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Justice Kohli takes over as CAT chief

Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as the new chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for term of five years.
He will take place of Justice Syed Rafat Alam who was the previous CAT chairman.
Key Points about Central Administrative Tribunal
  • Its function is to adjudicate the disputes with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or state or other local authorities within the territory of India or under the control of Government of India.
  • The CAT is headed by a chairman who must be either a sitting or a retired Judge of a High Court. Other than Chairman, there are 16 Vice-Chairmen and 49 Members.
  • The principle bench is located at New Delhi.
  • Central Administrative Tribunal enjoys the status and powers of a High Court.

Key points about Administrative Tribunals Act 1985

  • Using the powers conferred by the Article 323A of the Constitution, Parliament passed a law to establish the Administrative tribunals in India.
  • The Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 provides for adjudication or trial of disputes and complaints with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of public servants.
  • The act has made provisions for the Central Administrative Tribunal for the Centre and a State Administrative Tribunal for a particular State.
  • In addition, the Act also provides for the establishment of Joint Administrative Tribunals to hear cases from more than one State.

The provisions of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 do not apply to the 
  • Members of paramilitary forces
  • Armed forces of the Union
  • Officers or employees of the Supreme Court
  • Persons appointed to the Secretariat Staff of either House of Parliament or the Secretariat staff of State/ Union Territory Legislatures.


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Ex-CJI HL Dattu selected as new Chairman of NHRC
Ex-CJI HL Dattu selected as new Chairman of NHRC

Ø  Union Government has selected former Chief Justice of India (CJI) H L Dattu as new Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Ø  He will succeed Mr. K.G. Balakrishnan who had demitted office after his five-year term ended in May 2015. Since then Justice C Joseph is functioning as the acting Chairman.
Ø  Justice Dattu was selected by the high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ø  The committee also included Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha P J Kurien and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Ø  His name will be sent to the President Pranab Mukherjee for his approval.
Ø  As per the provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, President appoints the Chairman and members of the NHRC on the recommendation of the high-powered committee headed by the Prime Minister.
Ø  Justice H L Dattu was 42nd Chief Justice of India from September 28, 2014 to December 2, 2015.
About NHRC: It is apex statutory supervisory body of human rights in the country, i.e. the rights related to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the international convents.


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The government re-appointed Urjit Patel as the deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India for a three-year term, ensuring continuity for the team spearheading the country's monetary policy under Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Patel, who joined the RBI in January 2013, heads its monetary policy department and is widely considered to be a trusted lieutenant to Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Formerly Urjit Patel has worked with International Monetary Fund and president of Reliance Industries Ltd, Patel headed the committee that drafted the landmark shift in India’s monetary policy, putting the focus on consumer inflation and introducing inflation targeting.

The government has formed a search panel, which interviewed several candidates in December, including Mr. Patel and two other Executive Directors of RBI. A Deputy Governor of RBI can be appointed for a period of five years or till the age of 62, whichever is earlier. Mr. Patel, who was appointed as the Deputy Governor in January 2013 had about two decades of experience across sectors including financial, energy and infrastructure sectors.

Administrative structure of RBI
1. The bank is headed by the Governor and the post is currently held by economist Raghuram Rajan.
2. There are 4 Deputy Governors H R Khan, Dr Urjit Patel, R Gandhi and S S Mundra.
3. Two of the four Deputy Governors are traditionally from RBI ranks, and are selected from the Bank's Executive Directors. One is nominated from among the Chairpersons of public sector banks and the other is an economist.

About RBI
1. The Reserve Bank of India is India's central banking institution, which controls the monetary policy of the Indian rupee.
2. It commenced its operations on 1 April 1935 during the British Rule in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra


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Former Gujarat cadre IAS officer Devender Kumar Sikri has been appointed as the Chairman of fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI). He will succeed Ashok Chawla as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI). Chawla was appointed as the Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) on October 20, 2011. His tenure as Chairman of CCI has ended in January 2016.
Before this appointment Sikri has served with many capacities like Secretary in Ministry of Women and Child development, Registrar General of Census, retired as Secretary in Department of Justice under Ministry of Law and Justice.
CCI consists of a Chairperson and 6 Members appointed by the Central Government.

About Competition Commission of India

1. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) was established in March 2009.
 
2. The objective of CCI is to play an overarching role as a market regulator across all sectors with the focus on anti-competitive behaviour of enterprises that may distort competition.
 
3. Effectively carry out competition advocacy and spread the information on benefits of competition among all stakeholders to establish and nurture competition culture in Indian economy.
 
4. The CCI oversees the implementation of the Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007.
 
5. The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 prohibits anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position by enterprises and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control and M&A), which causes or likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition within India.

Notable decisions by CCI

1. In December 2010, CCI instituted a probe to examine if there was any cartelisation among traders when onion prices touched 80 rupees, but did not find sufficient evidence of market manipulation.

2. In June 2012, CCI imposed a fine of ₹63.07 billion (US$940 million) 11 cement companies for cartelisation. CCI claimed that cement companies met regularly to fix prices, control market share and hold back supply which earned them illegal profits.

3. In January 2013, CCI modified clauses in agreements between real estate company DLF Limited and apartment buyers.

4. On 8 February 2013, CCI imposed a penalty of ₹522 million (US$7.8 million) on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for misusing its dominant position. The CCI found that IPL team ownership agreements were unfair and discriminatory, and that the terms of the IPL franchise agreements were loaded in favour of BCCI and franchises had no say in the terms of the contract.

5. In 2014, CCI imposed a fine of Rs. 1 Crore upon Google for failure to comply with the directions given by the Director General (DG) seeking information and documents.

6. On 17th November 2015, CCI imposed a fine of INR 258 crore upon Three Airlines. Competition Commission of India (CCI) had penalised the three airlines for cartelisation in determining the fuel surcharge on air cargo. A penalty of Rs 151.69 crore was imposed on Jet Airways, while that on InterGlobe Aviation (Indigo) and SpiceJet are Rs 63.74 crore and Rs 42.48 crore, respectively.




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