Supreme Court’s ruling on the Punjab Governor’s role sets the House in order. It will hopefully end the impasse between Governors and governments in states. Kerala and Tamil Nadu Governors should also take cue and act in a manner that augurs well for parliamentary democracy, instead of ‘playing with fire’.
SC order on inclusion of personal guarantors in IBC the right move. Complete pending cases now
Supreme Court order upholding inclusion of personal guarantors in IBC is the right direction for insolvency proceedings in India. All collateral, including personal guarantees, should be recoverable by lenders. Several cases are pending because of this issue. They can be completed now. Businessmen also won’t take such guarantees lightly anymore.
Mahua Moitra’s expulsion resembles CCP-style justice delivery
The lightning speed at which the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee tried, pronounced Mahua Moitra guilty and expelled her smacks of politics. This so-called efficiency is missing in the Committee’s other cases. There’s a lot to learn from Beijing, but delivering instant Chinese Communist Party-style justice shouldn’t be one of them.
Many central agencies cleared Kaleshwaram irrigation project. BJP can’t wash its hands off it
BJP may have called Telangana’s Kaleshwaram irrigation project an ‘engineering blunder’ but the reality is that multiple central agencies also gave clearances to it. While primary accountability for design, operations, and maintenance lies with the state, the Centre can’t wash its hands off the incident to launch an election salvo.