2G Spectrum Scam The Rs 1‚76‚000 crore loot in telecom by the UPA govt 1) What is spectrum? What is its relation with mobile phone services? Spectrum is airwaves. Each operator is assigned a set of frequencies. In normal basic telephone service‚ a pair of wires is used for communication. But in case of mobile/wireless communications‚ airwaves are used instead of wires. These spectrum/airwaves are licensed by the Government. It is allocated in Mega Hertz (MHz) in telecom licenses. 4.2 MHz is given
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The 2G spectrum scandal involved officials in the government of India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for frequency allocation licenses‚ which they would use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones. The shortfall between the money collected and the money which the law mandated to be collected is 1‚76‚379 crore (1.763 trillion) rupees (roughly equivalent to 39 billion US dollars). The issuing of licenses occurred in 2008‚ but the scam came to public notice when the Indian Income
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Essay on 2G Spectrum Scam B Rajashekar Reddy (1593206) MADS 6604 Ethics and Public Values Prof Brenda Lyshaug‚ Ph.D. Fairleigh Dickinson University April 01‚ 2013 “2G” stands for “Second-generation wireless telephone technology”. The 2G scam is one of the biggest scam till now in India and the highest authority of India Supreme Court stated that this scam is mother of all the scam till now in India. In this 2G spectrum scam many government officials are involved for illegally undercharging
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Role of judiciary in the protection of Human Rights By - S.S. Upadhyay‚ HJS Addl. Director (Training) Institute of Judicial Training & Research‚ U.P.‚ Lucknow. Dated: October‚ 2008 S Y N O P S I S 1. Human Rights — what are? 2. Concept of human rights in olden times 3. Universal declaration of human rights 4. Role played by judiciary in the development & protection of human rights 5. FIR‚ arrest & human rights 6. Human rights of arrestee
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The Judiciary Introduction: This question raises the issues of the constitutional position of the judiciary and the significance of judicial independence for the operation of the rule of law. We will consider recent changes to the leadership of the judiciary and the process of judicial appointment. Judges are expected to be personally independent in the sense that they must decide cases purely on the strict application of the law to the evidence presented‚ irrespective of personal preference or
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Lesbia Cruz Mr. Amado Chan Engl 1035 18 July‚ 2012 Judiciary of Belize Charles Evans Hughes said‚ “We are under a Constitution‚ but the Constitution is what the judges say it is‚ and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution”. The legal system that Belize has is the judiciary and it is an independent branch of the government. Independent from government influence so that it does protect the rights of the ‘small’ people in society
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he Judiciary "has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever..It may truly be said to have neither FORCE NOR WILL‚ but merely judgment" (Woll‚ 410). The Judicial branch lacks the influential power possessed by Congress and the President in the federal government and is further limited by presidential appointment of justices and congressional decision to establish lower courts. The
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and the judges the judiciary. The task of the judiciary is to settle conflicts between citizens and in some cases between the citizens and the state. All the different powers in a democracy have a specific role. What is the role of the judiciary in a democracy? We will try to answer that question in studying the democracy and the judiciary in the first part‚ and then see what is its role in a democracy. In this first part we will study the democracy and the judiciary‚ as it is important
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Role of Judiciary in Environmental Protection In India environmental law has seen considerable development in the last two decades. Most of the principles under which environmental law works in India come within this period. The development of the laws in this area has seen a considerable share of initiative by the Indian judiciary‚ particularly the higher judiciary‚ consisting of the Supreme Court of India‚ and the High Courts of the States. The role of the administration‚ although a critical
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with jurisdiction will determine the choice of law. Generally‚ courts apply the domestic statute but pre-emptive national laws‚ public policy concerns and the principle of non-discrimination may affect the choice. The latter contemplates that in no case should the plaintiff’s complaint be judged according to a rule less favorable than those that would be used to judge the matter in the state where the activities took place. (Art 3 (2) of the 1974. Nordic Environmental Protection Convention guides
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