The Truth is out there-- butSC bench stresses on triviality. Maybe People have decide finally about Constitution-Government-Representation and Babus' power. mm
---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:00:15 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Assam] Even God will not be able to save this country - From the > TOI > > It is pleasantly surprising that the SC in India has been able to muster up > the courage to state something like this bluntly. Maybe times are a > changing. > > --Ram > > PS: there are some great comments from TOI readers - see link below. > > _______________ > NEW DELHI: "Even God will not be able to save this country," a fuming > Supreme Court on Tuesday said while slamming the government for its refusal > to amend the law for launching criminal prosecution against those who > illegally occupy official houses. ( Watch > ) > > "We are fed up with this government," the apex court said, adding "They > don't have the guts to differ with the opinion of the clerks." > > "Even God will not be able to save this country. In India even if God comes > down he cannot change our country. Our country's character has gone. We are > helpless," a bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi observed. > > The apex court said PILs are being filed before it by people who are vexed > with the approach of the government on various issues. > > "You complain about judicial activism when you are in power. When you are > not in power you come to us for remedy," the bench remarked. > > The bench gave vent to its anger as the Additional Solicitor General > Amarender Saran bluntly told the court that the Union government has decided > not to amend Section 441 IPC (criminal trespass) for prosecuting squatters > of government accommodation in the country. > > The government took the stance that the existing provisions provided under > the Public Premises Act was sufficient to evict those illegally occupying > government accommodation. Moreover, it claimed that out of 99,100 government > houses only 300-odd dwellings were under unauthorised occupation for which > had been made to evict them. > > But this did not satisfy the apex court which said the government does not > have the guts to take on the offenders. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/3330091.cms > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _________________________________________________________________ >From salsa lessons to filmy gossip, news to music concerts - watch it all on >MSN Video http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-in _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
