I have been asked by my many friends to give my views on the recent ongoing movement against the corruption and Jan Lokpal Bill. Here in this article, I would like to present a young Dalit’s view to this bill and this recent movement. I may disappoint many of you especially those who think that bringing Lokpal Bill will solve the problem of corruption from India (yes, we rank very...
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‘Some serious sidestepping is coming from the judicial institution’ by Arun Jaitley
The first thing that comes to our mind is — and this has nothing to do with this particular case — that even in 2003, when this misconduct was continuing, how come such persons get to be appointed? It really seriously means that we have to revisit that process. Originally, when the Constitution was framed, we had a system where judges were appointed by the executive in consultation with the...
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The Centre today took the extraordinary step of advising media to be “responsible” and not to “demonise” a different point of view, reflecting an assessment that the prevailing sense of drift was severely affecting legislative and administrative processes. Three senior cabinet ministers — Salman Khurshid (law), Kapil Sibal (telecom) and Ambika Soni (information and broadcasting) — appealed to the media to put things in perspective instead of sensationalising every issue without...
More »Tackling Black Economy: SC Takes Control from Government by Arun Kumar
The Supreme Court has converted a high-powered committee of the Government of India, on the issue of black money, into an SIT under its own direction. This is an expression of no-confidence in the executive. The government’s intention in tackling either the problem of black economy or bringing back the black savings stashed abroad is suspect. According to reports, the money stashed abroad by the corrupt businessmen, politicians and others...
More »Vigilance seeks RTI exemption
-The Times of India BERHAMPUR: While there is a nation-wide debate on the Central government's proposal to exempt the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the state anti-corruption agency urged the government to keep it out of the purview of RTI too. "We have written to the government urging to exempt the vigilance department from the RTI Act," said the state director of vigilance Anup...
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