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Plea to end Nandi case by Samanwaya Rautray

The Mamata Banerjee government has sought the Supreme Court’s permission to withdraw its Left predecessor’s appeal against a Calcutta High Court order that had described the March 2007 police firing in Nandigram as “unconstitutional” and “wholly unjustified”. If the apex court allows the state’s latest plea, it will pave the way for cases being filed against any erring policeman, officer or government official. The “unconstitutional” tag too will stand, as will the...

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Fresh hearing starts in Gujarat Lokayukta case by Manas Dasgupta

The Gujarat government's petition challenging the unilateral appointment of Justice R.A. Mehta as the State Lokayukta by Governor Kamala Beniwal has been referred to a third judge for a decision after a split verdict on the issue by the High Court last month. Justice V.M. Sahai on Wednesday began hearing the petition afresh and his judgment on the issue would carry the day since the last two judges gave contradictory views...

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CAG: six answers to clear doubts and misperceptions by Ramaswamy R Iyer

The relentless campaign to discredit the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and diminish the institution is continuing. One is not surprised; this has happened before, for instance in the Bofors case. However, one is dismayed because the campaign, unwittingly aided by some elements in the media, seems to be succeeding to some extent. It seems urgently necessary to dispel certain doubts and misperceptions before they gain ground and...

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Musings on the media in the dock by Sashi Kumar

The fourth pillar of democracy would cease to be free if it is made accountable to one or more of the other pillars. Much of the media, says Justice Markandey Katju, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India, is of very poor intellectual level. That, even for a former judge, would be being judgmental — except that sections of the media concerned seem hell-bent on proving him right. Setting...

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Cleansing the State by Krishna Kumar

The anti-corruption movement has enabled the Indian middle class to feel smug about itself. Its members have gone through a vast range of emotions during the last two decades, from self-hatred to self-righteousness. Liberalisation of the economy has created for this class an excitement of many kinds. It has meant the freedom to pursue the quest for wealth without guilt and, at the same time, it has meant feeling set...

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