----------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- GOACAN calls for immediate Govt. intervention for the reinstatement of Judge Desmond D'Costa ---------------------------------------- GOACAN is deeply concerned about the suspension notice issued to Additional District & Sessions Judge Desmond D'Costa and calls for the immediate revocation of the same and an inquiry into the circumstances that has led to the issuance of the notice.
The non-transparent manner in which the suspension notice has been issued has cast a shadow on the independence of the judicial set up causing the average citizen to conclude that vested interests have got the upper hand. GOACAN is concerned about the procedures presently in use for disciplinary action within the judiciary for the State of Goa. It would be appropriate that an internal inquiry be first conducted to examine if any substantial issues merit an action of suspension. Merely relying on a single complaint by a single judge to issue a suspension order is uncalled for in a democratic setup. The method of issuing a suspension order prior to holding an inquiry as also in the case of Ms. Anuja Prabhudesai, Additional District & Sessions Judge & Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal & Labour Court which is now being used on Judge Desmond D'Costa smells off a deep rooted bias being displayed to Judges of Goan origin. Citizens of Goa have been left with no other option but to suspect these developments as systematic efforts to curtail the rise of Judges of Goan origin to assume higher judicial positions. GOACAN is also of the opinion that citizens must now dwell on the merits of Goa having its own High Court and the related issues of promotions which would then provide opportunities for judges of Goan origin to even occupy positions in the Supreme Court of India. GOACAN calls upon the Government of Goa to urgently intervene and ensure that Judge Desmond D'Costa is reinstated with immediate effect and thereby avoid a massive citizens agitation, the consequences of which will be the sole responsibility of the Government. ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: goa...@gmail.com Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------