SC on Babus

·         On August 8, 2008 in Supreme Court Justices Agrawal and Singhvi, lamenting attitude of top bureaucrats and frequent complaints of citizens that policemen do not register FIRs promptly said “In this country you need huntering to make you work”

·         “Is this Ramrajya in this country...So this is swaraj. This is the concept of swaraj,” said a bench of Justices B.N. Agrawal and G.S. Singhvi, while lamenting the attitude of the top bureaucrats and the frequent complaints of citizens that policemen do not register FIRs promptly.

Mission IAS’2009

·         While granting two more weeks to chief secretaries/DGPs and police commissioners to file their response, the apex court warned that if the top bureaucrats fail to respond, it would direct their personal attendance in the next hearing.

·         Barring Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, no state or Union Territory had so far responded to its July 14 directions.

·         On July 14, the bench had ordered that a citizen whose his/her FIR is not registered can approach a judicial magistrate for direction to the police officer concerned to register the FIR.