The Asian Independent 16 - 30 Nov. 2019

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Political climate affects judiciary too
When the socio-political climate of
the country has completely vitiated can
we expect anything from the courts ?
There are many who are ‘moaning’ as if
India has become a Hindu Rashtra. Fact
is it was always a Hindu Rashtra with a
secular ‘Odhini’ but now that cover has
completely got exposed.
The question is not between this
party or this party, court or media, the
thing is that India’s ruling castes decide
what is good and what is bad for its
health. Long back, they decided that
‘secularism’ was good for their health
and hence for India too without including
people. Now, they have realised that
the small mercies that they have given
to the marginalised are now threatening
them hence they have revolted with a
vengeance.
The institutions in India were rarely
progressive particularly courts. I wrote
many time, that if you read any judgement
of the court, you will come out
with different conclusions, depending
which side of the thoughts you are but
the fact is that Courts in India have not
resisted the pressure of the powerful
leaders and governments. Courts could
not stop the tyranny of the governments
and autocratic rulers. Most of the time,
they believe in the government provided
narratives.
Coalition era has been the best for
Indian judiciary in terms of defending
the rights of the people. Right now, it is
time for the government to frame all
those who disagree with it and judiciary
has not really acted that strongly as
it is expected off. Thus human
rights defenders remain the most
vulnerable and people like Prof
Saibaba and Sudha Bhardwaj languish
in the jail without much legal support.
They are still big people compare to
lesser known souls who the police beat
up and administration harass at the daily
basis for raising people’s issues.
Whether it is Ayodhya verdict or
Meghan Markle still waiting
for her UK citizenship
London : Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle was still waiting to
be granted a British citizenship despite applying for it two years ago
and being
married to
Prince Harry
for 18
months, a
media report
said on
Saturday.
"Meghan is
not yet a
British citizen,"
a friend
of the
Duchess confirmed
to The
Daily Mail. "It might seem extraordinary, given that she's been married
to the Queen's grandson (Prince Harry) for 18 months, but she
accepts that it's a slow process," the friend added. The delay means
that Markle won't be able to vote in the December 12 general election.
Members of the British Royal Family are allowed to cast a ballot
but, by tradition, choose not to do so.
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
social and human rights activist
Petrol prices rise for third
consecutive day
New Delhi : Petrol prices increased for the third
consecutive day on Saturday, while diesel prices
remained unchanged.
The price of petrol rose by 14 paise per litre in
Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, while by 15 paise/litre in
Chennai. The fuel has become costlier by 47 paise in
Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, and 50 paise in Chennai,
in three days. According to the Indian Oil website,
petrol price in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai
has increased to Rs 73.77, Rs 76.47, Rs 79.44, and Rs
76.68 per litre, respectively. However, the price of
diesel in the four metropolitan cities has remained stable
at Rs 65.79, Rs 68.20, Rs 69.01 and Rs 69.54 per
litre, respectively.
Rafael deal or the issue of Karnataka
legislature, triple talaq, reservation, forest
bills, JNU incidents, the top court
disappointed. I would have respected
the Ayodhya verdict much
more, if they had categorically
said that make a full
stop here, no more petitions elsewhere,
no more threatening of Minorities and
no more digging of existing structures.
Terming the demolition of Babari
Masjid illegal is a very soft language
towards the criminals and then not commenting
on those who demolished it and
their cases. When the Supreme Court
can club issues of all religion together
just to protect itself from criticism on
Sabarimala, why cant it take up all the
issues related to Babari Masjid,
including its demolition as well as the
engineered riots after that. It could
have made a general comment and
asked for strong action but in the name
of ‘technicality’ the honorable judges
confined themselves to the ‘issue’ but in
Sabarimala, they are ready to include all
other ‘religions’.
We have seen the how the apex court
found not time to the vital issue of
Kashmir. The arrest of Farookh
Chandigarh : Yashveer Goyal, a differently-abled
sportsperson and IT whiz
kid from Bathinda, Punjab, has been
selected for a national award to be given
by President Ram Nath Kovind
next month. Yashveer, 20, has
hearing and speech impairment.
The award for the
Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities of 2019 will be
awarded to him in the Role
Model Hearing Impairments
(Male) category on December 3 in New
Delhi. Goyal this year added another
feat to his cap by winning gold in doubles
category and bronze in single category
at the 10th Punjab State Deaf
Badminton Championship which was
held in September in Jalandhar city. By
winning two medals, Goyal has got
selected in the state badminton team that
Abdullah, former chief minister and former
Union Minister and the continuous
lies of the agencies who did it could not
get any reprimand from the court. The
court heard Ayodhya issue for 40 days
which was good also but Kashmir issue
too needed a patience hearing.
We dont need to disappoint. Court
will act the way they do. There will be
some judges who will be more passionate
about people’s right like justice
Krishna Iyer, Justice Venkatchallaiah,
Justice H R Khanna, Justice Tarkunde,
Justice Rajinder Sachar, AP Shah and
many more while there will be others
who will have other concern. The main
thing is the political climate and it has
got sanctity of the people yet we will
have to struggle and fight as there is no
other way. These are tough times and
they need our conscious efforts. The
growth of right wing and its legitimacy
among masses is an international phenomena
and will need wider efforts and
understanding. As political parties in
India particularly its largest in the opposition
is in search of its Hindutva wings,
only social movements, politically
active non political groups, intellectuals
will have to put pressure on them to act,
work together and protect India’s constitution
and its secular fabric.
PUNJAB youth to get
special national award
would participate in the national badminton
championship for the deaf to be
held in Gurugram in January 2020.
Last year, Goyal won silver in doubles
category and bronze in the
individual category in the championship.
He also won silver in
men's (Senior) category in the
11th Punjab State Deaf Chess
Championship. He is hearing and
speech impaired since his birth
and also suffered from congenital
deformities.
Goyal to his credit has the achievement
award in the Global Information
Technology Challenge for Youths, held
in Hanoi in Vietnam in 2017 and the
gold and the overall trophy in National
IT Championship for Youths with
Disability held at the National Institute
of Technology in Kurukshetra in 2017.
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