Nitish under election mode

By and large Nitish has been a politician with lesser peccadilloes. Bihar has improved a lot due to his reasonably efficient rule. But lately perhaps he is as jittery and desperate as any other politicians and therefore on a mission to placate & win over groups vitally important (in his mind) for putting him back to power. A politician always errs and a politician errs absolutely while in power.

A controversial person who is known as guru of the alchemy of minting gold has been made chief of L.N.Mishra Institute of Business Management. Shocking beyond belief. Another manipulator retired IAS remained the director (of course appointed under corrupt Governor rule of But Singh) for a period more than 5 years i.e. surpassing the age of 65 years. He could be removed only when a question was raised in the assembly.

We don’t have dearth of honest people. But the problem is vote-politics. At the fag end of the tenure now every principle seems vulnerable to distortion and accommodation.

Govt. of India should not raise judges age

The Law Ministry's proposal to enhance the retirement-age of High Court Judges to 65 will create intractable problems unless the following steps are taken:-

1. doing away with the impeachment-procedures.

2.constitution of an independent body to inquire into charges of corruption, misconducts and incapacity.

3. establishing machinery for constant appraisal, evaluation and monitoring of performance.

4.dilution of powers of the collegium.

5.setting up judicial commission for all personnel matters.

Law Minister act fast to save the system

I have been following electronic and print media reports on the Bhopal gas tragedy. I find contradictions (viewed by many others also) in the statements of Justice Ahmadi. His role has been disastrous. Law minister Moilyi's criticism of judiciary will not suffice the purpose. It is an open secret that some judges are susceptible to influences for reasons unfolding more frequently in recent times. The Law Minister must bring legislations to save the system without losing time on the following counts:-

1. Absolute transparent Appointment of judges-restoration of original constitutional position.

2. Amendments regarding doing away with impeachment provision at all for all specified posts. Because in today's advanced age it has become anachronistic.

When this impractical immunity is not extended to Governor,top dignitaries, bureaucrats and some other constitutional post holders, there is no point in keeping this in the law book.

3. Constitution of Disciplinary committee having members of intelligentsia from press, academics,bar,judiciary and politics etc.

4.Evaluation at regular intervals.

5.Elaborate code of conducts aimed at strengthening integrity, impartiality and fairness.

6.Prompt action mechanism on public grievances

7. Rigorous pre-entry verification of conduct, character,skills and psychological aptitude-suitability.

8.Steps for programming of judgment-delivery system that ensures transparency and to fair extent predictability based on facts and law.

9. At least 33% of judges be transferred to outside high courts.

10. Amendment to Contempt of Court Act.

These are some of the points which may be acted upon.

I am sure if judiciary functions in a way which commands trust and respect of the poor people the rot in politics and bureaucracy can be checked effectively.

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Sheila Dixit reveals the role of S. Patil in protecting Afzal Guru the terrorist who attacked the most sacrosanct embodiment of democracy and the symbol of Indian sovereignty- the parliament. Should the person be called a traitor?

BCCI IS DISRESPECTFUL AND DISLOYAL TO NATION

BCCI's refusal to send Indian cricket team to ASIAD is a deliberate step perfidious to the nation. No words can condemn completely its anti-national actions. The players on its pay-roll can be allowed to have wine & women, orgies,fun,frenzy & frolics.It can allow them to swing their loins in clubs, and TV pro grammes, It can allow them to go unpunished in a restaurant-brawl where they had gone to celebrate their shameful defeat to Zimbabwe but can not allow them to represent India in Asian games. In fact the unstinted flow of money has so corrupted the office-bearers, players,selectors and promoters that now they can go any far to sell themselves.

If Manmohan singh has guts (running coalition govt.) he should order a comprehensive CBI inqiury in to the affairs of BCCI-IPL during past 10 years. An exhaustive audit should also be ordered to examine the accounts of not only the cricket sports bodies but the industrial houses, corporate-world, media,Ad channels and the individuals responsible for sponsoring and managing the cricket-marketing.

Role of Sharad pawar, Rajiv Shukla, Modi, Pataudi, Gavaskar, Shastri,Krisnakant, all the office-holders and the players must be inquired into.

All the politicians and officers manning sports-bodies must be sacked if sports in India has to be saved from doom. A nation of more than 1 billion people can not fetch a single Olympic medal-a real shame. The whole nation is seething in anger and indignation.