Undesirable Over Reach

The Supreme Court over reach is really a cause for worry.

 

The duty of the SC, or for that matter any court, is only to ensure that laws passed by the Legislature are implemented properly, and to check whether there are any deviations. If there are deviations, they can correct it, punish the errant and give relief to the person affected.

 

The SC has no right whatsoever in asking Delhi Metro to check whether they can run a train service every 90 seconds, against the current 150 seconds. Don't tell me SC judges have better Operational experience than the Railway people as to how to manage the rolling stock!! This is totally uncalled for.

 

We also see SC appointing Special Investigating Teams (SIT) to investigate certain crimes. This is again not its job. Admitted the Police -Politician nexus is very tardy in taking many cases to logical conclusion, but SC is not CBI, nor it should be. If SC feels the Police or Politician is deliberately hampering the case, then it can give exemplary punishment to those guilty. Let them just jail one SP or DGP or MLA for obstruction of justice, and others will not dare go slow or sabotage cases.

 

The self same SC which preaches everyone else how to do their work, takes an ostrich like stance when it comes to doing its work properly. Chief Justices come and go, but we have not seen any concrete action being taken to make the judicial system more transparent, efficient, and reduce the time delay in giving a verdict. When SC stops the trial of a case to give a special hearing whether Teesta Setalvad should be given anticipatory bail or not, then that is the pits.

 

Out of a false sense of respect to the judiciary, people keep quiet. But the Courts are shooting themselves, if they continue their brazen over reach.

Tragedy Toursim

I heard of the term 'Disaster Tourism' for the first time during a warning of Tsunami in Chennai a couple of years back. Half of Chennai was in Marina beach wanting to have a look at the probable huge tidal waves. It is strange but true that people venture out to see a disaster in the making. The 'tourists' included even women and children!!

 

Of late our Pseudo Secular politicians have been on a 'Tragedy Tourism'. Every day Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh, Aravind Kejariwal, Sitaram Yechury and a few other torch bearers of this brigade pray to God (in the case of Yechury may be to Lenin and Stalin!) that there is at least one communal riot or a farmer suicide or a student death, so that they can charter a Plane, fly down, offer mock sympathy and indulge in some Modi bashing.

 

While the death of any person is sad, the recent suicide of the Scholar student Rohith Vemula, who took his own life, left a note holding none responsible, and who was punished by being evicted from the hostel (which is a routine affair in any college in the country for students who flout rules,  but note that he was allowed to continue his studies) for violently attacking another student, and for being part of protests against the hanging of the terrorist Yakoub Memon, should not have been politicized at all. So what if he is a Dalit? Are they not supposed to abide by the rules? Or should they be allowed to do what they please and should not be questioned? And in any case, even he has not claimed that he is taking his life because of him being evicted from the hostel for his misdemeanor.

 

So why then are the prime idiots like Rahul Gandhi, Diggy Singh, Kejariwal and the Left jholawallahs along with the media up in arms, sensationalizing this issue?

 

I read somewhere that Ashok Vajpayee of the Award Vapasi infame returned his D Litt as a mark of protest. So now you know this is orchestrated and lies are being spread over and over again on another non issue.

 

My suggestion to the Government is to slap defamatory notices on everyone indulging in this, every single time they open their mouth like this and spread communal and caste based discord. Slap 10, 100, 1000 cases. Let them run from court to court for the rest of the life.

 

Freedom of Expression is desirable, but it comes with certain responsibilities. Our pseudo secular politicians, left liberal frauds and the crooked media have crossed all limits. It is time to show them their place.

Odds and Even

"Why did Rahul Gandhi leave India during the time the Odd Even Rule is implemented in Delhi?"

"He wanted to contemplate in solitude the ODDS of his and his forefathers Karma getting EVEN"

Random Ramblings

Why is it that Aravind Kejariwal, who has not lifted a finger against Corruption, and who has adopted the shoot and scoot approach to malign people and who has got anyone convicted (remember his claim of having 370 pages of evidence against Sheila Dikshith?) being hailed as an anti corruption crusader while Subramayam Swamy, who painstakingly gathers evidence, uses the legal system to bring the corrupt to justice (he is responsible for the Jayalalitha verdict and now taking Sonia and Rahul head on in the NH case) being touted as a loose cannon and maverick?

 

When will our Academic system ever give the students the freedom to choose course combinations of their liking? Why should our student's choice be limited to a few rigid streams? Why cant we have the credit system which facilitates the above? I am a little disappointed with the Modi Government. Our education system requires a total revamp, and not some cosmetic changes like introducing yoga or rewriting history books (though both are welcome). Almost two years  have passed by, and there isn't even a murmur that any initiative is taken in that direction. So much the pity.

 

Two days ago I was planning to write a blog on how we don't seem to have young sporting heroes in the current times. True we still have Federer or Messi, but both of them are not that young. Sporting heroes are required to create enthusiasm for the sport. I was inspired by Gavaskar, Borg, Fischer, Mohammed Ali, Maradonna, Jack Nicklaus etc. Later generation revered Michael Schumacher, Sachin Tendulkar, Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, Tiger Woods, Federer, Messi and of course Usain Bolt. Though a few of them are still active, they are clearly over the hill. So where is the next lot? None in tennis. None in Golf. None in Athletics. None in Cricket and definitely None in Football. And then we got the news of Pranav scoring 1009 not out in an Inter School Competition and Bavuma becoming the first black cricketer to score a century for South Afica. Both significant achievements. Forget the level of cricket. To score 1009, even in backyard cricket is mind boggling. We really don't know how talented he is and what he will achieve in the future, but this is one  innings that will make many kids dream in the years to come, just as Bavuma's century will provide hope for lot of Black Cricketers in South Africa.

 

Though BCCI is in a mess, Supreme Court has no business telling it how to run its operations. All it can do is to see whether BCCI has violated any laws under which it was set up, and that too if someone files a complaint. If BCCI has indeed violated any law, then they should be punished as per the provisions in the law. Nothing more, nothing less. Of late we are seeing SC interfering in the domains of the Executive, and this is not acceptable. It is like Auditors of a Company trying to manage the Company. Frankly, Supreme Court and its subordinate Courts are in a mess. No one can aspire to get a legal remedy in India in reasonable time. Instead of focusing on reducing the delays and ensuring speedy disposal of cases, we have the SC deciding whether betting is to be allowed in sports, whether diesel cars above 2000 cc should be registered, and monitoring Ganga cleaning! Absurd.

 

By the way, why are these pseudo liberals, who shout from the roof top about freedom of the individual at the drop of a hat, quiet about the silly odd -even rule or banning of diesel cars above 2000cc in Delhi? These also infringe an individuals freedom, right? There is no quick fix to reduce Delhi's pollution. Satellite cities have to be planned within 100 kms of Delhi and they should be connected to Delhi with a high speed public transport system. This distance can be covered by a fast train in 40 minutes. People should be encouraged to move out of Delhi to live in these towns. Those who wish to stay back should be taxed heavily. All Industries will have to be shifted outside the city. Vehicles carrying goods to be allowed only between 10 pm and 4 am. This is the direction to be taken and not the hare brained schemes like odd-even vehicles rule.