Opinion Show the way
The Supreme Courts approval of speedy sanction to prosecute public officials is a welcome step and the need of the hour
Show the way
The Supreme Courts approval of speedy sanction to prosecute public officials is a welcome step and the need of the hour (Stopwatch justice,IE,February 2). However,as the editorial rightly points out,the judiciary should also participate actively in this reformation. Since innumerable cases are pending in various courts,the Supreme Court should provide a time-frame for courts across the country,before suggesting the same to the government. This will offer speedy justice.
Shamael Jafri,Lakhimpur Kheri
Wrong number
Kapil Sibal,a brilliant lawyer otherwise,failed to rest his case after the SC cancelled the licences. He pretends there is no difference between 2003,when the NDA followed a policy of first come first served in spectrum allocation,and 2008,when the sector witnessed a growth explosion.
S. Rajagopalan
Tele phony
WITH reference to No licence to loot (IE,February 3),the Supreme Court has scrapped all licences granted in 2008,but still Kapil Sibal is saying that it is not an indictment of the UPA government but of the policy of the NDA government which was followed by the UPA. What for,then,is A. Raja in jail? On coming to power,the UPA had no compulsion to follow the NDAs policy. Why was the policy not reviewed/ revised if it was against the national interest? This judgment is a severe indictment of the UPA government. It has sent a strong message to the political and corporate world that their shady deals will not go unpunished any longer.
M.C. Joshi
Gagging order
AFTER the Salman Rushdie furore,another administration has yet again surrendered to the demands of fanatics. The launch of Taslima Nasreens latest book,Nirbasan,was cancelled in Kolkata on account of the threats made by religious fundamentalists. The governments reluctance to provide security to a book launch for fear of invoking the wrath of fringe elements is both cowardly and condemnable. What kind of image is India projecting to the world? A soft government with no backbone? The freedom of expression,one of democracys principles,has lost its essence in India.
Ragini Sabnavis
A better tomorrow
THIS refers to Indias grand strategy (IE,February 3). Most of us in India have developed a habit of criticising our country on all accounts. The challenges are huge but what no one can take from us is our democracy. It will take us towards a better life. We should rise above differences and build upon a nation that is already unique in terms of its diversity of religion and language.
Sandeep Krishan
Dispur
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