[IAC#RG] JUDICIARY NEEDS TO REBOOT AND DELIVER

The COVID-19 induced disruptions have only further dented the administrations of Justice while adding to the backlog of cases pending, which have now reached alarming levels.  

 

As on 15th April this year 67,279 cases were pending in the Supreme Court, 5.75 lakh  piled up in High Courts and a mountain of 3.8 crore gathered in the subordinate courts across the country giving  a very grim picture of India's Justice delivery system.

 

In view of the rising pendency of cases, the number of holidays could possibly be slashed and by ensuring that Courts sit for at least six hours a day. In the current pandemic there is no reason why with all the precautions in place Courts should not function hearing just 15 cases in each session. This would help ease the backlog. And for every litigant his case is urgent.

 

The Judiciary seems to be placed beyond the reach of the common man while the influential and wealthy Ambanis and Adanis wade their way through. Courts of law can never end up as Temples of Surprises, as every order passed must be based on very sound legal reasoning.

 

For decades, there has been a gross failure in administration of the judicial machinery. Many Judges highlight all this in their speeches at various functions but those only remain good to hear while nothing gets done to cure the situation.

 

Many do not see an end to the litigation in their lifetime as it can take 15 to 20 years if not more for the legal battle to end. So there is a need to identify problems grappling the Judiciary by finding some concrete but practical solutions.

 

The issue of easily obtained and indefinitely lasting stay orders needs to be addressed. Adjournments for the asking must also be done away with. As the years pass, memories fade, witnesses turn hostile and justice becomes meaningless. Widely spaced dates is another problem especially in criminal matters with the under trials in judicial custody denying them their fundamental right to life and liberty.

 

The problems faced by citizens in their quest for Justice should no longer be ignored. The Supreme Court being the overall court of Superintendence needs to invoke its administrative powers to remedy this unacceptable state of affairs.  If immediate remedial measures are not put in place the Justice delivery system, if not already, may sadly collapse under its own weight.

 

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Re: [IAC#RG] RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICALDENS

Dear Sukant,

I thank you for sharing it. It deserves wide attention and discussion as the post of governor has proved to be a source of tension between the centre and the states since 1960s.

Regards,

Anand Kumar

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Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICALDENS

 

The tradition of appointing a governor by the ruling establishment at the centre and its role thereafter should be discussed in depth to take a final meaningful decision on it.

On Sukla Sen <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>, 8 Jun 2021 12:01 wrote:

The post is a relic from our colonial past.

In the initial decades since Independence, it was meant to be just ornamental (at considerable expenses of ordinary Indians) - as testified by many of them.

In the later years, it started being used by the Centre to heckle, or even remove, state governments that it considered, for whatever reasons, bothersome.

After the celebrated Supreme Court judgement, in 1994, in the famous SR Bommai vs. Union of India case, things did improve for quite a while.

Now, it's, again, (nearly) back to the bad old days.

This unelected post - chosen completely arbitrarily and appointed unilaterally by the Union Government, goes against the very grain of spirit of federalism.

Needs be forthwith abolished.

Sukla 

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, 03:39 Aires Rodrigues, <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

It is high time that the nation reflects on and debates the manner in which Governors are appointed and whether we need ornamental puppet Governors who needlessly burden the taxpayer.

Constitutionally the Governor possesses executive, legislative, financial and judicial powers. The role of the Governor is very important and essential for the healthy functioning of democracy. However, in recent times this post has been reduced to becoming a retirement package for politicians. As a result people think that the post of the Governor is worthless and  just a financial burden on state governments even though technically the role of the Governor if exercised wisely and fairly for the benefit of the state and its people is very vital.

Some Governors of the past had this to say. Sarojini Naidu, the one-time Governor of UP had said that she considered herself "a bird in a golden cage". Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Governor of Madhya Pradesh had this to say, "My duties as a governor lay more in getting visitors and providing them tea, lunches and dinners than anything else. The first thing I do in the morning is to peruse the list of visitors and invitees to lunch and dinner". KM Munshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh had a tiff with his Chief Minister and had complained to Pandit Nehru for redressal. When his plea was turned down, he described his job thus: "to run a hotel and entertain guests". NV Gadgil, Governor of Punjab considered himself as "the Patwari of the State of Punjab whose function was to assess the conditions prevailing in the state and report to the Union government".

Governors should not end up being mere rubber stamps as they constitutionally have a major role to play in overseeing that the State is well administered in accordance with law. They should be appointed on merit as the Raj Bhavans cannot end up being shelter homes to rehabilitate the deadwood of the ruling political party. It is imperative that the Governors should be truly non-partisan at all times. We need to reflect and consider whether there is a need to house a "spare wheel" at the state level?

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Re: [IAC#RG] RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICALDENS

The tradition of appointing a governor by the ruling establishment at the centre and its role thereafter should be discussed in depth to take a final meaningful decision on it.

On Sukla Sen <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>, 8 Jun 2021 12:01 wrote:

The post is a relic from our colonial past.

In the initial decades since Independence, it was meant to be just ornamental (at considerable expenses of ordinary Indians) - as testified by many of them.

In the later years, it started being used by the Centre to heckle, or even remove, state governments that it considered, for whatever reasons, bothersome.

After the celebrated Supreme Court judgement, in 1994, in the famous SR Bommai vs. Union of India case, things did improve for quite a while.

Now, it's, again, (nearly) back to the bad old days.

This unelected post - chosen completely arbitrarily and appointed unilaterally by the Union Government, goes against the very grain of spirit of federalism.

Needs be forthwith abolished.

Sukla 

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, 03:39 Aires Rodrigues, <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

It is high time that the nation reflects on and debates the manner in which Governors are appointed and whether we need ornamental puppet Governors who needlessly burden the taxpayer.

Constitutionally the Governor possesses executive, legislative, financial and judicial powers. The role of the Governor is very important and essential for the healthy functioning of democracy. However, in recent times this post has been reduced to becoming a retirement package for politicians. As a result people think that the post of the Governor is worthless and  just a financial burden on state governments even though technically the role of the Governor if exercised wisely and fairly for the benefit of the state and its people is very vital.

Some Governors of the past had this to say. Sarojini Naidu, the one-time Governor of UP had said that she considered herself "a bird in a golden cage". Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Governor of Madhya Pradesh had this to say, "My duties as a governor lay more in getting visitors and providing them tea, lunches and dinners than anything else. The first thing I do in the morning is to peruse the list of visitors and invitees to lunch and dinner". KM Munshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh had a tiff with his Chief Minister and had complained to Pandit Nehru for redressal. When his plea was turned down, he described his job thus: "to run a hotel and entertain guests". NV Gadgil, Governor of Punjab considered himself as "the Patwari of the State of Punjab whose function was to assess the conditions prevailing in the state and report to the Union government".

Governors should not end up being mere rubber stamps as they constitutionally have a major role to play in overseeing that the State is well administered in accordance with law. They should be appointed on merit as the Raj Bhavans cannot end up being shelter homes to rehabilitate the deadwood of the ruling political party. It is imperative that the Governors should be truly non-partisan at all times. We need to reflect and consider whether there is a need to house a "spare wheel" at the state level?

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[IAC#RG] TARUN TEJPAL’S POLITICAL PERSECUTION THAT HAS BEEN A FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE FOR GOA’S TAXPAYERS

Courts of Law are a forum to Prosecute and never to Persecute. The Goa Government should come clean making public the total expenditure incurred so far on the Tarun Tejpal Case which has been on for almost eight years. With the trial at the Sessions Court, the case on various issues traveled to the High Court and Supreme Court several times.

It is estimated that the government must have incurred expenses of approximately ten crores on this case which is yet to see its finality. With that money, the Government could have set up a state of the art full fledged Health center at the Old Ribandar Hospital with all the possible facilities to cater to the health needs of all instead of politically and vindictively hounding one individual. It is anguishing that the state exchequer has been drained on account of the witch-hunt waged by the BJP against Tarun Tejpal. Why should the tax-payer have to bear the brunt of such a wasteful politically orchestrated plot?

Will the government enlighten us as to in how many other cases it has Suo Motu initiated criminal proceedings and  gone hammer and tongs as done in the Tarun Tejpal case by incurring such a huge mind boggling expenditure? Could we also know in which other cases the Goa Police has demonstrated such rare enthusiasm to investigate?

The financial pain faced by the tax payer on account of this case is far from over. The appeal now filed by the Government against Tarun Tejpal's acquittal will take a couple of years to be decided by the High Court and then the last round in the Supreme Court may also take long to see the last curtain drawn.

The ego of the BJP and its all-out vindictive battle to settle scores with the founder Editor in- Chief of Tehelka has been unduly burdening our cash starved State.  And when this is all over besides the financial burden incurred we would have to also account whether judicial time was judiciously spent especially in view of the huge pendency of urgent matters in Courts. Was it all a criminal waste of precious judicial time?

Maybe the law needs to be amended to prevent any such future abuse by the government in Power which is hell bent on vindictive wasteful actions at the expense of the taxpayers. May such a sordid saga never ever repeat again.

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Re: [IAC#RG] BJP REWARDS JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA

Courts in some cases appear to be passing whimsical judgements which has zero foundation in the best standards of sanity,propriety and good governance. Judgement for looting the land of Babri masjid in the name of birthplace of Lord Ram was the most insane and full of ignorance of the clear fact of muslims being real people of avatars accepting NAKLANKI and KALKI. All avatars are saluted from the masjids. Judges need to have basic sense of the faith of muslims as people of avatars ,pure avatars, none else NOT of impostors, dhongies and dajjals.I have been sharing on the unbroken chain of divinely chosen leadership at the seat of prophet Mohammad SUH and HRP and prophet Abraham SUH and HPR in order to unite all people of avatars, the sanatan, the puroshottam, the khalifatullah.

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On Monday, 7 June, 2021, 8:48:46 am IST, Rajinder Dalvi <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

Dear MG

>"Now Courts are imposing huge costs on petitioners bringing out just and true issues, just because the judges deciding the issues have no real knowledge of the issues "

That is correct and, unfortunately, true.

Recently, the co-founder of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION (an HRA affiliate), Mr Veeresh Malik has been corruptly fined Rs. 20 lakhs for bringing a simple RTI petition to the Delhi High Court seeking damages for non-providing  of information on 4G and 5G mobile tower radiation by DoT, and DoSAT.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/delhi-high-court-dismisses-juhi-chawlas-plea-against-5g-imposes-fine-of-rs-20-lakh/videoshow/83234893.cms

A series of scientific studies conducted sInce 2014 by ICMR, DoT and Department of Science, paid for by Central Govt,  conclusively show that mobile tower emissions are highly dangerous and carcinogenic but are not being released into public domain despite RTI applications and appeals.

The corrupt and sold out media, which my young friends tell me is nowadays called "Godimedia", has also done its part by completely misrepresenting what is a very serious issue.

The man in the Clapham bus would definitely say that the only way now left to remove these corruption cancers (judges, politicians, bureaucrats, news barons / journalists and Ramdev types) from the body politico is to exterminate them, although you may disagree.

regards

RS Dalvi

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM MG Kapoor <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

With reference to email by Walter Vieira.

The damage is already done.

The Constitution has already been subverted.

You can demolish a building in a few hours but it would take years to build it.

The Indian Constitution was preserved for over six decades. But now in the last seven years it has been subverted.  

Now Courts are imposing huge costs on petitioners bringing out just and true issues, just because the judges deciding the issues have no real knowledge of the issues.

MG  

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Re: [IAC#RG] THE RTI ACT MUST BE BOOSTED

You have made an interesting point Aires. May I remind you that in October, 2015 most NGOs working in the filed of RTI Act 2005 had boycotted the address of the PM Modi at the CIC Convention. on flimsy ground. As a result these same NGOs with their over inflated ego, just antagonized the very PM who could have helped us in making the Act stronger. What was the outcome from the boycott? Nothing. 

In your recent mail you have covered all grounds. It is precise and to the point. So may I request you to approach the Govt. and all stake holders with the same letter / email and also mark a copy to the PMO?

Many of us will also do the same.

Regards

Manoj Pai

On Monday, June 7, 2021, 03:38:40 AM GMT+5:30, Aires Rodrigues <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

The Right to Information Act which came into force on October 12^th 2005 was enacted to ensure transparency and accountability in governance. But the manner in which the government has been subtly subverting the RTI Act is a matter of concern.

A well informed citizenry, transparency, and free flow of information are the very foundations of any successful democratic society. India may be publicly acclaimed as the world's largest democracy but the ground reality is that we are now ebbing away as Democracy and non-transparency in the functioning of the Government cannot co-exist.

Besides, freedom of speech without access to information is meaningless. In 2014 Narendra Modi rode to power on his vow of 'Acche din' for the Aam Aadmi and Good Governance. But once in power the Prime Minister has done nothing to empower the people by strengthening this vital Act. His then enthusiasm for freedom has over the years just waned away and we are in a culture of surveillance and secrecy. For the common man, getting correct and accurate information under the Right to Information Act is today still a far cry.

As the Right to Information Act requires that the Information Commissioners have to be persons of Eminence in public life, Independent minded persons who do not succumb to political pulls and pressures need to be appointed as Information Commissioners to ensure the proper implementation of the Right to Information Act. If Yes-men manage to creep into as Information Commissioners it would be an exercise in futility ending up as white elephants that we would rather be better off without.

Under Section 4 of the RTI Act all public authorities are duty bound to regularly display on their website a wide range of information, including all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions which affect the public. This proviso in the law was enacted to reduce the need for filing individual RTI applications. But this mandatory duty has been blatantly flouted by the authorities with most government websites themselves dysfunctional or not updated. What is the use of right to freedom of speech when the people do not have their rightful access to information?

The Judiciary needs to step in to ensure that the Government complies with the mandate of the RTI Act. But with the Courts themselves also averse to parting with information and with its functioning largely under a veil of secrecy, we are stonewalled.

But we need to battle it out and cannot allow the RTI Act to be choked by the government to a slow death. Steps need to be taken to strengthen the transparency regime that was sought to be established as envisaged by this Act. Effective implementation of the RTI Act requires political commitment from the very top. Officials denying information or giving misleading and distorted information need to be severely penalized.

Governance by cloak of secrecy and opaqueness needs to be strongly resisted. It cannot be a hush-hush regime. We need to dismantle those walls of secrecy that continue to hound transparency and good governance. In those very words of Narendra Modi 'Sabko sanmati de bhagwan' (Let good sense prevail).

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Re: [IAC#RG] THE RTI ACT MUST BE BOOSTED

Instead of boosting, the erstwhile existing Act got very substantially subverted in late 2019: <https://www.mondaq.com/india/white-collar-crime-anti-corruption-fraud/836770/the-toothless-monster-rti-amendment-bill-2019>.

This is over and above routine stonewalling of queries.

Sukla 

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, 03:37 Aires Rodrigues, <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

The Right to Information Act which came into force on October 12^th 2005 was enacted to ensure transparency and accountability in governance. But the manner in which the government has been subtly subverting the RTI Act is a matter of concern.

A well informed citizenry, transparency, and free flow of information are the very foundations of any successful democratic society. India may be publicly acclaimed as the world's largest democracy but the ground reality is that we are now ebbing away as Democracy and non-transparency in the functioning of the Government cannot co-exist.

Besides, freedom of speech without access to information is meaningless. In 2014 Narendra Modi rode to power on his vow of 'Acche din' for the Aam Aadmi and Good Governance. But once in power the Prime Minister has done nothing to empower the people by strengthening this vital Act. His then enthusiasm for freedom has over the years just waned away and we are in a culture of surveillance and secrecy. For the common man, getting correct and accurate information under the Right to Information Act is today still a far cry.

As the Right to Information Act requires that the Information Commissioners have to be persons of Eminence in public life, Independent minded persons who do not succumb to political pulls and pressures need to be appointed as Information Commissioners to ensure the proper implementation of the Right to Information Act. If Yes-men manage to creep into as Information Commissioners it would be an exercise in futility ending up as white elephants that we would rather be better off without.

Under Section 4 of the RTI Act all public authorities are duty bound to regularly display on their website a wide range of information, including all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions which affect the public. This proviso in the law was enacted to reduce the need for filing individual RTI applications. But this mandatory duty has been blatantly flouted by the authorities with most government websites themselves dysfunctional or not updated. What is the use of right to freedom of speech when the people do not have their rightful access to information?

The Judiciary needs to step in to ensure that the Government complies with the mandate of the RTI Act. But with the Courts themselves also averse to parting with information and with its functioning largely under a veil of secrecy, we are stonewalled.

But we need to battle it out and cannot allow the RTI Act to be choked by the government to a slow death. Steps need to be taken to strengthen the transparency regime that was sought to be established as envisaged by this Act. Effective implementation of the RTI Act requires political commitment from the very top. Officials denying information or giving misleading and distorted information need to be severely penalized.

Governance by cloak of secrecy and opaqueness needs to be strongly resisted. It cannot be a hush-hush regime. We need to dismantle those walls of secrecy that continue to hound transparency and good governance. In those very words of Narendra Modi 'Sabko sanmati de bhagwan' (Let good sense prevail).

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Re: [IAC#RG] RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICALDENS

The post is a relic from our colonial past.

In the initial decades since Independence, it was meant to be just ornamental (at considerable expenses of ordinary Indians) - as testified by many of them.

In the later years, it started being used by the Centre to heckle, or even remove, state governments that it considered, for whatever reasons, bothersome.

After the celebrated Supreme Court judgement, in 1994, in the famous SR Bommai vs. Union of India case, things did improve for quite a while.

Now, it's, again, (nearly) back to the bad old days.

This unelected post - chosen completely arbitrarily and appointed unilaterally by the Union Government, goes against the very grain of spirit of federalism.

Needs be forthwith abolished.

Sukla 

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, 03:39 Aires Rodrigues, <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

It is high time that the nation reflects on and debates the manner in which Governors are appointed and whether we need ornamental puppet Governors who needlessly burden the taxpayer.

Constitutionally the Governor possesses executive, legislative, financial and judicial powers. The role of the Governor is very important and essential for the healthy functioning of democracy. However, in recent times this post has been reduced to becoming a retirement package for politicians. As a result people think that the post of the Governor is worthless and  just a financial burden on state governments even though technically the role of the Governor if exercised wisely and fairly for the benefit of the state and its people is very vital.

Some Governors of the past had this to say. Sarojini Naidu, the one-time Governor of UP had said that she considered herself "a bird in a golden cage". Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Governor of Madhya Pradesh had this to say, "My duties as a governor lay more in getting visitors and providing them tea, lunches and dinners than anything else. The first thing I do in the morning is to peruse the list of visitors and invitees to lunch and dinner". KM Munshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh had a tiff with his Chief Minister and had complained to Pandit Nehru for redressal. When his plea was turned down, he described his job thus: "to run a hotel and entertain guests". NV Gadgil, Governor of Punjab considered himself as "the Patwari of the State of Punjab whose function was to assess the conditions prevailing in the state and report to the Union government".

Governors should not end up being mere rubber stamps as they constitutionally have a major role to play in overseeing that the State is well administered in accordance with law. They should be appointed on merit as the Raj Bhavans cannot end up being shelter homes to rehabilitate the deadwood of the ruling political party. It is imperative that the Governors should be truly non-partisan at all times. We need to reflect and consider whether there is a need to house a "spare wheel" at the state level?

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[IAC#RG] CORONA CRISIS IN INDIA POINT TO NEED FOR POPULATION CONTROL

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                                                                        CORONA  CRISIS  IN INDIA POINT TO NEED FOR POPULATION CONTROL

 

The recent decision of the Government of China to allow families to have three children has once  again focused the global attention about the population policy of the governments. Alarmed by  it's over population scenario, Chinese government ordered  several years back that no family should have more than one child.  With the dictatorial regime of China and known for it's  readiness to impose draconian measures to implement decisions, people of China simply obeyed  the government's  directive  to adhere to the one child family norm  and the population growth steadily decreased. Now, the situation in China has undergone one full circle and the government finds that with the longevity of life due to medical advancement, the proportion of the aged population in China has increased, with the number of youth (working hands) reducing in the overall population, that could create a crisis in future.   

The question is whether the population of a country should be compulsorily restricted and controlled ?

In sharp contrast to  the  scenario in China, India is a free and democratic country , where the decision of the government on any matter would be shaped by public opinion and preference of citizens..  India too has been discussing the need for checking the population growth  for several decades now and many soft measures to check the rise in population have been introduced, which has not resulted in the desirable level of   de growing  the population.

There are also vague and confusing discussions in India about what is called a "demographic dividend" ,  which means that a  higher level of population could mean greater number of working hands and consequently  larger output of goods and services.   

However, the ongoing Corona crisis in India has effectively repudiated the "demographic dividend" theory, which now appears to be an utopian thought.

During this Corona crisis, one reason that the second wave of Corona spread  rapidly and uncontrollably in India has been due to the density of population. With such a high level of population density, the social distancing norm has gone for a toss and many people think that the lack of observance of social distancing norm is the biggest issue in tackling the Corona crisis in India today.

In such a scenario, discerning observers are of the firm view that any idea  questioning the need for population control is absurd and counter productive.

While under population could create some manageable problems, over population inevitably causes economic and social stress and serious public health issues. This is the biggest problem faced by India today due to it's high population density..  With such a crowd of people all over India which is constantly growing , no measures  taken by the government are adequate enough to meet the needs of the people and the society. This has become very evident during the Corona crisis.

Some people tend to compare the  size of  the USA and it's population with that of India . Such people seem to conclude that even with the present size of India ( which is less than that of USA), if India were to have only the population level of the USA, then India could be as prosperous a country as the USA, particularly considering several natural advantages that India has.

In any case, the ongoing Corona crisis in India is a clear pointer to emphasise the fact that overpopulation with high density is the primary problem in tackling the Corona crisis today. Now, the  debate on  over population versus under population has been firmly decided  in  favour of controlling the over population, even if it would lead to under population.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra  Modi, during  the last seven years of his governance, has taken some extraordinary and innovative measures  to implement economic and social reforms in the country. Some positive results have already been seen and several other measures are in the work in progress stage.

What causes concern is that while Mr. Modi has taken several proactive measures, he has not paid attention to the adequate level to check the population growth in India. In the absence of Mr. Modi speaking about the need to control the population,  the population control strategy is not a subject of national discussion today in India. 

I hope that in the next three years of his present term of office, Mr. Modi would stress on population control and effectively explain to the people that the Corona crisis proved difficult to overcome only due to over -density of  the population of the country. He must convince the people that the larger family size is not only  an economic issue but also a health issue of serious proportion.

N.S.Venkataraman

Re: [IAC#RG] BJP REWARDS JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA

Dear MG

>"Now Courts are imposing huge costs on petitioners bringing out just and true issues, just because the judges deciding the issues have no real knowledge of the issues "

That is correct and, unfortunately, true.

Recently, the co-founder of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION (an HRA affiliate), Mr Veeresh Malik has been corruptly fined Rs. 20 lakhs for bringing a simple RTI petition to the Delhi High Court seeking damages for non-providing  of information on 4G and 5G mobile tower radiation by DoT, and DoSAT.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/delhi-high-court-dismisses-juhi-chawlas-plea-against-5g-imposes-fine-of-rs-20-lakh/videoshow/83234893.cms

A series of scientific studies conducted sInce 2014 by ICMR, DoT and Department of Science, paid for by Central Govt,  conclusively show that mobile tower emissions are highly dangerous and carcinogenic but are not being released into public domain despite RTI applications and appeals.

The corrupt and sold out media, which my young friends tell me is nowadays called "Godimedia", has also done its part by completely misrepresenting what is a very serious issue.

The man in the Clapham bus would definitely say that the only way now left to remove these corruption cancers (judges, politicians, bureaucrats, news barons / journalists and Ramdev types) from the body politico is to exterminate them, although you may disagree.

regards

RS Dalvi

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM MG Kapoor <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:

With reference to email by Walter Vieira.

The damage is already done.

The Constitution has already been subverted.

You can demolish a building in a few hours but it would take years to build it.

The Indian Constitution was preserved for over six decades. But now in the last seven years it has been subverted.  

Now Courts are imposing huge costs on petitioners bringing out just and true issues, just because the judges deciding the issues have no real knowledge of the issues.

MG  

[IAC#RG] RAJ BHAVANS CANNOT BE REDUCED TO BEING POLITICALDENS

It is high time that the nation reflects on and debates the manner in which Governors are appointed and whether we need ornamental puppet Governors who needlessly burden the taxpayer.

Constitutionally the Governor possesses executive, legislative, financial and judicial powers. The role of the Governor is very important and essential for the healthy functioning of democracy. However, in recent times this post has been reduced to becoming a retirement package for politicians. As a result people think that the post of the Governor is worthless and  just a financial burden on state governments even though technically the role of the Governor if exercised wisely and fairly for the benefit of the state and its people is very vital.

Some Governors of the past had this to say. Sarojini Naidu, the one-time Governor of UP had said that she considered herself "a bird in a golden cage". Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Governor of Madhya Pradesh had this to say, "My duties as a governor lay more in getting visitors and providing them tea, lunches and dinners than anything else. The first thing I do in the morning is to peruse the list of visitors and invitees to lunch and dinner". KM Munshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh had a tiff with his Chief Minister and had complained to Pandit Nehru for redressal. When his plea was turned down, he described his job thus: "to run a hotel and entertain guests". NV Gadgil, Governor of Punjab considered himself as "the Patwari of the State of Punjab whose function was to assess the conditions prevailing in the state and report to the Union government".

Governors should not end up being mere rubber stamps as they constitutionally have a major role to play in overseeing that the State is well administered in accordance with law. They should be appointed on merit as the Raj Bhavans cannot end up being shelter homes to rehabilitate the deadwood of the ruling political party. It is imperative that the Governors should be truly non-partisan at all times. We need to reflect and consider whether there is a need to house a "spare wheel" at the state level?

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