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RS adjourned over missing minister
NEW DELHI: Even as a series of special mentions were taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday,they were interrupted by an adjournment when the Chair could not find any Cabinet minister seated in the House.
Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan,who was presiding over the House,intervened when he could not find any Cabinet minister when BJPs Bhagat Singh Koshyari raised a special mention on the 2010 Kumbh Mela in Hardwar. He said it could not proceed and adjourned the House for five minutes.
It later turned out that Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi was present but had walked up to the Opposition benches to speak with BJP leader Arun Shourie. Ravi,who had not heard the Chair,explained,In the pandemonium I did not hear when the Chair. I regret the inconvenience caused. Earlier in the day,the RS was adjourned when a mention of Bundelkhand regions backwardness led to a furore.
Bill soon to check judicial accountability
NEW DELHI: In a bid to introduce accountability in the judicial system,the Centre is planning to introduce the Judges Standards and Accountability Bill in Parliament.
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that a proposal seeking to replace the Judges Inquiry Bill with the Judges Standards and Accountability Bill may soon be sent to the Cabinet. That will definitely be a new path-finding Bill with an innovative approach to reassert and reassert ourselves to constitutional aspirations, the Law Minister said.
