Opinion Faulty system
Six lawyers have been rejected by the Supreme Court,after their names were recommended for judgeship.
* Six lawyers have been rejected by the Supreme Court,after their names were recommended for judgeship by the collegium of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. These names are known to all. Their reputations have been sullied. This is all because we have a faulty system,which sends up names for constitutional positions without a proper selection process. This process should consist of a vacancy announcement,inviting applications from eligible lawyers,short-listing,a written test to judge suitability,inviting three times the number of vacancies for an interview,background checks. The judicial appointments commission will hardly improve matters.
K.S. Garewal
Role models
* The mindless and horrific communal violence in Muzaffarnagar is a cruel reminder of the massive trust deficit between communities and how we allow ourselves to be led astray by shrill rabble-rousers. But in all this mayhem,villages like Karad and individuals like Bijender Singh (Jat pradhan shelters 150 Muslims at his home,IE,September 11) stand apart. They are like islands of communal harmony and brotherhood in a sea of hatred and violence. They teach us that there are friends and trustworthy people on both sides of the communal divide. This will go a long way in obliterating these divides. I urge that such beneficent persons are appreciated better and presented as role models to society through newspapers.
A.G. Abraham
New Delhi
No healthy sign
* This refers to Amid ailing economy,govt decides to bear babus medical treatment expenses abroad (IE,September 9). It is silly for the government to spend a colossal amount of money on foreign medical treatment for bureaucrats,when the same treatments and facilities are available in our own country and cost less too. In fact,several foreigners have visited India in the recent past for treatment. They have not only praised the competence of our medical teams,but have also found the treatment cost-effective compared to other parts of the world.
P.G. Menon
Quick fixes
* This refers to Democracy vs Capitalism (IE,September 11). Welfare economics in India has its roots in the Directive Principles of State Policy as laid down by our Constitution. The framers of our Constitution did not make them justiciable,as they knew that the time and conditions were not right for the government to implement them. Quick-fix,rights based solutions have left investors shuddering. They may be well meaning but they are certainly ill timed.
Ajay Lingwal
Chandigarh
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