Dt.12/7/13
No sir, I dont think so.
If you have the recent pronouncements about election in mind, please think in which democratic countries, almost 1/3 of the MPs have criminal cases pending against them? The argument of the politicians that most of them are politically motivated, is specious. If the fault lies with police investigation, imagine how many innocents from civil society must be languishing in prisons through false and motivated cases of the family,relations and the State.
Election reforms have been overdue and there was so much discussion on this forum.
All political parties pay lip service to the reforms but do precious little through legislation/amendment in election laws.
In which democracy you have scams unearthed year after year as in India Tjere were 21 scams in 2011 and 20 in 2012 as listed inWikipedia and the list goes upto 1948 in decending number.
CIC,s historical decison on Scope of RTI extending to political parties is being negated through ordinance or amendment in the ACT.
Governance abhors vaccum and if the executive and the legislature leave the space,judiciary which is very much a part of governance has to step in.
Regds
JKGaur
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:20:15 +0530
From: nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [IAC#RG] Are judges becoming too powerful ?
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No sir, I dont think so.
If you have the recent pronouncements about election in mind, please think in which democratic countries, almost 1/3 of the MPs have criminal cases pending against them? The argument of the politicians that most of them are politically motivated, is specious. If the fault lies with police investigation, imagine how many innocents from civil society must be languishing in prisons through false and motivated cases of the family,relations and the State.
Election reforms have been overdue and there was so much discussion on this forum.
All political parties pay lip service to the reforms but do precious little through legislation/amendment in election laws.
In which democracy you have scams unearthed year after year as in India Tjere were 21 scams in 2011 and 20 in 2012 as listed inWikipedia and the list goes upto 1948 in decending number.
CIC,s historical decison on Scope of RTI extending to political parties is being negated through ordinance or amendment in the ACT.
Governance abhors vaccum and if the executive and the legislature leave the space,judiciary which is very much a part of governance has to step in.
Regds
JKGaur
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:20:15 +0530
From: nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
Subject: [IAC#RG] Are judges becoming too powerful ?
To
India Against Corruption
Are judges becoming too powerful ?
In recent times, it appears that the country is being run by judiciary. There are many occasions when one may think that the judiciary is commenting and passing judgements on matters , which should really form part of governance and where there is no issue of law involved.
Even if there are potholes on the road , people take the issue to court and the judges entertain such cases and then make strong observations about the poor quality of governance. In the process, reluctantly or otherwise, the judiciary is causing great damage to the reputation of the government and reducing the esteem of the persons holding high and responsible position such as Prime Minister, in the eyes of the citizens.
In our country where the credibility of ministers, politicians and bureaucrats have become so low, many people tend to support judiciary without questioning the appropriateness of the role of judiciary in interfering in the matters of governance , when it makes highly adverse comments.
We seem to be redefining the role of judiciary in India. The question is whether all the judges are always honest and credible unlike some politicians and bureaucrats. The sad fact is that many judges themselves have been accused of dishonest practices and corruption in recent times. Is it right to put so much of faith on the judiciary in such conditions and is it not a calculated risk ?
Since citizens feel helpless in the light of the inefficiency and corruption of the ministers and government machinery and are desperately looking for solution, judiciary appears to be stepping into the vacuum.
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice For The Deprived
Email:- nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
India Against Corruption
Are judges becoming too powerful ?
In recent times, it appears that the country is being run by judiciary. There are many occasions when one may think that the judiciary is commenting and passing judgements on matters , which should really form part of governance and where there is no issue of law involved.
Even if there are potholes on the road , people take the issue to court and the judges entertain such cases and then make strong observations about the poor quality of governance. In the process, reluctantly or otherwise, the judiciary is causing great damage to the reputation of the government and reducing the esteem of the persons holding high and responsible position such as Prime Minister, in the eyes of the citizens.
In our country where the credibility of ministers, politicians and bureaucrats have become so low, many people tend to support judiciary without questioning the appropriateness of the role of judiciary in interfering in the matters of governance , when it makes highly adverse comments.
We seem to be redefining the role of judiciary in India. The question is whether all the judges are always honest and credible unlike some politicians and bureaucrats. The sad fact is that many judges themselves have been accused of dishonest practices and corruption in recent times. Is it right to put so much of faith on the judiciary in such conditions and is it not a calculated risk ?
Since citizens feel helpless in the light of the inefficiency and corruption of the ministers and government machinery and are desperately looking for solution, judiciary appears to be stepping into the vacuum.
N.S.Venkataraman
Nandini Voice For The Deprived
Email:- nsvenkatchennai@gmail.com
Post: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" Exit: "indiaresists-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net" Quit: "https://lists.riseup.net/www/signoff/indiaresists" Help: https://help.riseup.net/en/list-user WWW : http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.in
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