Nation must know who is telling the truth! With claims and counter-claims being made on whether Mr KG Balakrishnan had received written information about the identity of a Union Minister attempting to influence a judge, the only way for the people to know the truth is for the entire correspondence between the then Chief Justice of India, the then Madras High Court Chief Justice and the judge who was sought to be influenced to be placed in the public domain. In normal circumstances, such correspondence would be considered privileged information which is not to be shared with others. But the issue at hand hits at the very credibility of the judiciary, which is why the people have a right to be privy to the contents of the letters. This is all the more necessary since the Union Minister in question is the tainted former Telecom Minister, Mr A Raja, who recently exited office in disgrace in the wake of the 2G Spectrum scam. A look at the turn of events will further justify the need for transparency on the communication, questioning the role of Mr Balakrishnan. Justice Reghupathy (now retired) of the Madras High Court wrote to his Chief Justice, Mr HL Gokhale, on July 2, 2009, complaining about Mr Raja trying to influence him in a criminal case. Justice Gokhale forwarded the letter along with his note to the Chief Justice of India. Surprisingly, within just three days Mr Balakrishnan gave a clean chit to Mr Raja by declaring that no Minister had sought to influence the judge.
Re: sonia and thieves?
by antoniopope on Dec 16, 2010 12:23 AM
Just when the issue seemed to have died a natural death with the passage of time, the Madras High Court on December 7, 2010, cited Mr Raja’s role and barred from practice an advocate (he has now secured a stay from the apex court on the order) who had tried to telephonically connect Justice Reghupathy with Mr Raja. This prompted Mr Balakrishnan to reiterate his stand that no letter had reached him naming Mr Raja as the culprit. In turn, Justice Gokhale broke his silence and squarely implicated the former Chief Justice of India by saying that he had, as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, indeed forwarded Justice Reghupathy’s letter that mentioned Mr Raja by name. It also transpires that there may have been more than one letter from Justice Gokhale to Mr Balakrishnan. That is where the matter currently rests.
It is clear from the sequence of events that Mr Balakrishnan, as Chief Justice of India, was less than enthusiastic about finding the truth — something he should have done by going out his way since the issue involved a blatant attempt to arm-twist the judiciary. Worse, he continues to defend his position to date, despite mounting doubts about the veracity of his assertion. The fact that he has consistently defended Mr Raja despite having little material to do so makes, his role becomes even more suspect. Justice Gokhale has been compelled to speak out because Mr Balakrishnan has persisted with spinning out one dubious sta
Re: Re: sonia and thieves?
by Sensible on Dec 16, 2010 02:03 AM
Its plain old caste politics my friend! CJ Balakrishnan is a congress stooge and a dalit. So he is covering up for another dalit A. Raja, at the behest of congress leaders. Its good votebank politics you see...the foolish dalits would fall for this trick.
These raids are nothing but a distraction from opposition demand of JPC. No matter how many raids are conducted, it really does not substitute JPC.
Will CBI raid PM & its mantor(Sonnuh's) residence? And if so will they publish their findings? And even then what will they do about Sonnuh's bosses who reside out side the country?
and we belive you, after so many months you gave them to remove all the documents they wanted, now they wre still keeping the documents waiting to be handed over to you. yes CBI we belive you...lol
