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AIZAWL,AUGUST1

MIZORAMprincipalsec-retary,Industries,PCLallawmsangaallegedly

floatedacompany,MizoramDirectMarketingLtd (MDML),misrepre-

senteditaswholly-ownedbythestategovernment,and

went on to sign a businessdealwith anothercompany.Hewas suspendedon Thurs-dayandbarredfromleaving

Aizawl without permission.WhileMDML wasreportedly

registeredinMarch,theissueonlycametothegovernmentsnoticelastmonth.OnThursday,theMizo-ramgovernmentdisownedthecompanyandputupadisclaimerontheofficialwebsiteoftheChief

MinistersOffice.According to theg ov-

ernmentnote,Lallawm-sangasignedanMoUwithChennai-basedRMPIn-fotecPvtLtd onDecember

10,2012, purportedlyon behalfoftheMizoramgovernment,withoutanyauthorisation.A topofficialin-

volved in the investigation toldTheIndian Express thataclauseintheMoUauthorisedRMCInfotectonominateanycompanyitchoosestoworkwithMDMLafteritwas

registered.OnMarch11,2013,MDML

was reportedly registered undertheCompaniesActwithLallawm-sangaas itsdirector.Itsregistered

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SpotExchangesuspends trade,govt ordersprobe

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governmenttoorderanenquirybythecommodityregulatorForward MarketsCommission,whileSEBIbeganaseparateprobeamidacrashin sharesoftwo listedgroup compa-nies. P 21

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NEWDELHI, AUGUST1

INANorderthatcouldtriggeran-other confrontation between the

judiciaryand thegovernment, theSupremeCourtThursdaysaidthattheCBIdidnotrequirethesanctionofthegovernment to pursue a court-moni-toredinvestigationsuchasthe2Gcase.

Whya sanctionis requiredto in-vestigate? It is a court-monitored in-vestigatio n, you can go ahead andprobe, said a bench of Justices G SSinghviand KS Radhakrishnan,refer-ringtothe2Gcase.

You dont need permission any-more...It ismadeclearthattheCBIisconducting investigation... under thesupervisionof thiscourtandhencere-

quirementofsanctionwillnotcomeinthewaywithrespecttoinvestigationofanyone... In a court-monitored inves-tigation, you are not required to getsanctionunder Section6A.

The courts position may have adirectbearing ontheCentresbattleinthe coal blocks case to hold on to itspowerto decidewhethertheCBIcanbeallowedtointerrogatetopofficers.Thegovernmenthasrefusedto makeany exception to the rule which re-quirestheCBItoapproachitforsanc-tionto investigateofficersat thelevelof joint secretary or above, as pro-

vided under Secti on 6A of the DelhiPoliceSpecialEstablishmentAct.

Replying to the query by a three-judgebench ledby JusticeR ML odhaon why the CBI should approach thegovernmentfor sanctionto investigate,the government has said that this au-thoritycouldnotbetakenawayevenina court-ordered or court-monitoredinvestigation and that the extraordi-nary powers of the apex court under

Articles32and 142were notadequate.The Centres argument will be

heardbythisbenchonAugust6.Theclarificationbythe2Gbench

onThursdaycameafterseniorlawyerK K Venugopal, appearing for theCBI, said that the agency needed toget sanction under Section 6A in the

Aircel-Maxis case. Seeking time to fi-nalise the chargesheet in the matter,Venugopal said the CBI had to wait

forgovernmentapprovals.Atonepointof time,theinvestiga-

tion was quick but now it is gettingtardy... After our first final order inFebruary 2010, there was no impedi-ment on investigation and you couldprobe X,Y, anyone. In a court-moni-tored investigation, you are not re-quiredtogetasanctionunderSection6A,thebenchsaid.

Thecourtthen gavetheCBItwomonths to file a chargesheet in thecase,in whichformertelecomministerDayanidhiMaranisaccusedofforcingChennai-based telecom promoter CSivasankarantosellstakeinAircelin2006to Malaysianfirm Maxis.

Dont need govtnod for probe

we monitor: SC

EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE

NEWDELHI,AUGUST 1

EVEN as the BJP urged the

government to bring the Billforcreationof Telanganastatein Parliamentsmonsoonses-sion, Home Minister SushilKumar Shinde made it clearonThursdaythatthiswas un-likelytohappen.

No, not in this session. Ido not think it will come sosoon. Maybe by next session.Usually, ittakeseightto ninemonths.But,wewilltrytodoitattheearliest,maybefiveanda half months to six months.Maybeearlierthanthat,said

Shinde, while replying to aquestion. The monsoon ses-sionisscheduledtostartfrom

August 5.Leader of Opposition in

theLokSabhaSushmaSwarajislearnttohaveaskedthegov-

ernmenttobringtheBillinthemonsoon session at the all-partymeetingonThursday.

Meanwhile,theCongress

faced rebellion from itscoastal Andhra and Ray-alaseema MLAs, with manysubmittingtheirresignations.This may affect the partysplanto getthe statetoinitiatetheprocessbypassingaresolu-tionintheassembly.

If the proposal comesfrom the state, it would begood. Butifit doesnot come,other options are open. We

will discuss andm oveforwardaccordingto theconstitution,saidShinde.

No Telangana Bill this session,may take six months: Shinde

All options open

Company used Mizoram govtdomain name, carried photosof governor, chief minister

AMITAVRANJAN

NEWDELHI,AUGUST1

THE recent bump in tradi-tionally smooth ties betweenIndia and Bhutan has esca-lated into a war of words be-tween the petroleum and ex-ternal affairs ministries, withthe former blaming the for-eign office for issuing an ex-plicitdirectivethatledtoacutinthesubsidyon keroseneandcooking gas sold to the Hi-malayan kingdom.

ButtheMEAhassaidthatthe petroleum ministry hadmisinterpreted its communi-cation andjumpedthegun oncuttingthesubsidy.

The communication re-

ceived from MEA (on May23) was very clear and there

was no scope for ambigui ty,saysa petroleumministrylet-terofJuly31totheMEA.

The communicationclearly stated that the supplyarrangements for all petro-leum products, includingkeroseneandLPG,to Bhutanshould be revised to ensurethatthesetakeplaceon com-mercial, self-sustaining basisanddoesnotinvolveanysub-sidyfromthe MEA,saystheoffice memorandum quotingtheMEAsMay23letter.

Responding to the direc-tive,state-runIndianOilCorpimplemented commercialrates for kerosene and LPGfrom July 1. The move cameaheadof thesecondroundof

votingi n Bhutansparliamen-tarypollsandsnowballedintoa diplomatic incident, with

someanalystsseeing itas NewDelhi punishing the thenDruk Phuensum Tshogpa(DPT) g overnment in

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ministry in blame game EXPRESSNEWS SERVICENEWDELHI, AUGUST1

THE Cabinet Thursday ap-proved amendments to theRight to Information Act(RTI) to ensurepoliticalpar-ties are not categorised aspublicauthorities,a movethatnullifies the directive of theCentralInformationCommis-sion (CIC) to bring them un-derthe transparencylaw.

TheCIChadinJuneheldthatsixnationalparties theCongress, BJP, NCP, CPM,CPIandBSPweresubstan-tiallyfundedindirectlyby thegovernmentandhadthechar-acter of a public authority,compelling them to share in-

formationundertheRTI.It had directed parties to

appointpublicinformationof-ficersforthesame.TheorderhadmadeIndiaonlythethird

country in the world afterPolandandNepaltobringpo-liticalpartiesundertheambitofthetransparencylaw.

TheCabinetobservedthattheCIChadmadealiberalin-terpretation ofSection 2(h)oftheRTIAct,leadingtoanerro-neousconclusionthatpoliticalpartieswere publicauthorities.It was also pointed out thatbringing political parties un-der the Act was never visu-alisedwhenthelawwasmade.

The Department of Per-sonneland Training,the nodaldepartmentforimplementingthe RTI Act, in consultation

with the law mini stry, movedthe amendment, which nowspecificallysays thedefinition

of public authority does notapplytopoliticalpartiesregis-tered under Section 29A ofthe Representation of thePeopleAct, 1951.

Change in RTI Act gets

nod, parties exempted

JUDICIARY Order takes on govt position

on questioning top officers in coal case

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RETAILMandatory 30%localsourcingnorminmulti-brandretail eased,toapplyonlyinfirstengagement

100%FDIin single-brandretail;49%byautomaticroute,49%-100%throughFIPB

TELECOMCapraisedto 100%from74%;upto 49%throughautomatic

route,beyondthatvia FIPB

PETROLEUMUpto 49%FDI inpetroleumrefin-ingallowedby automaticroutefromtheearlierapprovalroute

POWER49%FDIallowedinpowerex-changesthroughautomaticroutefromthe earlierFIPB route

FINANCEFDIcap increditinformationfirmsincreasedto 74%from49%

Upto49%instockexchanges,depositoriesunderautomatic route

DEFENCEFDIcapstaysat26%,CCSmayconsiderhigherinvestmentinstate-of-the-arttech oncase-to-casebasis

FDINORMSEASED INRETAIL,TELECOMCABINET CLEARS FRESHBOOSTERSFOR

ECONOMYIN BATTLE AGAINST CAD

INSURANCE:NodecisiononraisingFDIfrom26%to49%

CONTROL: Definitionofcontrolwidenedforthe purposeof M&Asinvolvingoverseasfirms,providinggreaterclarityto foreignin-vestors.Revisionwillbe prospective.Definitionofcontrolhasbeen uncertainin, forexample,theJet-Etihaddeal

RAIL TARIFFAUTHORITY:In-principleapprovalto establishfirst-of-its-kindbody thatwillsuggestthe leveloftarifffor bothfreightandpassengerfarestakinginto accountinputcostsandmarketconditions

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