Holidays on Poll days for Local Body Elections, 2011

ABSTRACT
Holidays – Holidays on Poll days for Local Body Elections, 2011 – Declaration of
holiday on the dates of poll [17.10.2011 (Monday) and 19.10.2011 (Wednesday)] as Holidays – Notified.
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR-1) Department
G.O.(Ms.) No.76 Dated 11.10.2011
Read:
Tamil Nadu State Election Commission’s S.O.No.47/2011/TNSEC/PE-I, dated
21.9.2011.
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ORDER:
The Tamil Nadu State Election Commission has notified the schedule for the ordinary elections to Local Bodies. The 1st phase of election is on Monday, the 17th October, 2011 and the 2nd phase of election is on Wednesday, the 19th October, 2011.
The Government have decided to declare the said days of Poll as public holidays under section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881). All Government Offices including industrial establishments of the Government and Government controlled bodies and all educational institutions will remain closed on
17.10.2011 in the areas where polling takes place in the first phase and on 19.10.2011 in the areas where polling takes place in the second phase.
2. Accordingly, the following Notification will be published in an Extra-ordinary issue of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated 11.10.2011.

NOTIFICATION
Under the Explanation to section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (Central Act XXVI of 1881), read with the Notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs No.20-25-26, Public-I, dated the 8th June 1957, the Governor of
Tamil Nadu, hereby declares Monday, the 17th October 2011 and Wednesday, the 19th October 2011, the dates on which the poll for the ordinary election to the local bodies 2011 will take place, to be public holidays, in those areas wherever such poll takes place.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

Debendranath Sarangi,
Chief Secretary to Government.
To
The Director of Stationery and Printing, Chennai-2.
.. 2 ..
The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-79.
(for publication of the Notification in an Extra-ordinary issue of Tamil Nadu Government
Gazette dated 11.10.2011and to supply 1200 copies to Government.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, Chennai-106.
All Secretaries to Government, Chennai-9.
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Chennai-3.
The Registrar, High Court, Chennai-104.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai-2.
The Manager, RBI, Chennai-1 and other leading Banking Institutions.
The Tamil Development, Religious Endowments
and Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.
(for issue of Press Release and Coverage of TV & Radio)
Copy to:
The Secretary to Governor, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai-32.
Honourable Chief Minister’s Office, Chennai-9.
All Public Sector Undertakings/Corporations.
All Universities of the State,
All Central Government Offices.
The Chairman, Chennai Port Trust, Chennai-1.
The Deputy Principal Information Officer,
Press Information, Government of India, Chennai-1.
The Director of National Informatics Centre, Chennai-9.
// Forwarded / By Order //
SECTION OFFICER.

National Green Tribunal - The five places of its sitting are at Delhi, Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai.

National Green Tribunal Act, 2010: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1D7MZ_yKj7ZOWVkMjcxNjgtMGI4OC00MGU3LWIxMDUtY2NhMGNiZjg0MWY0&hl=en_US

• The Tribunal has the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. 
• The Tribunal shall not be bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, but shall be guided by principles of natural justice.
• The Tribunal’s dedicated jurisdiction in environmental matters shall provide speedy environmental justice and help reduce the burden of litigation in the higher Courts.
• The Tribunal is mandated to make an endeavor for disposal of applications or appeals finally within 6 months of filing of the same.
• Initially, the NGT is proposed to be set up at five places of sittings and will follow circuit procedure for making itself more accessible.
• The Tribunal has the original jurisdiction over all civil cases where a substantial question relating to environment, including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment is involved.  
• The Tribunal shall hear disputes arising out of the implementation of environmental laws mentioned in Schedule I of the NGT Act, 2010.  
• The  Government is empowered to add any Act of Parliament having regard to objectives of environmental protection and conservation of natural resources. 
• The Tribunal is competent to provide relief over and above as is admissible under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991. 
• In order to ensure access to justice, pollution control boards and local authorities have also been empowered under the NGT Act to file an application or appeal before the Tribunal on behalf of the affected person. 
• Appeal against any order of the Tribunal shall lie to the Supreme Court. 
• No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any appeal in respect of any matter which the Tribunal is empowered to determine under its appellate jurisdiction. 
• No injunction shall be granted by any civil court or other authority in respect of any order passed by the Tribunal. 
• Consequent to enforcement of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, the National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 and the National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997 have been repealed. The cases pending before the National Environment Appellate Authority at the time of establishment of the National Green Tribunal have been transferred to the National Green Tribunal. 
• The five places of its sitting are at Delhi, Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai. 
• Delhi has already been specified as ordinary place of sitting of NGT vide Government of India notification dated 5.5.2011. 
• The Tribunal at Delhi has already commenced its hearings from 4th July, 2011. 
• The applicants can file applications/petitions before the Tribunal at Delhi till other benches of the Tribunal become functional. 
• The infrastructure at the 5 places of sitting of the Tribunal is being set up for making it fully functional. 
• At present, the Tribunal consists of Chairperson and 3 Expert Members and 2 Judicial Members.  The Expert Members are experts in physical and life sciences, engineering and law including persons having practical knowledge and administrative experience in the field of environmental policy and regulation.  The Ministry is in the process of filling up of the remaining vacancies of Members in the Tribunal since NGT Act, 2010 provides for a minimum of 10 Expert Members and equal number of Judicial Members

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has been established under the NGT Act, 2010 on 18th October, 2010 is headed by Chairperson L.S. Panta, a Retired Supreme Court Judge. The Tribunal has been established for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

The Law Commission in its 186th Report recognised the inadequacies of the existing appellate authorities constituted under various environmental laws and reviewed their position with a view to bring uniformity in their constitution and the scope of their jurisdiction.  The Law Commission undertook the study pursuant to the observations of the Supreme Court regarding the need for constitution of environmental courts. The Law Commission, in its said report, recommended for setting up of environmental courts in each State or for a group of States for exercising all powers of a civil court in its original jurisdiction and with appellate judicial powers against orders passed by the concerned authorities under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991. 

The Law Commission’s Report was considered in the Ministry. In view of the growing environmental challenges, it was decided to set up a green tribunal as a specialized body equipped with the necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues.

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case–Full Judgment.

Now after twenty years of assassination of former prime minister Mr.Rajiv Gandhi, his trial is doing another round.

If anybody is interested in reading the judgment of the Supreme Court of India in that case may click here to read it:

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