What the Hell is Going On……….SC
In most democratic countries, the Supreme Court justices are only supposed to interpret law and adjudicate based on that. Their input in other matters is deemed activism and looked down upon. However in India, the Supreme Court justices have taken it upon themselves to take the corrupt politicians to task and WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT!! If it weren’t for the SC, we would have a corrupt babu in charge of CVC. In spirit of “chor choar mau-saray bhai”, that would have ended any hope for going after corrupt government machinery. Thanks to Sushma Swaraj’s incessant efforts and SC Justices, we have thrown this crook out of the CVC and exposed a dirty conspiracy behind his appointment. Of course the entire Congress machinery has gone in overdrive to protect the two “clean” men responsible for approving a crook on CVC.
On the Supreme Court quashing the appointment of P J Thomas as the CVC the Law Minister Veerappa Moily's in reply to a reporter’s question said “that the Prime Minister has done nothing wrong”, in spite of the fact that the PM was heading the high-power committee that appointed Thomas. When questioned as to who will take the responsibility he stated, “The system has to take responsibility, the system that is adopted. If all that were not ludicrous enough, this man went on to say that the previous PM’s have to take the responsibility”. The chutzpah is breathtaking! Mr. Ram Jethmalani’s answer to a similar question was that “the PM has taken a lot of undue advantage of his honest reputation”. That is now becoming clear to even the most ardent apologist of the PM.
In the normal course all such highly sensitive and responsible appointments are only made after complete due diligence but our PM even ignored and sidelined the evidence presented to him. Was it because it came from the leader of the opposition party or was it because the support from for Thomas was from someone he could not overrule? Incompetence or helplessness?
Today Congress dubbed the appointment of PJ Thomas as CVC as an "error". This is what the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi had to say to the reporters; “Invalidation of the appointment is not a matter of malafide. The error has been set right by a legal judgment. It's a judgement by the highest court and binding on all. We bow down before it"
He further said; "It is completely wrong to politicize what is a legal verdict based on legal considerations......I disagree your generalization that what is legally wrong is morally wrong".
Now I have a question for the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi; were not they, the PM and the Home minister politicizing the appointment in the first place when they ignored and discarded the recommendations of their opposition BJP member Sushma Swaraj?
How can you not expect the media to not question the moral of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister when they indulge in illegal activity of appointing an officer tainted and charged for corruption as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner? It has been a practice of Congress to appoint party favorites to these kinds of posts including the Chief Election Commissioner (who is supposed to be the most neutral person in the country) so as to keep a firm grip on power. They have gotten away with it all the time. They are going to get away with appointment of Jayanthi Natarajan to the 2G JPC when she herself has been accused in a 300 crore scam. They tried to push Thomas down our collective throats but it was their bad luck that the Supreme Court Justices decided to stand up for the helpless aam aadmi. God bless them!!
Supreme Court strikes down P J Thomas as vigilance chief
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of P J Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, thereby answering decisively the question over his eligibility to sit on that chair since he faces a criminal case in Kerala.
In what comes as an embarrassment for the UPA government, the court said the recommendation made by the Prime Minister's high-powered committee to appoint Thomas did not consider the relevant material (case against him) and as such its advice “does not exist in law”.
The article can be read at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-p-j-thomas-as-vigilance-chief/757204/
Black money: What the hell is going on in this country, fumes SC
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre for failing to crack the whip on black money hoarders and ordered forthwith the reinstatement of three key Enforcement Directorate officials allegedly transferred midway into the probe in a case of foreign exchange law violation by Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan. The apex court also wanted to know what prevented the government from subjecting Khan and other alleged black money launderers to custodial interrogation.
This and similar articles can be read at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/black-money-what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-this-country-fumes-sc/757239/
http://www.timesnow.tv/CVC-verdict-Oppn-asks-PM-as-to-who-should-take-responsibility/articleshow/4366861.cms
In most democratic countries, the Supreme Court justices are only supposed to interpret law and adjudicate based on that. Their input in other matters is deemed activism and looked down upon. However in India, the Supreme Court justices have taken it upon themselves to take the corrupt politicians to task and WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT!! If it weren’t for the SC, we would have a corrupt babu in charge of CVC. In spirit of “chor choar mau-saray bhai”, that would have ended any hope for going after corrupt government machinery. Thanks to Sushma Swaraj’s incessant efforts and SC Justices, we have thrown this crook out of the CVC and exposed a dirty conspiracy behind his appointment. Of course the entire Congress machinery has gone in overdrive to protect the two “clean” men responsible for approving a crook on CVC.
On the Supreme Court quashing the appointment of P J Thomas as the CVC the Law Minister Veerappa Moily's in reply to a reporter’s question said “that the Prime Minister has done nothing wrong”, in spite of the fact that the PM was heading the high-power committee that appointed Thomas. When questioned as to who will take the responsibility he stated, “The system has to take responsibility, the system that is adopted. If all that were not ludicrous enough, this man went on to say that the previous PM’s have to take the responsibility”. The chutzpah is breathtaking! Mr. Ram Jethmalani’s answer to a similar question was that “the PM has taken a lot of undue advantage of his honest reputation”. That is now becoming clear to even the most ardent apologist of the PM.
In the normal course all such highly sensitive and responsible appointments are only made after complete due diligence but our PM even ignored and sidelined the evidence presented to him. Was it because it came from the leader of the opposition party or was it because the support from for Thomas was from someone he could not overrule? Incompetence or helplessness?
Today Congress dubbed the appointment of PJ Thomas as CVC as an "error". This is what the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi had to say to the reporters; “Invalidation of the appointment is not a matter of malafide. The error has been set right by a legal judgment. It's a judgement by the highest court and binding on all. We bow down before it"
He further said; "It is completely wrong to politicize what is a legal verdict based on legal considerations......I disagree your generalization that what is legally wrong is morally wrong".
Now I have a question for the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi; were not they, the PM and the Home minister politicizing the appointment in the first place when they ignored and discarded the recommendations of their opposition BJP member Sushma Swaraj?
How can you not expect the media to not question the moral of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister when they indulge in illegal activity of appointing an officer tainted and charged for corruption as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner? It has been a practice of Congress to appoint party favorites to these kinds of posts including the Chief Election Commissioner (who is supposed to be the most neutral person in the country) so as to keep a firm grip on power. They have gotten away with it all the time. They are going to get away with appointment of Jayanthi Natarajan to the 2G JPC when she herself has been accused in a 300 crore scam. They tried to push Thomas down our collective throats but it was their bad luck that the Supreme Court Justices decided to stand up for the helpless aam aadmi. God bless them!!
Supreme Court strikes down P J Thomas as vigilance chief
The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the appointment of P J Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, thereby answering decisively the question over his eligibility to sit on that chair since he faces a criminal case in Kerala.
In what comes as an embarrassment for the UPA government, the court said the recommendation made by the Prime Minister's high-powered committee to appoint Thomas did not consider the relevant material (case against him) and as such its advice “does not exist in law”.
The article can be read at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/supreme-court-strikes-down-p-j-thomas-as-vigilance-chief/757204/
Black money: What the hell is going on in this country, fumes SC
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre for failing to crack the whip on black money hoarders and ordered forthwith the reinstatement of three key Enforcement Directorate officials allegedly transferred midway into the probe in a case of foreign exchange law violation by Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan. The apex court also wanted to know what prevented the government from subjecting Khan and other alleged black money launderers to custodial interrogation.
This and similar articles can be read at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/black-money-what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-this-country-fumes-sc/757239/
http://www.timesnow.tv/CVC-verdict-Oppn-asks-PM-as-to-who-should-take-responsibility/articleshow/4366861.cms
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