitution (Ninety-First Amendment) Act&#39; 2003 restricting the number of Ministers to 15% of the total number of the members of the Legislature of a State. With a view to circumvent the provisions of the Act, the State Govts. started appointing Parliamentary Secretaries wi]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[JUDGMENT ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[&quot;The city of Delhi is an example of a classical case, which for the last number of years, has been a witness of flagrant violations of municipal laws, town planning laws and norms, master plan and environmental laws. It is borne out from various orders and judgments passed by this court and Del]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[COMMERCIALISATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[OMMON CAUSE had filed an Intervention Application (No.1 of 2006) in W.P.(Civil) No.266 of 2006 challenging the validity of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act&#39; 2006 allowing mis-use of residential properties. The Hon&#39;ble court has issued some interim orders (these have been published in the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[WATER CRISIS IN DELHI]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Acute scarcity of potable water in Delhi was mentioned in our Journal for the period April June, 2006. The article highlighted the actions which should be taken up by the Union of India and Government of NCT of Delhi for providing reasonable quantity of drinking water to the citizens. The matter has]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[SUPPLY OF UNDER-WEIGHT LPG CYCLINEDERS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Newspapers have been intermittently reporting cases of under-weight LPG cylinders being supplied to the consumers by the government companies through the distributors appointed by them. Some such reports appeared in the media during Nov. 2005. Since it is a chronic problem, COMMON CAUSE took up the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Journal]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[That in reality, the Government, through the Learned Solicitor General is putting &quot;his foot in the door&quot; to ensure that after the period of sealing or re-sealing of activities that are in violation of the Bye-laws and Regulations, etc. a position may be reached of status quo ante and furth]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[TEJENDER KHANNA COVMMITTEE ON UNAUTHORISED CONSTRUCTION AND MISUSE OF PREMISES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[TEJENDER KHANNA COVMMITTEE ON UNAUTHORISED CONSTRUCTION AND MISUSE OF PREMISES]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[THE DELHI LAWS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL, 2006  STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Being a major center for economic growth, the National Capital Territory of Delhi attracts large number of people from across the country, estimated at about 5 lakh immigrants every year has resulted in a huge growth in demand from housing and commercial space. However, a number of factors such as r]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[SOME LEGAL COMMENTS ON THE DELHI LAWS (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) BILL, 2006]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[(Hindustan Times/Times of India 13.5.2006)

&quot;The court orders were based on certain laws that had been violated by people who carried out unauthorized constructions or set up shops in residential areas. Unless the government changed these very laws, the court orders for action against the vio]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE, a registered society with a nation-wide membership, has established its credentials by championing common causes and securing redress of the grievances of the people. Its initiatives in public interest litigation have greatly contributed to the refinement and adoption of this instrumen]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[`CONCERNED' SNIPPETS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[
	
		
			
			&quot;The Bill is no solution, it will satisfy only one section of the population&quot;

			V.C. Tandon, President, Delhi RWAs Joint Front

			&quot;The government should honour the court&#39;s orders. This is like putting a stay on their order. This is unjust. The government wa]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[APPLICATION FORM FOR MEMBERSHIP OF COMMON CAUSE. ]]></title>
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			1. Name:
			
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			2. Father&#39;s name:
			7.Permanent Address:
		
		
			
			3. Mother&#39;s name
			
			8.Mailing Address:
		
		
			
			4. Date of birth:
			
			
			
			
		
		
			
			5. Educational Qualification:
			
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[POLICE REFORMS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[In our last Journal, we had informed the readers about our Writ Petition in the matter of Police Reforms filed in the Supreme Court of India, and the directions issued by the Hon&#39;ble Court. The apex Court had desired that its directions issued on 22.9.2006 should be implemented by 31.12.2006. Ho]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[LATEST SUPREME COURT ORDERS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The court directed that sealing continue subject to recommendations of the monitoring Committee which include:


	
	Banquet halls to be permitted only in industrial areas, not residential colonies.
	
	
	Residents be permitted to use 25 per cent of permissible ground coverage area or 50 sq.m.(]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[SYNOPSIS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The Petitioner which is a non-government, non-profit making organization is filing the instant Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India in public interest to bring to the notice of this Hon&#39;ble Court the serious problem of violation of fundamental right to life, liberty, priva]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[LAW MAKERS SUPPORT LAW BREAKERS-POPULISM UNASHAMED]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks the higher courts of Delhi, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court, have actively supported the cleaning up of Delhi by the removal of encroachments on public land, demolition of illegal structures and unlawful commercialisation of residential areas. The judiciary has compe]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[THE RIGHT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The issue of euthanasia is a subject of intense debate. It is undoubtedly a very delicate and personal problem of individuals and families. It also involves the rights and duties of attending doctors. COMMON CAUSE has been seized of this problem for a number of years. As a matter of fact, the late M]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[LAW MAKERS SUPPORT LAW BREAKERS-POPULISM UNASHAMED]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks the higher courts of Delhi, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court, have actively supported the cleaning up of Delhi by the removal of encroachments on public land, demolition of illegal structures and unlawful commercialisation of residential areas. The judiciary has compe]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[MALPRACTICES IN PAY-SCALES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF TEACHERS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause has been receiving oral complaints from various sources that teachers engaged by private schools on contract basis are being maltreated. For obvious reasons, such teachers cannot raise their voices for fear of being thrown out. On the basis of a research conducted by our organization, c]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[VERDICT ON NINTH SCHEDULE]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Paramountcy of judicial review established 

Fali S. Nariman

Strange and varied are the influences on constitutional decision-making. If Mrs. Indira Gandhi had not lost the election petition filed against her in the Allahabad High Court in June, 1975&hellip;&hellip;, and if Justice Khanna was n]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[OUR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[COMMON CAUSE, a registered Society with membership all over the country and operating on All India basis, has earned reputation and credibility as an Organisation dedicated to public causes for seeking redress for problems of the people. Its initiative in public interest litigation, for solving the ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF RESERVATIONS BEYOND 50 PERCENT ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[LEGAL SCRUTINY OF NINTH SCHEDULE LAWS

The Government of Tamil Nadu enacted the Tamil Nadu Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions and of appointments or posts in the Services under the State) Act, 1993 (Tamil Nadu Act 45 of 1994), ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[PAY INSURED VALUE FOR STOLEN VEHICLES: CONSUMER COURT]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Insurance companies should pay the insured value of vehicles in case of theft and not the prevailing market value, a district consumer forum has ruled.

The ruling was given by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Chennai (south), in a complaint against the New India Assurance Company l]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[APPENDIX I OF RULES & REGULATONS OF THE SOCIETY AS PRESCRIBED ]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[UNDER RULE 7 (D)  

FOLLOWING SHALL BE THE POWERS, RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

a) All immovable properties of the Society shall stand vested in the Board of Trustees for the purpose of management.

b) The Board of Trustees in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Soc]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[POSTAGE STAMPS WITHOUT STICKING GUM]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[It was noticed in December, 2005 that postage stamps being sold in Post Offices were without sticking gum. It was causing a lot of problem to the consumers who had to look for sticking gum before using the postage stamps. We immediately took up the matter with the Department of Posts, Government of ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[IT making panchayats transparent: Minister (Hindi)]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Common Cause Welcomes Supreme Court Judgment on Government Advertisements]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause welcomed the landmark Supreme Court judgment which lays down guidelines for publicly funded government advertisements misused ostensibly to promote political leaders and parties in power.

The apex court bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice P C Ghose prohibits in its judg]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Common Cause, A Petitioner In Section 66a Case, Welcomes Supreme Court Judgment]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Common Cause, a registered society which takes up public causes on behalf of the citizens of India, has welcomed the momentous Supreme Court judgment striking down Section 66A as unconstitutional. Apetitioner in this case, Common Cause, had filed its writ petition challenging the Constitutional vali]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Smear Campaign against Civil Society Nominees on Drafting Panel for Lokpal Bill]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, April27,2011                            ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Post Retirement Activities of Supreme Court Judges]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[Dear ,February 10, 2010                                       &nbs]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Civil Society Proposition for a new Delhi Police Law]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[The need for a comprehensive reform of the system of policing in the country, which is essentially based on the colonial Indian Police Act of 1860, has long been felt. Over the years, various Commissions and expert bodies have submitted their recommendations on the subject. A &ldquo;Police Act Draft]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate>
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