Today I heard about a grand wedding of an Indian tycoon (Ambani's son) from a friend of mine, and he showed me some videos of it too. He said famous and powerful people from around the world have been invited to it, and the cost of the event was going to be several Billions (of Indian Rupees or USD, I don't know). If you think about it, India is a country with a higher population of substandard living conditions. There are innocent and miserable children who are forced to work for a mere subsistence, being deprived of education, health facilities, and food and water. I remember a movie based on a true story in which Akshey Kumar was playing the leading role where he makes sanitary towels (pads) for poor women who could not afford it. In such a country, a single wedding event spends billions of money. What a crappy world we are living! You could imagine how much wealth this family has amassed. On the other, this "mental disease" of exorbitant spending must be highly we
CHAPTER XXIX
THE NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION (NPC)
242.
(1) There shall be a National Police Commission
(in this Chapter referred to as the “Commission”) consisting of the Inspector
General of Police, and other members not less than four and not more than six,
appointed by President subject to the provisions of Article 185.
(2) The President shall appoint one member, excluding the IGP for such
consideration, as the Chairman of the Commission.
243.
Provisions of Articles 186, 187, 188, 190, 193,
194, 202, 203, 223, and paragraph (2) and (6) of Article 184, paragraph (5) of
Article 195 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Commission.
244.
(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Commission
shall be five members.
(2) The Commission shall from time to time, make rules for such matters which
require rules to be made. Every such rule shall be published in the Gazette.
245.
The
Commission shall be responsible and answerable to Parliament in accordance with
the provisions of the Standing Orders of Parliament for the exercise,
performance and discharge of its powers, duties and functions and shall forward
to Parliament in each calendar year a report of its activities in such year.
246. The Commission shall be empowered to:
(1) entertain
and investigate complaints from members of the public or any aggrieved person
against a police officer or the police force, and shall provide redress in
accordance with the provisions of any law enacted by Parliament. For this
purpose the Commission may make rules to establish procedures for entertaining
and investigating complaints from members of the public or any aggrieved person;
(2) effect
the appointment, promotion, transfer, disciplinary control and dismissal of
police officers other than Inspector General of Police:
Provided that Commission shall exercise its powers of promotion, transfer,
disciplinary control and dismissal in consultation with Inspector General of
Police;
(3) provide,
in consultation with Inspector General of Police, for and determine all matters
regarding police officers, including:
(a) the formulation of schemes of recruitment, promotion and transfers, subject to any policy determined by Cabinet of Ministers pertaining to the same;
(b) training and the improvement of the efficiency and independence of the
police service;
(c) the nature and type of the arms, ammunition and other equipment necessary
for the use of the National Division and the Local Division; and
(d) code of conduct and disciplinary procedures, to which every police officer
shall strictly adhere.
247. (1) The Commission may, subject to such conditions and procedures as may be prescribed by the Commission, delegate to Inspector General of Police or in consultation with Inspector General of Police to any Police Officer, its powers of appointment, promotion, transfer, disciplinary control and dismissal of any category of police officers.
(2) The Commission shall cause any such delegation to be published in the
Gazette.|
(3) The Commission shall not derogate from the powers and functions of the Provincial
Police Commissions as are established by law.
(4) Upon any delegation of its powers to Inspector General of Police or police
officer under this Article, the Commission shall not, whilst such delegation is
in force, exercise, perform or discharge its powers, duties or functions in
respect of the categories of police officers in respect of which such
delegation is made, subject to the right of appeal hereinafter provided.
(5) Where the Commission has delegated under this Article to any police officer
its powers of appointment, promotion, transfer, disciplinary control and
dismissal of any category of police officers, Inspector General of Police shall
have a right of appeal to the Commission against any order made by such Police
officer in the exercise of his delegated powers.
(6) A police officer aggrieved by any order relating to promotion, transfer or
any order on a disciplinary matter or dismissal made by a Provincial Police
Commission, the Inspector General of Police or a Police Officer referred to in
this Article in respect of such officer may, appeal to the Commission against
such order in accordance with rules made by the Commission from time to time
regulating the procedure and the period fixed for the making and hearing of an
appeal by the Commission.
(7) The Commission shall have the power to alter, vary, rescind or confirm such
order upon an appeal made under paragraph (1) of this Article, or to give
directions in relation thereto or to order such further or other inquiry, as to
the Commission shall deem fit.
(8) Any police officer aggrieved by any order relating to promotion, transfer,
or any order on a disciplinary matter or dismissal made by the Commission, in
respect of such officer, may appeal therefrom to the Administrative Appeals
Tribunal established under Article 223, which shall have the power to alter,
vary, rescind or confirm any order or decision made by the Commission.
248. Subject to the jurisdiction conferred on Court of Appeal under Article 164, no court or tribunal shall have the power or jurisdiction to inquire into, or pronounce upon or in any manner call in question any order or decision made by the Commission or a Committee, in pursuance of any power or duty, conferred or imposed on such Commission or Committee under this Chapter or under any other law.
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