Govt. schools for children of netas, babus: Govt. mulling law
Bengaluru, August 21: The state government is said to be decided to bring in a law making it mandatory for the elected representatives and government employees to admit their children to the government schools. A decision to this effect would be taken shortly, it is said.
The state government has been thinking about the pros and cons of bringing such a law in the state. It has been reviewing the court judgements of other states. Amidst this, the primary and secondary education department officials have said to be met the Law department officials on Monday and discussed it. It is also said that Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has also conducted one round of meeting in which, the officers have given some suggestions. But before taking any decision, the government has verifying the feasibility of bringing such a law by checking all existing laws and judgements, it is said.
The department has considered the Private Bill moved by Congress MLC G Raghu Achar in the 2017 Assembly Session seriously. The Bill had got positive responses in that Session. Then primary and secondary education minister Tanveer Sait had responded positively.
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SC judges to make their assets public, amid row over cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s house: Report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court judges have reportedly agreed to disclose their assets to the public by publishing the same on the top court's website.
The decision was taken recently at a full court meeting and a resolution in this regard was adopted which will apply to future judges as well, as reported by Bar and Bench on Thursday.
A copy of the resolution is yet to be made public.
According to the report, the decision was taken in the wake of recent controversies surrounding opacity in the functioning of the judiciary, especially after a huge pile of cash was allegedly discovered at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, currently a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
The publication of assets on website was not mandatory earlier but was discretionary subject to whether an individual judge wanted to do the same, the report added.
