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Let us not give political colors to this issue. The root cause is collegium system. India is the only country where judge appoints judge. Natural law says that you cannot be a judge in your own case. But here that is exactly happening in India. If people lost faith in the judiciary, then the judges will be squarely blamed for that.
You can delete my comment and not publish comments that are not convenient to you and those expose your desperation and your divisive agenda. Your media and Shekhar stand as a bunch of courtiers and discredited lot
Sir one cannot come to conclusions on a one case of allegations levelled on judge till now SC was the only one institution where people use to see for hope and justice. But things which roles out for last five years the influence of govt into judiciary for their political benefits. I think judges are very learned to abide Raj drama .
In a democracy, no institution is supreme, they all must be accountable to the people in some way. There must be checks and balances on every institution so that nobody is supreme and all are accountable to the people. By design, some should be more directly accountable to the people (the executive) than the others (the judiciary). The goal of designing these checks and balances is the long term welfare, prosperity and strength of the society as a whole. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has declared itself to be unaccountable to anyone, which is a perversion in a democracy. NJAC was a feeble attempt to restore some semblance of accountability to the judiciary, but the SC struck it down without even bothering to give a reasoned justification for its action. In mature democracies, the courts see themselves as being bound by the Constitution and their job is to interpret the law. Unfortunately, in India, judiciary sees itself as being above the constitution and has no hesitation in frequently taking over the job of the executive and the legislature. As for the daily proceedings in the SC, the language and the judicial temperament displayed by the judges (and the lawyers) reminds me of the fish market quarrels, very different from the display of judicial majesty that is expected from the highest court of the land. The SC must take the job of reforming the judiciary and legal procedures very seriously. Otherwise, it is just a matter of time before the despair of the people will compel the government of the day to force the needed change down the throat of the judiciary. As for the government, it should take the job of cleaning up the law schools to eradicate the communists from them so that they begin to produce lawyers with decency and knowledge instead of rabble-rousers.
It’s not just law schools, communist ideology has damaged other education institutions also. One distinct feature of products of educational institutions infected with communist ideology is lack of positive criticism and abundance of targeted accusations based on mere suspicions. They do more damage than construction.
Root cause is the Collegium system. You scratch my back, I scratch yours, that’s how most judges get their post. Its a closed boys club, hiding behind the clock of judicial independence. Its a shame that in a democracy, Judges elect themselves. For God sake, we are no communist china!
A trying time for the apex court. Our most trusted, sometimes the most powerful, public institution. The great respect in which it is held by most Indians does not give anyone a free pass. CJI K G Balakrishnan was never held to account. The stopper above the pressure cooker is rising more frequently, letting off gusts of steam. One point on which there would be a near national consensus is that the process of reform and cleansing should be internal; the Court itself should do what is required. That is a privilege not accorded to others in the higher reaches of public life. Be a judge in your own cause, to that extent, Lordships, but judge fairly and soon.
One needs to be honest in addition to being wise. Crooks and Cheats are very intelligent people. Our judges needs to be honest intellectually. Financial honesty is not enough. And for being honest, transparency is a must.
The most draconian law is ,Contempt of court. Judges don’t like criticism of any kind yet they are the highest contempters of Laws of the land.In Delhi High court ,there are numerous IPR cases where without going into the merits of the case, Stays are granting along with appointment of Court commissioners ,ordering help of police to raid uninformed, defendants branding the Duplicators in the eye of public & when finally stay is vacated owing to misrepresentation & convicted evidence ,the defendant is never compensated & nor planting is penalised,when there are clear guidelines
Justice is denied to general public ,but high profile MNC’S & Advocates are playing with the law.
It is high time to abolish & try not to Provoke contempt of court for mere criticism.
When entire system is de-railed…What you can expect from judges…They are no different.
More than judges advocates who are responsible for mess in courts. They are more than ready to take adjournment on any ground or work suspend on trivial reasons…
I have no idea of corruption n fixing in Supreme court, but it is rampant in high court n lower court, Fixers roam about freely in corridors, and offer services for a price, most of them are advocates, copying section is most corrupt.
You can get a stay, orders all manipulated, your case don’t come for hearing and many of later years are heard n decided, does that not happen for price?
DNA has exposed Mr. Sekhar Gupta’s dual face . Awareness with ground facts based on only truth has reached to the people . No more of self certification.
Justice has to strike a healthy balance between equity and law. Just as jurisprudence cannot and shouldn’t be imprisoned by legislation, one can’t be swinging to the other extreme of dispensing Solomon’s Justice. Herein lies the nub.
Whenever any sexual abuse is reported against any citizen of India, it is enqiured by the Police and when the Police finds it authentiic, they file a case in the appropriate court and the court gives the verdict. The accused may appeal to a higher court. But here without any Police enquiry the case comes to the Supreme Court. Will this happen to such complaints against any individual to come to Supreme Court direct without even a preliminary enquiry.
I wish Sekhar Gupta maintains this stand irrespective of the party in power at centre. I have always believed that judicial reforms can’t happen if judiciary keeps itself isolated. Undoing the National Judicial Accountability Commission by judiciary was a bad action.
Let us not give political colors to this issue. The root cause is collegium system. India is the only country where judge appoints judge. Natural law says that you cannot be a judge in your own case. But here that is exactly happening in India. If people lost faith in the judiciary, then the judges will be squarely blamed for that.
You can delete my comment and not publish comments that are not convenient to you and those expose your desperation and your divisive agenda. Your media and Shekhar stand as a bunch of courtiers and discredited lot
Sir one cannot come to conclusions on a one case of allegations levelled on judge till now SC was the only one institution where people use to see for hope and justice. But things which roles out for last five years the influence of govt into judiciary for their political benefits. I think judges are very learned to abide Raj drama .
In a democracy, no institution is supreme, they all must be accountable to the people in some way. There must be checks and balances on every institution so that nobody is supreme and all are accountable to the people. By design, some should be more directly accountable to the people (the executive) than the others (the judiciary). The goal of designing these checks and balances is the long term welfare, prosperity and strength of the society as a whole. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has declared itself to be unaccountable to anyone, which is a perversion in a democracy. NJAC was a feeble attempt to restore some semblance of accountability to the judiciary, but the SC struck it down without even bothering to give a reasoned justification for its action. In mature democracies, the courts see themselves as being bound by the Constitution and their job is to interpret the law. Unfortunately, in India, judiciary sees itself as being above the constitution and has no hesitation in frequently taking over the job of the executive and the legislature. As for the daily proceedings in the SC, the language and the judicial temperament displayed by the judges (and the lawyers) reminds me of the fish market quarrels, very different from the display of judicial majesty that is expected from the highest court of the land. The SC must take the job of reforming the judiciary and legal procedures very seriously. Otherwise, it is just a matter of time before the despair of the people will compel the government of the day to force the needed change down the throat of the judiciary. As for the government, it should take the job of cleaning up the law schools to eradicate the communists from them so that they begin to produce lawyers with decency and knowledge instead of rabble-rousers.
It’s not just law schools, communist ideology has damaged other education institutions also. One distinct feature of products of educational institutions infected with communist ideology is lack of positive criticism and abundance of targeted accusations based on mere suspicions. They do more damage than construction.
Root cause is the Collegium system. You scratch my back, I scratch yours, that’s how most judges get their post. Its a closed boys club, hiding behind the clock of judicial independence. Its a shame that in a democracy, Judges elect themselves. For God sake, we are no communist china!
A trying time for the apex court. Our most trusted, sometimes the most powerful, public institution. The great respect in which it is held by most Indians does not give anyone a free pass. CJI K G Balakrishnan was never held to account. The stopper above the pressure cooker is rising more frequently, letting off gusts of steam. One point on which there would be a near national consensus is that the process of reform and cleansing should be internal; the Court itself should do what is required. That is a privilege not accorded to others in the higher reaches of public life. Be a judge in your own cause, to that extent, Lordships, but judge fairly and soon.
One needs to be honest in addition to being wise. Crooks and Cheats are very intelligent people. Our judges needs to be honest intellectually. Financial honesty is not enough. And for being honest, transparency is a must.
The most draconian law is ,Contempt of court. Judges don’t like criticism of any kind yet they are the highest contempters of Laws of the land.In Delhi High court ,there are numerous IPR cases where without going into the merits of the case, Stays are granting along with appointment of Court commissioners ,ordering help of police to raid uninformed, defendants branding the Duplicators in the eye of public & when finally stay is vacated owing to misrepresentation & convicted evidence ,the defendant is never compensated & nor planting is penalised,when there are clear guidelines
Justice is denied to general public ,but high profile MNC’S & Advocates are playing with the law.
It is high time to abolish & try not to Provoke contempt of court for mere criticism.
When entire system is de-railed…What you can expect from judges…They are no different.
More than judges advocates who are responsible for mess in courts. They are more than ready to take adjournment on any ground or work suspend on trivial reasons…
I have no idea of corruption n fixing in Supreme court, but it is rampant in high court n lower court, Fixers roam about freely in corridors, and offer services for a price, most of them are advocates, copying section is most corrupt.
You can get a stay, orders all manipulated, your case don’t come for hearing and many of later years are heard n decided, does that not happen for price?
DNA has exposed Mr. Sekhar Gupta’s dual face . Awareness with ground facts based on only truth has reached to the people . No more of self certification.
Justice has to strike a healthy balance between equity and law. Just as jurisprudence cannot and shouldn’t be imprisoned by legislation, one can’t be swinging to the other extreme of dispensing Solomon’s Justice. Herein lies the nub.
Whenever any sexual abuse is reported against any citizen of India, it is enqiured by the Police and when the Police finds it authentiic, they file a case in the appropriate court and the court gives the verdict. The accused may appeal to a higher court. But here without any Police enquiry the case comes to the Supreme Court. Will this happen to such complaints against any individual to come to Supreme Court direct without even a preliminary enquiry.
I wish Sekhar Gupta maintains this stand irrespective of the party in power at centre. I have always believed that judicial reforms can’t happen if judiciary keeps itself isolated. Undoing the National Judicial Accountability Commission by judiciary was a bad action.