Today’s Judgement delivered by the Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court of India striking down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) as constitutionally ultra vires and invalid raise our respect and gratitude for the Judges as defenders of the constitution our panoply of human rights and democracy has gone up sky high. The nation owes them its heartfelt gratitude.
I am glad I was on the right side of this controversy but our forensic success is mainly the achievement of my colleagues Fali Nariman , Rajiv Dhawan , Anil Divan , Arvind Datar and many assisting juniors. We are all enjoying the success and are proud of it.
Now some comment for which I alone am responsible. This must bring some shame and remorse to the Prime Minister and his advisors. His crime serious enough is ignoring leaders of the Bar and well known constitutional experts in the field of law practitioners and teachers and preferring mediocrities with no distinguished record of protection of civil liberties and the core India’s constitution. To atonefor this grave crime against the nation the Prime Minister and those who made him adopt this horrid piece of legislation must resign office.
The Prime Minister of course has a very plausible double defence of being a constitutional ignoramus and busy with world jaunts of course of no value to us at all. Democracy will have its revenge if you continue to weaken its foundations.
I would like to see you read Loksatta party chief Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan's set of tweets on the NJAC verdict, and share your views.
ReplyDeleteSome questions:
Has the SC sent any corrupt judge to Jail? Or, there have never been any corrupt judges? I remember some PF scam. Then that (in/)famous Delhi demolition drive. Justice YK Sabharwal was monitoring it, if I remember correctly.
Has the SC never let off any high level politician involved in any mega scam?
Has the SC prevented some people from being probed on mere suspicion of them being subject of witchhunt, or some other extraneous logic?
Definitely Sir....the movement passed the judgment by Hon'ble Supreme Court striking down the NJAC really keep our judiciary and Constitution above all. The power of Judicial Review of any Act or any Constitutional Amendment was with our Judiciary and will remain with them. I remember your words - "When your nation is doing wrong which affect humanity at large ...this the time for a real lawyer who should take the side of humanity and must stand against the nation to save the humanity" and you proved it once again .....Thankyou sir
ReplyDeleteA person who represented many looters and criminals for money dont have any moral authority to question our PM.
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