a thought proviking column but isnt it that the said fact sadly holds true in all walks of life. it seems that 300 years under the british rule has brought in a lot of corruption amongst us not just in pecuniary terms but also in thought. which raises a important question as aptly pointed out in an old proverb/story "who will bell the cat?" with a sadder truth also being that any attempt by any person or entity towards the said goal is also brought down in equal tyrrany as in ol british times. ah!were can we find a new generation of freedom fighters as dedicated as bhagat singh,gandhi, nehru,sardar vallabhai patel and ors.to fight for this aspect. and do things which ought to be done in greater interest of our country. maybe if we all jus ihhibit in us that we will not take this lying down [as if to said in a new proverb "sub chalta hai"] that black sheep in all walks of life may slowly but surely fade away in to distant memory.
Thanks for the comprehensive article on this serious issue! I know a silicon valley executive was extorted for money and personal favors by a sitting high court judge in India. He underwent criminal prosecution after refusing. Yes, a good-old mafia run by a judge with an addl adv general and a police officer doing his bidding!
I'm wondering whether a legal luminary might be interested to pursue a supreme court PIL as a flank-attack? Funding such an effort may not be a problem.
This judicial impunity has got to stop! I won't bet on our legislative to wake up from its slumberin our lifetime.
There should be more and more artcles like the one by Arvind Lavkare.It is indeed pity that b'se of such constitutional parodies corruption in our country reigns supreme, leaving people like c.v.c.vittal wondering why his efforts are not yielding results.People like ex c.e.c sheshan become brave to effect electoral changes all because he enjoyed constitutional protection of not loosing his job and went about reforming / setting right political parties,but same sheshan was amenable as an I.A.S. officer, and also after retirement for Rajya Sabha seat to thakreys and jay lalithas.As a nation we are known as a "society of people with purposeful dishonesty" in europe and other advanced, matured democracies instead of "people with honesty of purpose".
I agree. The fundamental premise on which a nation or civilised society can be built is a just and efficient judicial system. The development of all economically prosperous countries (except ones which were built on oil) can be traced to the presence of systems and specifically on good judicial systems.
At the very least judges should be liable to prosecution just as the common man. The punishments should be more, not less. However, there is a danger of passing control of the judiciary into the parliament. We will end up turning it into a mobocracy and corruption-raj will rule, like the rest of the beuracracy.
How to keep the judiciary fiercly independent yet accountable has no easy answer. I dont think this article attempts to answer it either. But definitely thought needs to go on how the judiciary system in the country can be improved.
Dear Sir, I fully endorse your views on the judicial system of India which is hopelessly outdated and is only a means of harassing a person ,what with the lawyers fees ,delays and at the end of it , no justice ,because of various factors. The question is what can and should be done about it? It is a shame on our country that we are not able to provide minimum justice to a citizen.
It is high time the judiciary starts doing some customer service to its customers ie. the people of this country.
Judiciary should be reminded that they are not "mylords" but are paid by the people to deliver justice.
When there are hundreds of thousands of cases in the courts, it does not make sense for judges to work for 4 hours a days and the court having long vacations.
In fact judges should be working overtime to dispose off the disposable cases.
It is only because of MYLORD attitude of judges common man in India believes that justice cannot be received in India.
Judges are very fast to deliver judgements on periphery things like democracy,environment etc but there is no urgency on normal cases.
Its high time people of India take the judges to the consumer court and demand compensation from them for not deliverying justice for what they are paid for.
RE:Judiciary
by kalpak dabir on Jan 20, 2003 11:11 PM
At the risk of repeating myself "Duryodhan went to heaven", the reason given by god himself is "he died in a hallowed place and his only crime was his jealousy of Yudhisthir". If we can accept this then who is to judge who?
